Is Google Fi better than Verizon?

[TraderGary]

Re: Google Fi

It definitely is my share just as he broke down the line costs for multiples. The main issue is saying their unlimited is like others isn't the same anymore since carriers like to redefine unlimited and Fi for now hard caps to 2G speeds after 15 GB.

Actually it's not a hard cap. You still have the option of continuing to pay $10/GB and you will still get fast speeds. But then, of course, it isn't like unlimited data anymore and would be prohibitively expensive for high cellular data users.

The bottom line is just what you're saying. If you're mostly dependent on cellular data, then Fi definitely isn't for you.

 

[Almeuit]

Google Fi

Actually it's not a hard cap. You still have the option of continuing to pay $10/GB and you will still get fast speeds. But then, of course, it isn't like unlimited data anymore and would be prohibitively expensive for high cellular data users.

The bottom line is just what you're saying. If you're mostly dependent on cellular data, then Fi definitely isn't for you.

That's not unlimited then in the sense of an unlimited plan.. that's a tiered plan at that point. If I use 200 GB on Verizon my bill is .. $33.

Also yes I agree with your last statement. I just think it's bad advice to tell someone who needs cellular data that Fi has an unlimited plan like the others and not mention the hard cap because that person would be streaming some YouTube or something and then at 15 GB wonder why it doesn't work.

That's why I commented to give the real details to the post I quoted.

 

[TraderGary]

Re: Google Fi

That's not unlimited then in the sense of an unlimited plan.. that's a tiered plan at that point. If I use 200 GB on Verizon my bill is .. $33.

Also yes I agree with your last statement. I just think it's bad advice to tell someone who needs cellular data that Fi has an unlimited plan like the others and not mention the hard cap because that person would be streaming some YouTube or something and then at 15 GB wonder why it doesn't work.

That's why I commented to give the real details to the post I quoted.

Were you aware that the hard cap had the flexibility of continuing at $10/GB if requested?

 

[Almeuit]

Google Fi

Were you aware that the hard cap had the flexibility of continuing at $10/GB if requested?

Yes but if someone is looking for an unlimited plan telling them they can get a tiered is worthless. Of course people know they can pay per GB. It wasn't long ago lots had to do that with shared plans.

 

[TraderGary]

Re: Google Fi

Yes but if someone is looking for an unlimited plan telling them they can get a tiered is worthless. Of course pieple know they can pay per GB. It wasn't long ago lots had to do that with shared plans.

When we took our Thanksgiving road trip to Texas we were ready to pay the extra to maintain high speed data if we went above 10 GB of data since we didn't want to be suddenly slowed down. We were surprised that we ended up going just a little over 4 GB for the entire month. Of course talk and text has no charge on cellular.

Anyway, if an individual Fi user is mostly on WiFi, he can have a monthly cost lower than $33 and still have as much data as he wants to use. And a lot of us Fi users do just that.

 

[Almeuit]

Google Fi

When we took our Thanksgiving road trip to Texas we were ready to pay the extra to maintain high speed data if we went above 10 GB of data since we didn't want to be suddenly slowed down. We were surprised that we ended up going just a little over 4 GB for the entire month. Of course talk and text has no charge on cellular.

Anyway, if an individual Fi user is mostly on WiFi, he can have a monthly cost lower than $33 and still have as much data as he wants to use. And a lot of us Fi users do just that.

I don't get what your situation has to do with giving someone advice on a data plan. That isn't how giving good advice works. You can use your experiences to talk about how it works for you but if someone says they use a lot of data it's very bad advice to recommend Fi and act as if it's okay to just say you can pay $10 a GB to get passed the hard cap.


User: I use around 30 GB a month

Your advice: get Fi unlimited! After 15GB you can get rid of the cap so don't worry about that extra $150 to your bill.. the cap is gone!


I mean honestly I don't see how you think that's anywhere near good advice to give to someone stating they need an unlimited plan. I really and truly don't.

