I'm officially a Project Fi User!

I'm officially a Project Fi User! - Nexus 6P General

Day 2 and amazing so far. Left VZ to stop wasting money on none used data.
Took 5 days to get the invite. Transferring my number went flawlessly and crazy fast. Up and running in under 15 minutes.
Nexus 6P and project fi. I guess I'm all googled up!

Lepa79 said:
Day 2 and amazing so far. Left VZ to stop wasting money on none used data.
Took 5 days to get the invite. Transferring my number went flawlessly and crazy fast. Up and running in under 15 minutes.
Nexus 6P and project fi. I guess I'm all googled up!
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I activated today too also leaving verizon. I however have to wait a day or 2 for the number transfer to happen. Did you by chance give them the pin upfront. Because I did not know mine was my social until today when I entered it and it accepted it. Just wondering if that made it instantly activate for you.

It is amazing

Gizmoe said:
I activated today too also leaving verizon. I however have to wait a day or 2 for the number transfer to happen. Did you by chance give them the pin upfront. Because I did not know mine was my social until today when I entered it and it accepted it. Just wondering if that made it instantly activate for you.
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That's correct, I entered my VZ account info right after the invite request. When I got the SIM card, all information was pre populated, I hit activate and literary like 2 minutes and I get notification that transfer is complete and survive fully active!

Maybe I should do some more research, but what's so good about project fi? Seems extremely expensive, and limited data plans...
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Powell730 said:
Maybe I should do some more research, but what's so good about project fi? Seems extremely expensive, and limited data plans...
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Extremely expensive!? Not sure what your sources are but its really cheap
https://fi.google.com/about/plan/

Gizmoe said:
Extremely expensive!? Not sure what your sources are but its really cheap
https://fi.google.com/about/plan/
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Well.. I guess it all depends on your usage. For me.. I was paying around $120 on T-Mobile for unlimited, just jumped to att unlimited and will pay around $100 after discounts... Which, yes, I could spend less on project Fi.. However, if I use more than 10gb/ month, which I often do, then I'm gonna spend just as much or more.
I should have clarified and said for data hungry users, it seems expensive.
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I will be switching from Fi to T-Mobile soon..I've had Fi for about 4 months now..I hate the idea of being data conscious.. I work from a van all the time so I rarely have WiFi..and I don't touch my phone because I hate the idea of opening xda developers and spending money on data that I could have saved if I didn't open it..so..yeah. Plus I get random beeps during phone calls which is a confirmed google issue that has been going on with Google voice for years..plus sometimes I have lte and nothing will load..all of that together makes me not want to deal with it anymore unfortunately..
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My whole data usage for a month on Verizon is consistently under 1gb. I don't go out of my way to conserve data. I do however have cable internet and a router at home. So for people not using their mobile data as their only internet connection, project fi will be considerably cheaper. So far in my city I have better LTE coverage. This is day one though, but I get the filling coverage is going to be equal if not better.

Service is never indicative until after the fourteen day nevertheless that was hoopla. The reality is if you use 2GB or less of data each month now then Fi is for you
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Powell730 said:
Well.. I guess it all depends on your usage. For me.. I was paying around $120 on T-Mobile for unlimited, just jumped to att unlimited and will pay around $100 after discounts... Which, yes, I could spend less on project Fi.. However, if I use more than 10gb/ month, which I often do, then I'm gonna spend just as much or more.
I should have clarified and said for data hungry users, it seems expensive.
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Doesn't at&t throttle you after you use a certain amount though?

It's good, can be buggy on custom roms. Expensive for high data use.
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I used Fi for almost a month before I cancelled. I was on UDP with VZW but got kicked off, my own dumb fault. Fi generally worked well for me, I had to switch my mindset. When I had UDP I never used WiFi ... ever and used my phone to tether when traveling. I had issues with Fi in two spots, one was in the middle of the woods, no surprise there, but VZW worked fine and the other was in Tampa on NYE, my signal indicated good but messages wouldn't send. since I am moving to Tampa in a few months I decided to abandon the Fi for now. I also want to better track my data usage on my VZW family plan for a few months to get a real indication of what I use, which I surmise to be 2-4Gb a month without seeking WiFi out and using WiFi at home. Fi seemed to rarely connect to WiFi automatically, something I expected to happen all the time. I also believe my battery life suffered a bit from the constant network switches and WiFi jumps.
Would I try it again, almost certainly. If you have a Unlimited plan and use it then Fi isn't right for you and Google even says that. If you are in a city, home, or office that has WiFi and you don't use a ton of data Fi is worth a shot. I ported my Google Voice number over and then back without issue.

