tmobile vs verizon vs project fi

[davidb423]

Obviously one of the selling points of the pixel xl or pixel is the options you have for carrier--at least in the USA!

I actually got a project fi account to try a nexus 5x...and didn't love it...but switched over when my pixel xl arrived.

I still have a tmobile account and just curious if anyone has any experiences on using it with tmobile --call quality, wi fi calling, google wi fi assistant, etc...

I'm seriously debating dropping t mobile and going to project fi given their new group plans, but having to switch to nexus or pixel phones is a pain. I did put a data only sim into an old galaxy s5 which works via google voice/hangouts dialer...but its not a very elegant solution...and curious how quickly using voice/hangout for calls will burn through data.

Technically on tmobile I have...uh...access to ALOT of 4g lte data...but I pay a lot per month and don't use that much. OBviously if I was on project fi I would only pay for what I use...more or less. If one month was really bad it would be more expensive..but the cost would reflect more actual use than paying a lot more per month for theoretical use. I don't sit at work and stream netflix on 4g lte....but at any rate.

 

[Rukbat]

The quality of any carrier depends on the signal levelof that carrier's signal where you are. So the best carrier, if you're standing in a dead spot, is useless, while the worst one, if you live next door to one of their towers, is great for you. Check the signal strengths where you need them (at your desk, not in the lobby of the building - dead spots can be one foot in diameter at cellphone frequencies) and start with the ones that have good strength where you'll be.

My only problem with TMobile is their data plan - if you're in the top 3% of downloaders in the area, your speed drops. Also, video is at DVD speed (480p), not at streaming speed, so watching streaming video isn't as nice as it could be. (And voice over wifi is cheating - they're using someone else's bandwidth whenever they can for your voice connection. You're paying them, so they should supply the bandwidth.) But if TMobile has the best signal where you need signal, they'd be best for you.

 

[CHILLYWILL_95831]

Obviously one of the selling points of the pixel xl or pixel is the options you have for carrier--at least in the USA!

I actually got a project fi account to try a nexus 5x...and didn't love it...but switched over when my pixel xl arrived.

I still have a tmobile account and just curious if anyone has any experiences on using it with tmobile --call quality, wi fi calling, google wi fi assistant, etc...

I'm seriously debating dropping t mobile and going to project fi given their new group plans, but having to switch to nexus or pixel phones is a pain. I did put a data only sim into an old galaxy s5 which works via google voice/hangouts dialer...but its not a very elegant solution...and curious how quickly using voice/hangout for calls will burn through data.

Technically on tmobile I have...uh...access to ALOT of 4g lte data...but I pay a lot per month and don't use that much. OBviously if I was on project fi I would only pay for what I use...more or less. If one month was really bad it would be more expensive..but the cost would reflect more actual use than paying a lot more per month for theoretical use. I don't sit at work and stream netflix on 4g lte....but at any rate.

I have both T-Mobile and project Fi. I really want to like Fi, but Fi data and telephony gets down prioritized during heavy network congestion. There's no LTE HD connecting in my experience. There's also no VoLTE. Actual voice calls on Fi can be pretty bad. Where Fi really shines is when you travel out of the country. It has no peers. But, I've found my T-Mobile service to be very hard to beat either with telephony or data.