 

[TraderGary]

Re: Google Fi

I don't get what your situation has to do with giving someone advice on a data plan. That isn't how giving good advice works. You can use your experiences to talk about how it works for you but if someone says they use a lot of data it's very bad advice to recommend Fi and act as if it's okay to just say you can pay $10 a GB to get passed the hard cap.


User: I use around 30 GB a month

Your advice: get Fi unlimited! After 15GB you can get rid of the cap so don't worry about that extra $150 to your bill.. the cap is gone!


I mean honestly I don't see how you think that's anywhere near good advice to give to someone stating they need an unlimited plan. I really and truly don't.

Good grief! At no time did I advise anyone on this thread that Fi could replace an unlimited plan! Why on earth would a knowledgeable Fi user ever give horrible advice like that?

 

[Almeuit]

Google Fi

Good grief! At no time did I advise anyone on this thread that Fi could replace an unlimited plan! Why on earth would a knowledgeable Fi user ever give horrible advice like that?

You definitely are lol. You are defending the speed cap saying you can get rid of it by paying per GB...as if that's the same as an unlimited plan. It's not.

That's great for maybe your case of a rare occurrence.. I'd agree 110% if someone rarely hits that cap it would be best to pay for a few extra GB then back to normal. In this case though someone says they need a lot of data and you say we have unlimited, the cap is pointed out, and you talk about paying per GB to get rid of it.. as if that's good advice to someone who literally said "I use a lot of mobile data and need unlimited"

 

[TraderGary]

Re: Google Fi

You definitely are lol. You are defending the speed cap saying you can get rid of it by paying per GB...as if that's the same as an unlimited plan. It's not.

That's great for maybe your case of a rare occurrence.. I'd agree 110% if someone rarely hits that cap it would be best to pay for a few extra GB then back to normal. In this case thought someone says they need a lot of data and you say we have unlimited, the cap is pointed out, and you talk about paying per GB to get rid of it.. as if that's good advice to someone who literally said "I use a lot of mobile data and need unlimited"

You've got me confused with other posters on this thread. At absolutely no time did I ever say anything like you are quoting. The absolute only thing I've ever said about Fi is that if you can use the majority of your data on WiFi that Fi can save you money. So please don't put someone else's words in my mouth. Thank you!

 

[Almeuit]

Google Fi

You've got me confused with other posters on this thread. At absolutely no time did I ever say anything like you are quoting. The absolute only thing I've ever said about Fi is that if you can use the majority of your data on WiFi that Fi can save you money. So please don't put someone else's words in my mouth. Thank you!

I think you need learn how quoting and conversations work on the board a little better to not be confused. I don't even mean that in a bad way either.. because this is how it went down.

A user stated he needs unlimited. A posted said oh we have unlimited. I point out the flaw in the unlimited of the cap so it isn't good for high users. You come in to defend Fi and say the cap can be gone by paying.. which is true.. but the person I quoted + the person we are talking to is the user who said he uses a lot of data... So it looks like you are defending your decision that paying per GB would be reasonable in this scenario.

There are flows to conversations and it's best to read who is quoting who and what they're responding to. Making general statements isn't helpful when I'm specifically saying something to the quoted post to correctly identify the advice due to the poster saying their needs.

 

[TraderGary]

Re: Google Fi

Have you ever thought of the possibility that there are other ways of interpreting a conversation other than your way?

 

[Almeuit]

Re: Google Fi

Have you ever thought of the possibility that there are other ways of interpreting a conversation other than your way?

Yes but if I'm quoting someone there is a reason. I'm responding to them. Just like the guy who talked about unlimited was talking to the guy asking about it.

So we were all talking about a high data user and unlimited with Fi.... So you saying paying per GB is as if you were trying to tell me it's good advice for him. It isn't.

It's best to go with the actual conversation. I don't know how else I'm supposed to respond to people and give them advice if quoting them and speaking directly to their situation isn't noticeable by me using quote and speaking to what they said. I'm baffled how you plan to give advice but yet ignore what the person said.

