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Google Fi does everything you ask for (and works with more phones that just those that Google manufactures).

by vageli 5y ago

reidjs 5y ago
As someone who used Google Fi for a while internationally, DO NOT get Google Fi! So many problems on an iPhone 7. Little to no connectivity in many places where they advertised having connectivity. This was ~2018-2020, so maybe it has improved, but I had such a bad experience with them.
- smm11 5y ago
  I have a newfangled 5G phone that doesn't do 5G even though I'm in Los Angeles, so I was glad to switch from VZW to TMo, to make them buy my phone, then I switched back to VZW because TMo doesn't have 5G either, no matter the maps they show on TV. I'd do Cincinnati Bell in a heartbeat, if I could.
  - xeromal 5y ago
    If you're talking about UWD 5G, that shit is DTLA and a few other areas. Try it out! It's fast as shit when you can get it.
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  What if you never go international? That seems like a bad reason for -everyone- to drop them.
  - reidjs 5y ago
    Oh god, their service was EVEN worse in the United States!! In major metropolitan cities, in San Francisco especially! I have never had a worse experience with a cell provider. And I use AT&T!
bogwog 5y ago
Google Fi is an MVNO of T-mobile/Sprint (last I checked anyways). so if T-mobile blocks the private relay for their network, it could affect them too. Also, Google Fi kinda sucks. They used to be the cheapest, but nowadays you can get better prices from other services. For example, Google charges $10/gb/mo, whereas Mint Mobile (another T-mobile MVNO) charges 4gb for $15/mo, or $30 for unlimited. Google Fi is only cheaper if you use less than 1.5gb of data per month, and the service quality is probably the same. ...and that's not even mentioning all the privacy concerns attached to Google.
- pkulak 5y ago
  The difference is that Google Fi runs at the top network priority. You can find loads of dirt-cheap MVNOs, but your data is at the back of the line if there's any congestion.
  - Dylan16807 5y ago
    Getting top priority isn't worth that much of a premium. It's exciting to watch how many years in a row they can stay at $10/GB, and not in a good way.
  - bogwog 5y ago
    If that's a concern, you should just go with T-mobile directly then. They have a $60/mo plan with unlimited data, incl' 50gb of high priority data. Fi caps out at $60/mo (so 6gb), after which you get unlimited data for "free". However, you only get 15gb of high priority. I think Fi is trying to take advantage of the Google brand to sell MVNO service at a crazy markup.
    - pkulak 5y ago
      But I use 1 gig of data a month. Why would I want to double my cell phone bill for exactly the same service?
      - RealityWinner 5y ago
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nixgeek 5y ago
Google Fi has been blocking iCloud Private Relay for longer than T-Mobile. I’m a subscriber and it stopped working after the new iOS went to GA, but worked during the Developer Beta period.
- saagarjha 5y ago
  Works for me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Google Fi does everything you ask for (and works with more phones that just those that Google manufactures).

by vageli 5y ago

Google Fi does everything you ask for (and works with more phones that just those that Google manufactures).

As someone who used Google Fi for a while internationally, DO NOT get Google Fi! So many problems on an iPhone 7. Little to no connectivity in many places where they advertised having connectivity. This was ~2018-2020, so maybe it has improved, but I had such a bad experience with them.

smm11 5y ago
I have a newfangled 5G phone that doesn't do 5G even though I'm in Los Angeles, so I was glad to switch from VZW to TMo, to make them buy my phone, then I switched back to VZW because TMo doesn't have 5G either, no matter the maps they show on TV. I'd do Cincinnati Bell in a heartbeat, if I could.
- xeromal 5y ago
  If you're talking about UWD 5G, that shit is DTLA and a few other areas. Try it out! It's fast as shit when you can get it.
stjohnswarts 5y ago
What if you never go international? That seems like a bad reason for -everyone- to drop them.
- reidjs 5y ago
  Oh god, their service was EVEN worse in the United States!! In major metropolitan cities, in San Francisco especially! I have never had a worse experience with a cell provider. And I use AT&T!

bogwog 5y ago

Google Fi is an MVNO of T-mobile/Sprint (last I checked anyways). so if T-mobile blocks the private relay for their network, it could affect them too. Also, Google Fi kinda sucks. They used to be the cheapest, but nowadays you can get better prices from other services. For example, Google charges $10/gb/mo, whereas Mint Mobile (another T-mobile MVNO) charges 4gb for $15/mo, or $30 for unlimited. Google Fi is only cheaper if you use less than 1.5gb of data per month, and the service quality is probably the same. ...and that's not even mentioning all the privacy concerns attached to Google.

pkulak 5y ago
The difference is that Google Fi runs at the top network priority. You can find loads of dirt-cheap MVNOs, but your data is at the back of the line if there's any congestion.
- Dylan16807 5y ago
  Getting top priority isn't worth that much of a premium. It's exciting to watch how many years in a row they can stay at $10/GB, and not in a good way.
- bogwog 5y ago
  If that's a concern, you should just go with T-mobile directly then. They have a $60/mo plan with unlimited data, incl' 50gb of high priority data. Fi caps out at $60/mo (so 6gb), after which you get unlimited data for "free". However, you only get 15gb of high priority. I think Fi is trying to take advantage of the Google brand to sell MVNO service at a crazy markup.
  - pkulak 5y ago
    But I use 1 gig of data a month. Why would I want to double my cell phone bill for exactly the same service?
    - RealityWinner 5y ago

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nixgeek 5y ago

Google Fi has been blocking iCloud Private Relay for longer than T-Mobile. I’m a subscriber and it stopped working after the new iOS went to GA, but worked during the Developer Beta period.

saagarjha 5y ago
Works for me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