Fi is expensive. $70 for 5Gb? It is $65 for 6Gb from T-Mobile plus binge for music and video streaming.
I am still on the $30 5GB plan from T-Mobile with binge on.
For $75 Fi plan, I better be on AT&T or Verizon network, not on the inferior TM or Sprint with some sort of streaming service.
I am disappointed by Fi. I was expecting google to have some sort of best in class hotspot network with cellular to fill in the gaps. Except TM and Sprint have best in class worst coverage outside of major urban areas, makes little sense. I thought Google was going to leverage google fibre network.
I already pay for xfinity and have access to xfinity hotspot frequently enough. So google fi makes no sense to me.
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I just ordered a Fi sim card. Currently I'm on Straight Talk, an AT&T MVNO paying ~$48 for up to 5gb data then throttled after that. I don't think I even use 1-2gb a month because I'm always either at home or on campus with a great Wi-Fi signal. I can only see this as being an issue if I'm streaming Pandora or something via Bluetooth to my car. I'm hopeful.

Lepa79 said:
Day 2 and amazing so far. Left VZ to stop wasting money on none used data.
Took 5 days to get the invite. Transferring my number went flawlessly and crazy fast. Up and running in under 15 minutes.
Nexus 6P and project fi. I guess I'm all googled up!
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Welcomw to Project Fi!
I have been with Fi since November 2015 and I love it! The coverage is great in my area (Seattle, WA). Band 12 is great and now I have LTE where I didn’t have before with just T-Mobile. And for me the best part is that I only pay for the data that I actually used.
You may want to join the Project Fi Community in Google+. it's invite only and vary helpful.
You may also want to check out this app, for me, its a must have app for Fi user. :cyclops:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cheekydevs.fiswitch

I just activated Fi myself. Coming from Sprint using a flip phone.
Fi seemed perfect for my set up since I work from home. It's actually why I was reluctant to switch to a smart phone, since I don't really need one at home and my wife has one for when we're out. But Fi was the same cost for phone service as the family plan I was on (with my parents) and then whatever data I use, which can't be much.

zymphad said:
Fi is expensive. $70 for 5Gb? It is $65 for 6Gb from T-Mobile plus binge for music and video streaming.
I am still on the $30 5GB plan from T-Mobile with binge on.
For $75 Fi plan, I better be on AT&T or Verizon network, not on the inferior TM or Sprint with some sort of streaming service.
I am disappointed by Fi. I was expecting google to have some sort of best in class hotspot network with cellular to fill in the gaps. Except TM and Sprint have best in class worst coverage outside of major urban areas, makes little sense. I thought Google was going to leverage google fibre network.
I already pay for xfinity and have access to xfinity hotspot frequently enough. So google fi makes no sense to me.
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I can't tell the difference in network performance and I switched from Verizon. I agree they need to offer more data for less but at least you get money back for what you don't use. Even if I got on 4gb a month it would still be cheaper than my Verizon family plan. I barely use 1 gig a month though. I did read a rumor that if Fi takes off they will start offering more pricing flexibility and family plans. It is probably more rumor than fact though. But I assume they have a plan.

I was interested in Fi and their financing plan for Nexus phones, but I don't want to give up unlimited music streaming on T-Mobile. Plus, I pay $30 a month for Unlimited Talk & Text with 10GB of data. At $30 a month on Fi, you get all that but only start at 1GB of data which isn't enough for me.

I paid $26 last month for my FI plan.
I have WiFi at work for 9 hours a day, 15 minute drive each way to work, where I hop on xfiniti WiFi 4 or 6 times, then home on WiFi.
Now it's more of a game to see how little data I can use and make use of all the free WiFi around me.
If I were driving to my previous job at 65 miles each way streaming Netflix, yeah, I probably wouldn't be on fi.
But even if I pay $70 for 5 gb of data, next month if I only use 1gb it's $30 not $70.
No one else credits you back when you don't use data.

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[Q] Are you still paying the monthly fee?

I actually just closed my account, despite the fact that I use my Jetstream daily. I have a HTC EVO 4G LTE with Sprint, and being in graduate school, times are tough and thought I would like to not have the worry of the 35 or so $ a month for another bill going out each month on something I'm not using. I mostly have used the Jetstream via wifi anyway!
I suppose most people are still under their contract? Or did you purchase it off contract?
Perhaps at a later point, i can reinstate my contract, but I wouldn't want a two year agreement. Pay as you go would be nice, but I don't think they offer such a thing.

i think most of the active members here got it off-contract.
i know i did..payed the full f*&&ing price back then..

