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Re: Project Fi Is Now Google Fi

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Post by ryanmercer » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 9:06 PM UTC

ryanmercer wrote: post #139

And it's still a steaming pile. I've been a Fi user since September of 2015 and I've had annoyance after annoyance. - MMS and SMS would send and the receipients would get multiple copies. In one instance someone got more than a dozen instances of a photo I sent - MMS and SMS would fail to show up regularly for a month - SMS showed up a full week after the fact in one instance - Visual voicemail failed to retrieve mes…

Oh look, I'm being downvoted.

Downvote away, you're either Google employees or dense. You are more than welcome to head over to /r/projectfi and see these problems posted day after day by hundreds (if not thousands of users) going back 3 years as well as all sorts of billing issues, number porting issues, trade-in issues, referral issues, warranty issues etc etc.

Similarly you can find issue after issue on their official forum.

They even screwed the pooch telling customers about the change today by sending the email to customers more than an hour after tweeting it and in the past when there have been critical issues with service, as in service down for thousands of subscribers, they've posted it on their obscure forum instead of emailing customers.

Re: Project Fi Is Now Google Fi

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Post by Yhippa » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 9:13 PM UTC

lghh wrote: post #2

Google Fi is one of the best services that Google offers. I am trying to cut down on my Google dependence, but I don't see myself leaving Fi any time soon.

I know this is not secure but being able to get texts without having my phone on has come in very handy.

Re: Project Fi Is Now Google Fi

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Post by wccrawford » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 9:41 PM UTC

mclehman wrote: post #157

wccrawford wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They will eventually cut you off for being mostly-roaming.

Are you sure about that? It's been almost a year since I got my mom set up with Fi in France, no issues yet.

There was a post on here (IIRC) about a month ago about someone who had family in the US, but his phone was always overseas. They killed the whole account.

Re: Project Fi Is Now Google Fi

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Post by pochamago » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 9:49 PM UTC

Someone1234 wrote: post #10

Maybe bigger news is that they now officially support (in "beta") iPhones, Samsung's S line, and many other handsets. If you use a non-Fi native device it won't support Sprint (T-Mobile only) and fast switching from WiFi to cellular is disabled. It might have limitations but at least it is officially supported. People have already been using non-supported devices on Fi with these same limitations, it was just technic…

The knowledge that I can easily switch to a phone with a 3.5mm plug is very exciting. Definitely going to do that next time I need a replacement

Re: Project Fi Is Now Google Fi

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Post by cmcginty » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 9:50 PM UTC

I wouldn't touch this considering how quickly Google shuts things down. Maybe if it's still available in 5 to 10 years.

Re: Project Fi Is Now Google Fi

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Post by dragonwriter » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 9:59 PM UTC

rconti wrote: post #69

rconti wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We pay a lot in the US but it sure doesn't sound cheap to me. I must be misunderstanding something. I pay, I think, $40/mo for 6GB with no phones and then $25/line to add unlocked phones. so I guess $90/6GB? I'm FAR from being on the cheapest plan in the world, but Google's plan starts at $35 for the same 2 lines, with NO data, then $10/GB? So this groundbreaking new plan would be $5 more than I pay, and I ALREADY am…

Oh, wait, 'free' (throttled?) after 6GB. That's where the 'deal' comes in. Still, 6GB is about right for us. I'm sure if I shopped around I could do better, but last time ATT gave me a 'deal' they lied to me about saving my BYOD pricing and suddenly I was paying $40 per line for phones I paid $700+ for.

> Oh, wait, 'free' (throttled?) after 6GB

For two lines, it's free after 10GB total. Each line is throttled (independent of number of lines) separately at 15GB.

Re: Project Fi Is Now Google Fi

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Post by lambda_lover » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 10:18 PM UTC

$200 credit if you bring your own device today? That's it, I guess I'll try a 6-month free trial of Fi...

Re: Project Fi Is Now Google Fi

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Post by wil421 » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 10:19 PM UTC

pjc50 wrote: post #82

alexharrisnyc wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You only play for what you use. This rewards anyone who mainly stays on wifi. My bill is roughly ~$35 a month with them while everyone I know has bills of 70-120. If you sign up for 2GB but use 1.1GB you only pay $11.

How on earth do people have mobile bills of $120 a month?

I think those are family plan prices. I pay about $140 unlimited cell data, 15Gigs for tethering, an Apple Watch, and 2 lines of unlimited talk/text.

Re: Project Fi Is Now Google Fi

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Post by novaleaf » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 10:35 PM UTC

If this kind of ala-carte plan is interesting to you, check out ting. very similar but lower price. works with cdma or gsm phones.

https://ting.com

Re: Project Fi Is Now Google Fi

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Post by AcerbicZero » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 10:49 PM UTC

I've been on Fi for ~2 years now, and while the network kinda sucks sometiems, and $10/GB can be expensive, keeping the Google Voice spam filtering/call filtering, and doing all my texting via Hangouts is amazing.

I'm sure sooner or later Google will fuck it up, and I'd honestly much rather have an iPhone these days, but for my current setup, its perfect.