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Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by bovermyer on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @03:55PM (#21009366)
When I switched to Google Fi, my phone bill dropped from $140 a month (Verizon, two people) to $60 a month (1 person), including the monthly finance charge for my phone.

Now, with two people and no phone financing, our bill is a combined $80 a month most months.

I don't see why I'd use this Unlimited plan, given that it's much more expensive.

Also, unrelated: Google Fi has been amazing when travelling abroad (Dominican Republic and Thailand, specifically). Full signal and no added charges everywhere there.

Sadly, my wife and I are planning to go back to Verizon just to get iPhones.

Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by ericd on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @04:04PM (#21009479)
I use Fi on an iPhone, you don't have to switch if you don't want to - I certainly wouldn't.
Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by JoshTriplett on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @03:58PM (#21009406)
> Sadly, my wife and I are planning to go back to Verizon just to get iPhones.

Fi supports iPhones somewhat. The coverage isn't quite as good, due to lack of support for using multiple networks simultaneously, but it works.

Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by saghm on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @08:45PM (#21012110)
FWIW, I get better coverage with just T-Mobile on my OnePlus 6T than I did from Sprint/T-Mobile when I was on a Pixel phone; I generally had to manually switch the credit carrier whenever it selected Sprint because it was basically unusable due to how slow it was.
Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by cptskippy on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @04:35PM (#21009856)
I pay $145 a month on T-Mobile for 6 lines with "unlimited" everything, international data, and discount international call/text.
Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by joecool1029 on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @04:49PM (#21010029)
Around the same for me as well. And I do find the "unlimited" is pretty much as advertised even with deprioritization since I live in a rural area. My average use on one of the lines is 250GB/mo. It usually sits around 35mbit down, 5mbit up... this compares favorably with cable options in my area.
Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by cptskippy on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @04:57PM (#21010103)
I don't think I've ever been throttled though I go over the 2GB kickback limit every so often and it costs me $10.
Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by dwg on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @06:10PM (#21010838)
T-Mobile international data is too slow. 128kbps at present. If you travel a lot, or even a little but use your phone a lot for on-the-fly planning, work, etc., Fi is a better option. In fact, that is Fi's greatest advantage for me.
Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by cptskippy on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @07:15PM (#21011500)
I guess if you're playing on social media or youtube but it's fine for Maps, Email, and Messaging. When we were in Italy for a few weeks it was more than enough as most places had free WiFi.
Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by allset_ on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @08:42PM (#21012089)
In my experiences in Sweden and the Netherlands, it's a struggle to use T-Mobile's 2G international data to perform simple tasks, even using Maps and sending messages on Signal.
Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by derekdahmer on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:25PM (#21012316)
I just came back from Europe and opted to pay for the upgraded international T-Mobile plan since 2G is barely usable. LTE was around $35 for 15gb. It was way more useful than 2G but it also felt like I wasn't getting full LTE speeds for some reason.
Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by umeshunni on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:09PM (#21012222)
Same here. WhatsApp seems to work fine but most other messaging apps struggle at 128kbps.
Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by dwg on Thursday September 19, 2019 @02:30AM (#21013827)
When _good_ Wi-Fi is readily available it really helps but I found that I can’t depend on it and it’s much more convenient to have fast service on my phone. Nothing More frustrating than not losing time trying to get find good internet to handle changes of plans, or find a good restaurant, etc.

Even throttled fi, which is very slow, is twice the speed of t-mobile’s regular speed... I can’t imagine trying to check out photos of a few place to compare on maps with those speeds.

Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by mnm1 on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @06:07PM (#21010798)
Does that include taxes and fees? Does it include unlimited tethering? I'm paying the same for 4 lines with unlimited everything except only 2gb per line for tethering. Seems like I might be getting ripped off...
Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by cptskippy on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @07:19PM (#21011536)
T-Mobile One plans include all of that in the price. The only fees are on international charges.

I'm not sure what the official stance is on tethering but I think it's just throttled. I bring my own device and I have never experienced throttling or denial of tethering thought so Idk.

Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by outworlder on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @07:48PM (#21011773)
Can you even sign up for T-Mobile One anymore? I thought they had replaced it with 'Magento' or whatever and grandfathered One.
Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by tdewitt on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @04:01PM (#21009439)
My phone is a Walmart special $30/no but my wife, on Fi, spends the max (~$90). She streams music for our kid, while driving. Dropping her to $70/mo is a win for me. Obviously everyone is different but I just wanted to point out the per person cap in a normal plan can be higher than the unlimited. I converted her over yesterday.
Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by sliken on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @08:21PM (#21011962)
If you have youtube red google will download the 500 most common songs to your phone, which really helps minimize the bandwidth for streaming audio.

You can even edit playlists on the desktop and play those playlists on the car. Said playlist will auto download to your phone.

Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by exabrial on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @04:06PM (#21009499)
Sadly, it's hard to live outside the iMessage ecosystem. Android has much nicer and affordable hardware
Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by imgabe on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @06:18PM (#21010948)
Fi officially supports iPhones as of a few months ago.
Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan by bovermyer on Thursday September 19, 2019 @07:52AM (#21015323)
I... did not know that.