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International data comes out of your regular plan...so if you are unlimited, its full 5G at unlimited (50G max before restriction)...I am in AU right now, and my FI phone just works. I have been in many countries in this trip, and FI as just worked everywhere, whereas my TMobile line needed added plans to get high speed international, and its expensive. FI wins by far on this one. I am using my FI phone as my music streamer in the car, and my GPS phone, and burning through data but not worrying about it. Its great.
"What if an individual on my plan needs significant amounts of high speed data?
If you use more than 15 GB of data on Flexible, more than 35 GB on Simply Unlimited, or more than 50 GB on Unlimited Plus in a cycle, you'll experience slower speeds (256 kbps) above those respective data thresholds until your next billing cycle begins. For reference, only 1% of Fi users ever hit 35 GB in a cycle.
If you need significant amounts of high-speed data, you can opt to pay $10/GB for the data you use past the data threshold for your plan in a given cycle (15 GB for Flexible, 35 GB for Simply Unlimited, or 50 GB for Unlimited Plus).
These data thresholds are based on individual data usage, not group data usage."
The 480p video streaming is the main downside I see to the unlimited data. My grandfathered TMobile gives me highest quality video.
"What is the video streaming quality on my plan?
Google Fi's goal is to optimize all streaming video. On Flexible, video streams at the rate determined by you and the application provider. On Simply Unlimited or Unlimited Plus, Fi attempts to optimize video by streaming at up to 480p (standard definition). Video from some content providers may not be automatically optimized on Simply Unlimited and Unlimited Plus. If you're a content provider and your video service is not automatically optimized, please contact us at [email protected]."
So let me get this straight. 4 lines cost only 120 + tax? I'm guess in expensive CA, total monthly will be around $150. Not bad of a price, but my grandfathered tmobile plan is 180 after taxes for 7 lines unlimited on all, but i think a few lines was limited to 4GB per month or something like that before it kicks back to 2G Speed. Not sure if they still have 2G anymore but might just throttle the speed. I guess I'll be sticking around that plan for longer.
I just got on Spectrum mobile at $10 less per line. I am a Google fan, so wish this was $10 cheaper yet, as I don't see anything offered by Fi that I'd really take advantage of for that extra $10 per line.
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International data comes out of your regular plan...so if you are unlimited, its full 5G at unlimited (50G max before restriction)...I am in AU right now, and my FI phone just works. I have been in many countries in this trip, and FI as just worked everywhere, whereas my TMobile line needed added plans to get high speed international, and its expensive. FI wins by far on this one. I am using my FI phone as my music streamer in the car, and my GPS phone, and burning through data but not worrying about it. Its great.
Fi's plans were crazy competitive when they launched; international service included? pay for what you use?
I signed up for them along with partner and it just didn't pencil out with what prepaid carriers were offering at half the price.
Then they didn't update them for a decade. Their plans haven't been competitive in 5 years for anything domestic after the major carriers dropped texting fees and threw data/calls/etc. into a big bucket which they ultimately were anyway before their marketing. These new plans are not competitive for 1-2 lines, which is where most of their growth would come from if their product/pricing were superior. Too little, 5 years late, typical Google product support.
Yah but, they are the only MVNO offering US cellular service. This has been the main reason to use Fi. If you don't need US cellular service, Fi has never really been competitive.
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"What if an individual on my plan needs significant amounts of high speed data?
If you use more than 15 GB of data on Flexible, more than 35 GB on Simply Unlimited, or more than 50 GB on Unlimited Plus in a cycle, you'll experience slower speeds (256 kbps) above those respective data thresholds until your next billing cycle begins. For reference, only 1% of Fi users ever hit 35 GB in a cycle.
If you need significant amounts of high-speed data, you can opt to pay $10/GB for the data you use past the data threshold for your plan in a given cycle (15 GB for Flexible, 35 GB for Simply Unlimited, or 50 GB for Unlimited Plus).
These data thresholds are based on individual data usage, not group data usage."
The 480p video streaming is the main downside I see to the unlimited data. My grandfathered TMobile gives me highest quality video.
"What is the video streaming quality on my plan?
Google Fi's goal is to optimize all streaming video. On Flexible, video streams at the rate determined by you and the application provider. On Simply Unlimited or Unlimited Plus, Fi attempts to optimize video by streaming at up to 480p (standard definition). Video from some content providers may not be automatically optimized on Simply Unlimited and Unlimited Plus. If you're a content provider and your video service is not automatically optimized, please contact us at [email protected]."
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I signed up for them along with partner and it just didn't pencil out with what prepaid carriers were offering at half the price.
Then they didn't update them for a decade. Their plans haven't been competitive in 5 years for anything domestic after the major carriers dropped texting fees and threw data/calls/etc. into a big bucket which they ultimately were anyway before their marketing. These new plans are not competitive for 1-2 lines, which is where most of their growth would come from if their product/pricing were superior. Too little, 5 years late, typical Google product support.
Yah but, they are the only MVNO offering US cellular service. This has been the main reason to use Fi. If you don't need US cellular service, Fi has never really been competitive.
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