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The thing I don’t understand is why you should have to pay to add devices. Or even that data expires each month. Just sell me a bucket of gigabytes and I’ll co
by jonpurdy 2y ago
The thing I don’t understand is why you should have to pay to add devices. Or even that data expires each month.
Just sell me a bucket of gigabytes and I’ll consume it via as many devices as I want, then pay for another bucket when I run out.
Network congestion should be managed by towers anyway, not by artificial limits on number of devices or expiring data.
- kipukun 2y agoMost people want unlimited for the convenience. You can very easily go to Fi or a budget carrier for more fine-grained plans like the ones you described. EDIT: typo
- qazxcvbnmlp 2y agoI suspect number of devices is a good approximation for ability to pay & in general price discrimination is good for business
- yencabulator 2y agoFYI Google Fi has plans where you can get extra SIM cards that share the same data (data only, but all Google Fi calling is over data anyway, really; you can "call" from a computer). I like the flexible plan because I'm almost always near wifi, and thus my bill is often just $35 or so, but the bill will never be over $80 even if I were to have my phone downloading 24/7. MVNO mostly on T-Mobile network. It seems that Google has a better MVNO deal than many others, less slowdowns. Fi deprioritizes after 15 or 50 GB/month based on your plan, though. I mostly don't hit that, and even if I do, I've never really noticed it -- I'm in a low population density area. See "Shareable data included for tablets and other devices" in https://fi.google.com/about/plans https://fi.google.com/about/plans
- jonpurdy 2y agoI should’ve mentioned that I am currently on a T-Mobile data only 5GB/$20 plan, which is more than I currently need. Fi looks interesting though, will look into it. Thanks for sharing.