beaorn

I'm not sure this is the use case for the majority of Fi users, if they are using a lot of data its going to be cheaper from one of the source carriers than Fi, there is no way Fi could be cheaper than T-Mobile or Sprint who are the Google Fi carriers for heavy data use like this.

Most of the time my phone is on wifi and only using data during travel why pay for anything Im not expecting to use. If I'm off wifi enough where I'm doing a lot of data I'm not using Fi.

agreed, it is so much cheaper than verizon for multiple phones on a plan. we don't use a lot of data, but its very predictable and cheap pricing if we are traveling and are using it. I've not had to deal with support often, so my experience has been positive.

My single gripe about Project/Google Fi is that sometimes I'm forced to use a 3rd party app (FiSwitch) for when it doesn't automatically switch to the best carrier for that area, but even with that the cheaper price is enough for me to stay. I still hope they improve the carrier detection issue though.

Manhattan proper is an urban area but Frankfort and Wheaton both discussed in the article are within 45 miles of Manhattan. You dont have to go more than a few miles outside of Manhattan to be back in "Rural" areas.

Agreed on the further away from a true city comment, that is whats happening in Western KS.

I would agree that kids and age play a big part in the appeal of Manhattan for people outside of college age range, but it has other things going for it besides just K-State. https://livability.com/best-places/top-100-best-places-to-li...

Kansas City is only a 2 hour drive away to go do bigger city stuff.

It gets cold, but not near that bad or at least not for extended periods. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan,_Kansas#Climate

Also live outside Manhattan, KS. While there are plenty of areas of rural Kansas with poor options for Internet, some here might be surprised to know that there are a fair amount of local / rural telecoms in Kansas that have extensive fiber buildouts covering their entire service area including very small towns and rural areas.

WTC is a small local telcom in the Manhattan area with fiber built out in the nearby small cities and rural areas and they are now bringing affordable fiber with gigabit speeds into Manhattan for businesses to easily out compete expensive fiber costs and contracts from Cox and AT&T: https://www.mhk.business/trending//wtcfibermanhattan

Multiple coworking spaces have launched here in the last couple years: https://www.manhattech.com/spaces.html

Its been interesting to find out about some of the things other people are doing remotely from here.