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Hardware is pretty minimal: MacBook, Android Phone, eReader, Roost Stand, Magic Keyboard/Trackpad. But your question is more about data. I travel internationa
by yosito 6y ago
Hardware is pretty minimal: MacBook, Android Phone, eReader, Roost Stand, Magic Keyboard/Trackpad.
But your question is more about data.
I travel internationally, and primarily use wifi at coffee shops, coworking spaces and Airbnbs. This year, that's been mostly wifi at the place I've called home all year. I've also got Google Fi which allows me to tether "unlimited" data. I think it has a cap at 22GB/mo, and maybe charges per GB after that, but I've never reached that.
If I were in the US in a motorhome, I'd probably try to get Starlink. That's a bit new and "untested" though. You could switch to Google Fi for a higher data cap, though beware that their coverage in the US is (last time I checked) not as widespread as Verizon, especially outside of cities.
You can also try to reduce your data use. I've used an app called TripMode on my Mac that allows me to block all data usage for apps and enable it on a per-app basis. That prevents things like Google Drive sync and other things that send a lot of data without my consciousness of it from blowing through data caps. It also lets you monitor exactly how much data you're using per session with each app.
- unnouinceput 6y ago22 GB per month as a cap for google fiber, is that for real? I eat 22 GB per day. Looking at my network properties it says I've eat 725 GB in past 30 days, and that's low actually as I routinely go over 1 TB. And that's just me alone, not the rest of my household.
- aorth 6y agoThink it's Google Fi, the cell phone plan Google offers with Pixel devices, not fiber.
- yosito 6y agoThis is Google Fi, the cell service. Not Google Fiber. I don't use more than that because I used uncapped wifi most of the time. I think on wifi I'm probably using around 9-10 GB most days, but it wouldn't be too hard to use over 20 here and there.
- thraxil 6y agoThe other thing to be aware of with Google Fi is that they will eventually cut off your data if you spend too much time outside the US.
- yosito 6y agoI've heard this rumor, but I've been using Google Fi outside of the US for three years. I haven't even set foot in the US for a year and a half. No issues at all, and I use 10-20 GB a month. A few weeks ago, worried about the rumors, I went through the terms of the contract looking for anything about international usage limits or being cut off, and I talked to customer support and asked them about this, and they assured me that there are no limits on how much or how long I can use data internationally, and they will not cut me off. My guess is that these rumors come from people who are not US citizens/residents who try to hack the system and get Google Fi through a third party or with an address/bank that isn't really theirs. I know a lot of Europeans who have tried to get Google Fi by jumping on an American's family plan. I wouldn't be surprised if those people had their accounts cut off.
- thraxil 6y agoI'm a US citizen living in the UK. They cut me off after less than two years of not being in the US. How long you had your Fi account before you are consistently outside the US might be a factor. I switched to Fi shortly before going abroad. I barely use any data (I have a UK sim that I use day to day, the Fi phone/account is just to keep my old US number active since I still have so many things connected to it).