Google has introduced their oft-rumored wireless network today, Project Fi, offering a "fast and easy wireless experience."
Project Fi aims to seamlessly connect you to the strongest connection available, whether that is a Wi-Fi connection, or 4G LTE offerings from Google's two partners: Sprint and T-Mobile US. Google says the Wi-Fi hotspots have been vetted and are fast and reliable, ... [ read the full article ]
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"Overall, this appears to be an interesting experiments by Google, but one that is not likely to rattle too many feathers due to its prohibitive pricing and hardware."
$30/month plus $10/GB after the first GB is "prohibitive pricing?" Huh?
Verizon charges $40/month for a line access fee plus $30/month for a 1GB plan, which is a total of $70/month, and $15/GB if you go over that.
T-Mobile charges $50/month for a 1GB plan.
ATT charges a $25/month access fee plus $25/month for a 1GB plan, which is $50/month, plus $15/GB if you go over.
So Google Fi is far cheaper than all of the major wireless carriers. That's hardly "prohibitive pricing."
That Nexus 6 pays for itself pretty quickly at Google's discounted rates.
Originally posted by Taeco: Damn. I use about 60GB cellular every month and am paying 20? for that. Granted, the speed is limited to only 50Gbps, but that has been enough for me.
Sounds like you have some amazing rates for cellular service. In the US, Google Project Fi sounds like a screaming deal compared to what we pay.
Originally posted by SoTired: "Overall, this appears to be an interesting experiments by Google, but one that is not likely to rattle too many feathers due to its prohibitive pricing and hardware."
$30/month plus $10/GB after the first GB is "prohibitive pricing?" Huh?
Verizon charges $40/month for a line access fee plus $30/month for a 1GB plan, which is a total of $70/month, and $15/GB if you go over that.
T-Mobile charges $50/month for a 1GB plan.
ATT charges a $25/month access fee plus $25/month for a 1GB plan, which is $50/month, plus $15/GB if you go over.
So Google Fi is far cheaper than all of the major wireless carriers. That's hardly "prohibitive pricing."
That Nexus 6 pays for itself pretty quickly at Google's discounted rates.
Exactly @ pricing comment. Sprint has unlimited data for $60 including unlimited text and talk. T-Mobile has the same thing for $80. This Google "experiment" is only good if you don't use a lot of data.
