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Re:Apple SIM by cosmie on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @06:49PM (#16693541)
The ease with T Mobile is there too. I pay $50/month for my plan, and calls, text, and data effectively works seamlessly in ~160 countries. If I want faster data in some of those countries, I can pay $10 extra.

Google Fi is $20/month for voice and text, plus a variable $10/month per GB up to 6GB where it caps out at $80/month.

Note that I'm not arguing against you, just wanted to clarify that the t mobile experience is just as seamless as Fi, in case I overcomplicated it.

T-Mobile even supports WiFi calling in the same way as Fi, if you want to enable it (handy for me at work, where I'm in a building built like a bunker that gets close to no reception on any network).

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Re:Apple SIM by freewizard on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @04:00AM (#16696184)
Also note TMobile supports Apple Watch LTE while Fi doesn’t and probably won’t.
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Re:Apple SIM by josteink on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @03:30AM (#16696078)
Is 6GB seriously the best Google has to offer? I'm on a 7GB monthly plan and I find that limiting...

I guess we have different standards here in Europe.

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Re:Apple SIM by cosmie on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @03:58AM (#16696174)
As Larrysalibra said, 6GB is basically just the threshold for where you go from paying per GB to it being unlimited. If you use 3GB, you'll be charged $30 for saga. If you use 6GB, you'll be charged $60 for data, and if you use 9GB or 18GB or 30 GB you'll still only be charged $60 for data.
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Re:Apple SIM by larrysalibra on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @03:44AM (#16696129)
It doesn't stop at 6 gb, they stop charging you for data at 6 gb. It's "free" after that.
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