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> 2. This was literally a selling point of this. FYI "Google Fi" has never allowed more than 6 months abroad and it's never been a selling point for being outs
by oblvious-earth 5y ago
> 2. This was literally a selling point of this.
FYI "Google Fi" has never allowed more than 6 months abroad and it's never been a selling point for being outside the US for that length of time.
I don't think "Project Fi" was ever clear on what the maximum limit would be until at some point before 2019 (can't find when specifically) they started strictly enforcing a 6 month limit, you can find many Reddit posts at the time of people running in to this issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectFi/comments/89w4vp/extended_stay_out_the_the_usawill_project_fi/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectFi/comments/89w4vp/extended_...
I also think there should be exceptions extenuating circumstance but even if there are significant legal barriers to provide that I think the failure here, as is often the failure with Google Fi, is the lack of communication.
Google Fi has your phone number and they have an app installed on your phone, they have multiple ways they could give you a heads up that your about to hit your abroad limit. Google Fi offers you the ability to pause your service, it would be easy enough to notify you 2 months, 1 month, 2 weeks, 1 week, and then daily that you are about to hit that termination date unless you pause your plan or return to the US. Then you could get a local sim and pause the Google Fi service with ample warning.
- aaomidi 5y agoFWIW this is reminding me of the bait and switch of gsuite. I'm not talking about the well discussed free tier, more so I'm talking about the fact that Google was pushing so many ads for "Google for your family" around 2012ish. I subscribed to gsuite at the time. Then it turns out I can't actually do any family sharing with it. Like, why can't I share my YouTube premium with my partner? It's stupid as hell and Google really just ruins my UX with it.