Project Fi by Google

Re:Project Fi by Google by maxsilver on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @04:31PM (#9423345)

But that's the whole point of Google Fi. They partnered with Sprint and T-Mobile.

When your in Alameda and Sprint sucks, Google puts you on T-Mobile's network, and you get better data + coverage.

When you head to the rural Midwest, and T-Mobile has EDGE or no service at all, Google can put you back on Sprint LTE and it's at least better than EDGE on T-Mobile.

If this works the way they describe, then you win in both situations -- you get the best of either network, wherever you happen to be.

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Re:Project Fi by Google by servercobra on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @05:56PM (#9423845)

This is exactly where I'm at. T-Mobile is super fast in Oakland, SF, and even in the BART tunnels, but I just went home to WI and had terrible T-Mobile coverage outside of Milwaukee. So I popped in my Ting SIM (a Sprint MVNO, $6/mo to keep the line open, pay for what you use) and instantly had good coverage.

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Re:Project Fi by Google by mikeash on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @06:46PM (#9424067)

If you combine two crappy networks, the result won't be as crappy, but it won't necessarily be good either.

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Re:Project Fi by Google by rizwank on Thursday April 23, 2015 @01:28AM (#9425142)

In general yes, but TMO and sprint are often the jack and Jill of coverage.

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