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Re: Project Fi Is Now Google Fi

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Post by boromi » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:30 PM UTC

10$/GB is way too expensive Compare: - ATT unlocked pay as you go you get 8GB with ROLLOVER for 40$ a month (autopay) - TMobile for 40$ per month you get 10GB (not sure about rollover)

This service seems very niche and only for international travellers.

Re: Project Fi Is Now Google Fi

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Post by bpye » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:32 PM UTC

kevindqc wrote: post #24

Majestic121 wrote: post #9

Is 10$/GB a reasonable price in the US? It seems completely out of whack to me. For comparison, I have 20GB + unlimited call/texts for 10e/month, with optional 2e/GB recharges, and that's not even the cheapest available offer

:( In Canada, I pay ~70$ for 6GB and unlimited calls/text

Yeah, Canadian cell plans were a shock coming from the UK. I'm paying 50$ for 5GB and unlimited calls/texts with Freedom, but that only works for me as I spend most of my time in Vancouver.

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Post by c2h5oh » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:33 PM UTC

Majestic121 wrote: post #9

Is 10$/GB a reasonable price in the US? It seems completely out of whack to me. For comparison, I have 20GB + unlimited call/texts for 10e/month, with optional 2e/GB recharges, and that's not even the cheapest available offer

It's unreasonable, but standard.

It's the same in Canada: a Rogers data only plan is $60 CAD for first 5GB and $20 CAD for each 10GB after that...

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:34 PM UTC

skykooler wrote: post #22

Majestic121 wrote: post #9

Is 10$/GB a reasonable price in the US? It seems completely out of whack to me. For comparison, I have 20GB + unlimited call/texts for 10e/month, with optional 2e/GB recharges, and that's not even the cheapest available offer

Man, that's amazing. Here in the US, I have 5 GB / "unlimited" low-speed data, for $70/month.

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Post by madspindel » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:34 PM UTC

jessaustin wrote: post #57

madspindel wrote: post #12

I am paying $10 for 2GB data, unlimited talk and text so this looks very expensive to me.

What provider is this?

It's Vimla (a swedish company with Telenor as parent company): https://vimla.se/

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Post by beckler » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:34 PM UTC

jogjayr wrote: post #68

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.

A T-mobile family plan with unlimited data (throttled after 2GB) comes out to ~$25/month. If that didn't exist, I'd look into Google Fi.

Sounds like you got a rare deal, everything I'm seeing online says it's $70-$40 per line depending on how many lines you have.

Re: Project Fi Is Now Google Fi

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Post by seized » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:34 PM UTC

Majestic121 wrote: post #9

Is 10$/GB a reasonable price in the US? It seems completely out of whack to me. For comparison, I have 20GB + unlimited call/texts for 10e/month, with optional 2e/GB recharges, and that's not even the cheapest available offer

Its expensive but has some benefits that other carriers dont.

Works in 100+ countries for that price. I have Fi but live in Canada and travel and work in the US. Canadian phone plans are even more expensive and US roaming can add $30+ a month to a plan. Fi gives me $10/GB in Canada where I use very little data (work from home so always on wifi) and then $10/GB in the US without extra roaming options.

There is a data bill cap at $60 or 6GB of data. Once you hit $60 you still get full speed data up to 15GB then it throttles down.

$10/GB is great for variable data use. Some months I use 500MB so the bill is cheap. Other months I hit 4GB, bill is more but then I dont have to pay for data I am not using.

No charge data only SIM cards. I have three extra SIM cards that cost me nothing. One for an LTE hotspot, one for my wifes iPhone while in the US and a third that I will use for a backup LTE connection. They cost me nothing but the data used.

Re: Project Fi Is Now Google Fi

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Post by driverdan » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:35 PM UTC

jogjayr wrote: post #68

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.

A T-mobile family plan with unlimited data (throttled after 2GB) comes out to ~$25/month. If that didn't exist, I'd look into Google Fi.

That one month that you use over 2GB is hell. That alone keeps me away from throttled plans.

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Post by adventured » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:36 PM UTC

seanalltogether wrote: post #41

Majestic121 wrote: post #9

Is 10$/GB a reasonable price in the US? It seems completely out of whack to me. For comparison, I have 20GB + unlimited call/texts for 10e/month, with optional 2e/GB recharges, and that's not even the cheapest available offer

Yeah moving from the USA to UK, one of the things I definitely don't miss is us telecom pricing. I just signed up for a new plan here for 20 GBP per month that gives me 15GB of data and free call/text/data roaming in US, Canada, Australia, etc.. I pay less money for access to more data in America then my American family does.

That's not a far less expensive plan per GB though.

20 GBP is about $25 USD. T Mobile US is offering 50GB LTE at $70 per month. Adjusting your 15GB to that nets you $83 per month. T Mobile also offers free call/text/data roaming as well to dozens of other countries as part of the plan.

Re: Project Fi Is Now Google Fi

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Post by whitepoplar » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:37 PM UTC

It would be great if Apple could create their own version of Google Fi, optimized for iOS devices and, more importantly, privacy. This would also be cool for international use, where using my phone feels like playing Russian roulette. Is my Wi-Fi call billed at normal data rate? Am I being billed at $1/minute? Is my call even going over Wi-Fi? If Apple controlled the network, they could just say "This is a free call" on the call screen, or "This call is $0.20/minute." And even better, with flaky international Wi-Fi, the call could be locked into the initial rate even if it hops over to a cell tower if/when the Wi-Fi fails. All I want in a carrier is rock-solid predictability and reliability and for me to never think about it ever again. Google Fi comes really close to this, but it's still not ideal for those using Apple products.