 

[TraderGary]

Re: Google Fi

Where did I give advice? Where did I undermine what advice you were giving. All I did was say that the hard cap wasn't hard like you said, that you could continue paying $10/GB to maintain speed if you needed to and I gave a good example using my own trip. I know what I said and I know what I meant when I said it. I'm not going to let my meaning be twisted into something I didn't mean.

 

[Almeuit]

Re: Google Fi

Where did I give advice? Where did I undermine what advice you were giving. All I did was say that the hard cap wasn't hard like you said, that you could continue paying $10/GB to maintain speed if you needed to and I gave a good example using my own trip. I know what I said and I know what I meant when I said it. I'm not going to let my meaning be twisted into something I didn't mean.

Yep 10 a GB is a thing. Fact.

Is it good avice to someone needing unlimited in which we were talking about? Nope.

We can just agree to disagree. I can't be any more clear then quoting someone and responding to it. If your way of reading can't follow that normal forum flow of a conversation then I simply can't help you to understand it.

 

[TraderGary]

Re: Google Fi

Yep 10 a GB is a thing. Fact.

Is it good avice to someone needing unlimited in which we were talking about? Nope.

We can just agree to disagree. I can't be any more clear then quoting someone and responding to it. If your way of reading can't follow that normal forum flow of a conversation then I simply can't help you to understand it.

Again, tell me where I undermined your advice. I gave no advice. I simply stated a fact that you weren't accurate about a hard cap. It's a soft cap with an alternative of continuing at speed if needed. That's something a Fi user might not know is available. Apparently that upset you. I'm sorry.

 

[Almeuit]

Re: Google Fi

Again, tell me where I undermined your advice. I gave no advice. I simply stated a fact that you weren't accurate about a hard cap. It's a soft cap with an alternative of continuing at speed if needed. That's something a Fi user might not know is available. Apparently that upset you. I'm sorry.

Sorry can't help you if you can't understand the common flow of a conversation with quotes on a forum.. so I agree to disagree.

 

[dpham00]

Re: Google Fi

Where did I give advice? Where did I undermine what advice you were giving. All I did was say that the hard cap wasn't hard like you said, that you could continue paying $10/GB to maintain speed if you needed to and I gave a good example using my own trip. I know what I said and I know what I meant when I said it. I'm not going to let my meaning be twisted into something I didn't mean.

And that could be quite costly to pay $10/gb. For example, I have used over 5tb in a month before. Using Google fi at $10/gb would yield a bill over$$50,000 that month.

Sure that's a bit of an extreme situation but to me, someone asking for unlimited data doesn't want to worry about how much data used.

 

[TraderGary]

Re: Google Fi

And that could be quite costly to pay $10/gb. For example, I have used over 5tb in a month before. Using Google fi at $10/gb would yield a bill over$$50,000 that month.

Sure that's a bit of an extreme situation but to me, someone asking for unlimited data doesn't want to worry about how much data used.

Of course not. To determine if Fi will work for you is not rocket science. Rudimentary math is all that is required as you pointed out. On Fi you could pay $50,000 for full speed cellular data. I actually averaged in the past year for two people $46 for mostly WiFi data. That's a cost of $23/mo per person. I'm not as much of a data user as you are, but being a very active amateur photographer I've easily used more than half a terabyte in some months. All I've ever said, and I keep being criticized for saying it, is that if you are mainly a WiFi user, Google Fi can save you money. I would appreciate not being continually attacked with the obvious for saying that you can save money with Fi if your data use is mostly on WiFi.

 

[jerrod6]

Re: Google Fi

I've been on Google Fi for several months and don't have any problems with using it or the cost.
Has the Google Fi carrier enabled RCS so that we can begin to use that with the Messages App?

 

[Easton091]

Re: Google Fi

Beem using Fi for almost 2 years. Minus paying for my pixel 3, which i financed thru Google, my wife and I use about 1.5 gb a month and our bill is around $60 for both of us. Never have a problem with cell coverage either when not in wifi