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It sounds like a good time for the fire department to switch to Project Fi. Would be good publicity for Project Fi if that happens. They're upfront about exact

by qiqing 8y ago

It sounds like a good time for the fire department to switch to Project Fi. Would be good publicity for Project Fi if that happens. They're upfront about exactly what you're buying. No illusions.

_august 8y ago
At $10 a gig, I don't see how that would be any better.
- Proziam 8y ago
  It caps at 6 gigs. The highest bill you can get is around 90 USD all in. Once it caps, it still works just fine. I'd know, I have Fi and have run over the cap many times during travel periods.
  - _august 8y ago
    https://fi.google.com/about/plan/ https://fi.google.com/about/plan/ Looks like it's 6 gigs for $80 total, then up to 15 gigs unlimited at fast speeds after that, then unlimited at 256kbps after that. Similiar definition of "Unlimited" as Verizon, but they are more upfront about it. However the Fire department was using 25+ gigs, they would run into the same capping issues.
mark212 8y ago
Many public safety agencies go with Verizon because they’re the only carrier that has service out in the middle of nowhere. These fires aren’t in San Jose, they’re all over the state. California fire pulls from local agencies when the wildfires get massive and rely on exactly these kinds of mobile command trucks to coordinate the efforts. Project Fi is a joke when it comes to coverage. I truly don’t see why Verizon didn’t just waive the caps for this one SIM card. Ridiculous and it’s a huge PR shitstorm for them. (Not that I’m crying, they suck.)
- mywittyname 8y ago
  Verizon also owns the lower-frequency bands that are better able to penetrate buildings.
  - delbel 8y ago
    I think there is an entire 100mhz frequency band chunk just for emergency services. It should be the other way around, when there is no emergency Verizon should be able to use this (35 mi LTE at 600mhz anyone?) and when there is an emergency, it should be exclusive to emergency services. The military should be running these forest fires anyway with a dozen C130/727 flying non-stop around the country.

by qiqing 8y ago

It sounds like a good time for the fire department to switch to Project Fi. Would be good publicity for Project Fi if that happens. They're upfront about exactly what you're buying. No illusions.

_august 8y ago

At $10 a gig, I don't see how that would be any better.

Proziam 8y ago
It caps at 6 gigs. The highest bill you can get is around 90 USD all in. Once it caps, it still works just fine. I'd know, I have Fi and have run over the cap many times during travel periods.
- _august 8y ago
  https://fi.google.com/about/plan/ https://fi.google.com/about/plan/ Looks like it's 6 gigs for $80 total, then up to 15 gigs unlimited at fast speeds after that, then unlimited at 256kbps after that. Similiar definition of "Unlimited" as Verizon, but they are more upfront about it. However the Fire department was using 25+ gigs, they would run into the same capping issues.

mark212 8y ago

Many public safety agencies go with Verizon because they’re the only carrier that has service out in the middle of nowhere. These fires aren’t in San Jose, they’re all over the state. California fire pulls from local agencies when the wildfires get massive and rely on exactly these kinds of mobile command trucks to coordinate the efforts. Project Fi is a joke when it comes to coverage. I truly don’t see why Verizon didn’t just waive the caps for this one SIM card. Ridiculous and it’s a huge PR shitstorm for them. (Not that I’m crying, they suck.)

mywittyname 8y ago
Verizon also owns the lower-frequency bands that are better able to penetrate buildings.
- delbel 8y ago
  I think there is an entire 100mhz frequency band chunk just for emergency services. It should be the other way around, when there is no emergency Verizon should be able to use this (35 mi LTE at 600mhz anyone?) and when there is an emergency, it should be exclusive to emergency services. The military should be running these forest fires anyway with a dozen C130/727 flying non-stop around the country.