* If you have 3 lines
this. single line unlimited shows $60/mo here.
New Google Fi Cell plans – unlimited data for $30
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#12I think the headline is decieving. Unlimited data for $30 assumes you have three lines open.
One line is $60 for unlimited data.
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#13Does anyone use Google Fi currently and can speak to the quality of the service? How does it perform while traveling, does it become spotty if you leave a major metro area, do you experience dropped calls, any data throttling?
perhaps the most "non-metro" areas I've used it in has been the outskirts of Oaxaca, Mexico and Engelberg, Switzerland and I had no issues at all with coverage.
as expected, slight delay when you switch countries (and thus carriers). it also gets a little confused at the borders of Switzerland/Germany.
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#14(disclosure: I work for Google)
I have been using Fi for more than 5 years now. It has worked pretty well domestically and roaming in many countries (except North Macedonia in 2016). When roaming internationally there could be speed limits but in general it is pretty good.
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#15Does anyone use Google Fi currently and can speak to the quality of the service? How does it perform while traveling, does it become spotty if you leave a major metro area, do you experience dropped calls, any data throttling?
I've done a lot of road trips with it around the US for a few years now--it gets really spotty outside of larger towns. On the other hand, it's great to get off a plane in a different country and have a working connection to the internet.
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#16Does anyone use Google Fi currently and can speak to the quality of the service? How does it perform while traveling, does it become spotty if you leave a major metro area, do you experience dropped calls, any data throttling?
It worked well enough when I landed in Bangkok a couple years ago. I ended up buying a SIM card for the trip anyway for the better speeds, but I probably could have gotten away with just fi.
That being said I ended up switching off of it to visible to save money (I hardly use data, don’t care that’s it’s much slower). I will say, the extrication was fucking terrible. They kept charging me after canceling, I would complain, chat was slow awful and unresponsive. They kept fucking up for months, and would authorize new charges when trying to fix it. I started issuing charge backs instead. It’s resolved now but damn, keep that in mind, you’re still dealing with Google support (or lack thereof)
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#17* If you have 3 lines
and also no tethering
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#18Data slower after: 22GB > Anyone who uses more than 15 GB on Flexible or 22 GB on the unlimited plans in a single cycle will experience slower data until the next cycle (only 1% of people who use Fi ever hit 22 GB). If you want to return to faster data before the cycle's end, you can do so at a rate of $10/GB.
My gf spends about an hour and a half every day browsing on her phone and watching video while waiting to pick the kids up for school. Only once did she ever breach 15 gigs, and that was during the recent Texas icestorm when we didn't have power for a week.
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#19Does anyone use Google Fi currently and can speak to the quality of the service? How does it perform while traveling, does it become spotty if you leave a major metro area, do you experience dropped calls, any data throttling?
It's an MVNO[1] that operates on T-Mobile's network, so if you have any experience with T-Mobile it should be roughly equivilant (it's been equivilant for me, which is fine).
I regularly switch MVNOs to whoever is offering the best deal and to be honest they've been all the same for me in terms of coverage... though I don't get much more rural than 1-2 hours drive from major cities.
I thought Google Fi's customer service was better than most major carriers (a low bar), and the service worked fine for me abroad. Never noticed data throttling, but I'm not constantly streaming video or anything.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_virtual_network_operato...
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#20If you're in a group of three. Not so remarkable - Mint has an unlimited plan for one person for $30, US Mobile has an unlimited plan plus a for a group of three for $25.