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Re:Google Canceled the Launch of a Robotic Arm by praneshp on Thursday October 06, 2016 @01:43PM (#12654437)
It takes less than a day to port your number over. As a Project Fi customer I can tell you that 1) customer support is awesome 2) It feels like a VC-backed startup, they give you generous discounts for small issues 3) There are a few small issues, for example some fuck-up with wifi calling 4) It's terrible if you travel a lot 5) Its great if you travel a lot to places with networks that are Fi-partners.

What I really love is that they do true cash-back for unused data, not rollovers, etc.

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Re:Google Canceled the Launch of a Robotic Arm by pmlamotte on Thursday October 06, 2016 @03:45PM (#12655457)
For number 4 are you referring to domestic travel? I used Fi on my Nexus 6P recently through Canada, Japan, Indonesia, and Taiwan with the service becoming available soon after landing. I was actually surprised it worked as well as it did.
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Re:Google Canceled the Launch of a Robotic Arm by praneshp on Thursday October 06, 2016 @03:52PM (#12655512)
Domestic, yes. It was bad for me when I was in Montana recently, but it could just be that regular mobile networks suck in those places anyway (because sparse population).

When I went home to India it worked very well, likely because it just hopped on to a good network. Coupled with really cheap roaming data, and automatically using google voice for all calls, its simply awesome.

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