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Google Wireless Phone Service: The rollout is beginning (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter The Commish
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The Commish
Footballguy
Thought this would generate more excitement...oh well 
The Commish
Footballguy
It's my understanding that it's a data plan.....it's all data in the end. What you use, you pay for. The rate for text/voice, then the second rate for data is the biggest racquet of my lifetime. They'll obviously have to make translations as part of the rollout. Stuff like "10 minutes of talk time equals X bytes" etc.
When they started going away from some of their google voice features, I wondered how long it'd be before they got into the wireless world. Didn't take very long.
When they started going away from some of their google voice features, I wondered how long it'd be before they got into the wireless world. Didn't take very long.
(HULK)
(Smash)
Lol. I type that and then go look and it is now announced. Still light on details:
Beginning as an early access program, Google is working with Sprint and T-Mobile to build Fi. The service is centered around three main areas of focus: high-quality connections, easy communication across networks, and a simple service experience.
Fi will put you on the best connection for you wherever you are. If your LTE signal isn't very strong, Fi will try to connect you to a Wi-Fi hotspot, for instance. The goal is to get the best data connection possible. Fi also supports features like talking and texting over Wi-Fi, and calls will be able to easily transition between Wi-Fi and cellular networks. Your Fi phone number will exist in the cloud so you can use it with any phone, tablet, or laptop.
In terms of pricing, Google hopes to keep things simple with Fi. For $20 per month, you get basic service, including talk, text, Wi-Fi tethering, and international coverage. For every 1GB of cellular data you add to your plan, you'll pay another $10 per month. So, if you use 3GB per month, you'll pay $50. You'll also get money back for the data on your plan that you don't use.
You can sign up now for the Google Fi Early Access Program. Currently, Project Fi is only compatible with the Nexus 6, developed with Fi in mind.
Beginning as an early access program, Google is working with Sprint and T-Mobile to build Fi. The service is centered around three main areas of focus: high-quality connections, easy communication across networks, and a simple service experience.
Fi will put you on the best connection for you wherever you are. If your LTE signal isn't very strong, Fi will try to connect you to a Wi-Fi hotspot, for instance. The goal is to get the best data connection possible. Fi also supports features like talking and texting over Wi-Fi, and calls will be able to easily transition between Wi-Fi and cellular networks. Your Fi phone number will exist in the cloud so you can use it with any phone, tablet, or laptop.
In terms of pricing, Google hopes to keep things simple with Fi. For $20 per month, you get basic service, including talk, text, Wi-Fi tethering, and international coverage. For every 1GB of cellular data you add to your plan, you'll pay another $10 per month. So, if you use 3GB per month, you'll pay $50. You'll also get money back for the data on your plan that you don't use.
You can sign up now for the Google Fi Early Access Program. Currently, Project Fi is only compatible with the Nexus 6, developed with Fi in mind.
Fennis
Footballguy
The Commish
Footballguy
I kinda knew it was coming out today HULK....that's why I started it 
The Commish
Footballguy
Though I do like the concept of having a separate phone number that can move. But I don't understand what it'd take to get a verizon phone working on a Sprint network etc. Is that just a sim card replacement?
Jaysus
Good times!
RedmondLonghorn
Footballguy
Jaysus
Good times!
especially not a T-Mo & Sprint MVNO... add Verizon and AT&T to the mix and maybe that changes things.
The Commish
Footballguy
Everyone knows you use T-Mobile and Sprint as your "test". They'll agree to just about anything to keep themselves afloat. Then, once you've worked out the kinks, you expand to others.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
Biggest yawn inducing announcement since the Amazon phone.
So much speculation of something new, cool, inexpensive, innovative... and then the big reveal: we've invented oatmeal! But that's not all, you can throw in raisins if you're really feeling frisky.
So much speculation of something new, cool, inexpensive, innovative... and then the big reveal: we've invented oatmeal! But that's not all, you can throw in raisins if you're really feeling frisky.
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Insoxicated
The Commish
Footballguy
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Think they're gonna need to acquire Pied Piper to really make this a reality.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
I hoping for something new. Isn't this the same thing as republic wireless(only using sprint and tmobile towers)?The Commish said:
Interested
The Commish
Footballguy
I don't know what republic wireless is so I can't answer that part. I know this is a pilot that google's doing, so this is the minimum they'll roll out over time. I doubt they leave it like this forever. Was a bit confused by the "so much speculation" angle as it was never really all that well publicized.
Brady Marino
Footballguy
https://republicwireless.comYes, it is basically the same thing. Not a bad little service, but like Google, you have limited (but quality) phone options.
top dog
Footballguy
Meh... Anytime I hear "Sprint" I immediately lose any and all interest. Had to file a FTC complaint with Sprint last year to get out of my contract due to their service becoming SO TERRIBLE in our area. Had them for years, signed a new contract and 3 months later could not make a quality call from my home using their service. They DID give me a device that would piggy back off MY BROADBAND to provide service in 3G only.
Would gladly pay 2x as much as I pay with Verizon now than to go back to Sprint. While they ARE willing to cut you data plan in 1/2, they cut your coverage in 1/2 as well.
Google will need to get the big guys involved for this to have a chance.
Would gladly pay 2x as much as I pay with Verizon now than to go back to Sprint. While they ARE willing to cut you data plan in 1/2, they cut your coverage in 1/2 as well.
Google will need to get the big guys involved for this to have a chance.
Quez
Footballguy
This.
Similar story with me and Sprint. I had them when the first 4G wimax came out. It never got any better because they decided to go LTE. So they sold us on an 4G network that was "always improving" and it never got any better in 2 years. Go figure, they abandoned it...
I'm happily paying about 1/3 more for Verizon.
All those crappy affordable cell services like boost, ting, etc. all seem to run on T-Mobile or sprint. I'm lumping google in with those for now.
The Commish
Footballguy
Interesting...so this will be google's starting point. No idea where it'll go, but with their networks being introduced slowly to provide internet access, I like the direction they're going in.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Plus?
It's amazing how many things they have their hands in. Along with the fields where they've led and innovated and are now dominating (search, email), they also come after everyone else's niches. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. But they're not shy about discarding a losing hand.
Project Loon probably deserves its own thread. Just crazy stuff.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
Ted Mullins
Footballguy
Pretty sure this is going to give you Sprint and T-Mobile's network combined and use whichever has better service at the time - not sure if that's been done before?
I had T-Mobile and switched to Sprint like a big dummy and T-Mobile was way better. I live in an area that's supposedly LTE Sprint everywhere but sometimes can't even refresh twitter in the bathroom stall at work. Obviously YMMV depending on your area.
I had T-Mobile and switched to Sprint like a big dummy and T-Mobile was way better. I live in an area that's supposedly LTE Sprint everywhere but sometimes can't even refresh twitter in the bathroom stall at work. Obviously YMMV depending on your area.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
Yeah, that's why I said only using Sprint AND T-mobile towers.
I also have to use T-mobile because of my particular reception but there are a lot of people that will likely get better reception just with Verizon for instance than Tmobile/Sprint towers together. I guess being a T-moblie customer the price just seems like a yawn as well because I get 5gb for $30. The Google price structure might be compelling to someone coming from Verizon but Tmobile has had some pretty good plans for awhile now. The Google plan would end up costing me much more, and I would be forced to use a nexus 6 just to use it. I guess it's an option for those that are very, very light data users... but if that's the case it would be hard for me to suggest going out and getting a nexus 6 just for this plan. Freedompop probably makes more sense for those people.
