Re:Google Fi Unlimited Plan
by dwg on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @06:10PM
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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.
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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.
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
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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.
Same here. WhatsApp seems to work fine but most other messaging apps struggle at 128kbps.
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.