Even on-contract with the pen and TPU case, mine was like 900$ or something crazy

I bought mine 2nd hand for $300-ish and just recently activated it on the family's new data plan. Once you start paying $200+/mo for 4 phones and 10 gb of data (thanks AT&T), another $10/mo for the poor lowly jetstream doesn't seem like too much.
I personally know 3 others with jetstreams, all of which bought them 2nd hand.

I got mine off-contract during the Black Friday Sale 2 years ago (2011) and costed me with the pen I think $680 excluding other accessories.
Now, I pay ~$1/month pre-paid for around 500 MB of 2G (edge) data which is more than sufficient for whatsapp and on-need-basis to check mail and other non-speed demanding things which I use when not at home/work. At work and at home, I got unlimited WiFi net access at pretty decent speeds of 2Mbps. When I do however go out of state, I get for ~$5, 1 GB of 3G data on roaming which serves its purpose for most things except ability to download things like I do at home.

kailashpchhabria said:
I got mine off-contract during the Black Friday Sale 2 years ago (2011) and costed me with the pen I think $680 excluding other accessories.
Now, I pay ~$1/month pre-paid for around 500 MB of 2G (edge) data which is more than sufficient for whatsapp and on-need-basis to check mail and other non-speed demanding things which I use when not at home/work. At work and at home, I got unlimited WiFi net access at pretty decent speeds of 2Mbps. When I do however go out of state, I get for ~$5, 1 GB of 3G data on roaming which serves its purpose for most things except ability to download things like I do at home.
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I want that plan! How can I enroll in that plan? Is that something new att is offering?

In India... Sorry should have mention ned that.. Aircel network.
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Ditching Sprint, is TMobile Any Better?

Okay so I used to be a T-Mobile user, HTC G2. Then my sister got a new job with a sprint employee discount, and our contract ended... so we switched, now I'm on Sprint with a Photon Q.
HATE IT. TERRIBLE speeds. Unlimited Everything sounded great, but wow I've never gone over 500MB/month due to the slow speeds. No matter how hard I try. Seriously.
From what I remember, T-Mobile service was pretty decent in NYC. Not amazingly quick, but good enough. And kinda spotting in buildings (but still got 3G-ish speeds I think).
So I need some help here. How is T-Mobile now? I know NYC doesnt have LTE yet. But the T-Mo HTC One works with their AWS HSPA+ right?
How is it in Newark NJ, any experiences?
Indoors?
How is tethering on the phone. I mainly want to tether to my Nexus 7 and I'm unsure about what I'm reading in these plan details...
Can I get around the 500MB tethering limit if I tether via bluetooth or use custom firmware?
When I had my G2 (about a year ago now), I tethered to my laptop and used a browser-agent changer plugin to bypass T-Mobile's tethering checks >.>
Lots of questions here, sorry. Just trying to make sure I make the right choice.
I would have to pay $350 early termination and $150 (after tax) for the phone if I were to switch over.
Oh also, any chance we can get a cheaper plan? I know T-Mobile has a $30/month prepaid plan, 100 minutes and unlimited text/data. Dont suppose I could get that with the phone on monthly payments right lol.
Thanks!

TrueYears said:
Sprint LTE should be better if they ever arrive but I get decent speeds here in Oregon with T-Mobile and the west side has the least coverage.
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Yea thats what I keep telling myself. But they did finally deploy LTE in an area near me... Barely worked. And I constantly got dropped calls, calls not coming through at all, missing texts, etc. Had to force LTE to stay off so I could actually use my phone.
I was sitting in Citibank making changes to my account. The customer service rep had to call me back on my own cellphone to verify my identity, so I sat there staring at my phone with 5 bars of LTE. No call. 5 mins later, I decide to turn off LTE, and call comes through. The woman said she kept calling but getting sent straight to voice mail =.=
I dont have much hope for them.. sigh.
And I just dont like the idea that I'm paying them monthly for basically no service.

in my area tmo is way better i average 15-18 download 6-10 upload my friend who has sprint 1-3 download less than 1 upload

Yeah, do what that poster said, buy a T-Mobile Sim, and do the 30 a month prepaid and ask a friend or someone to lend you their phone and try it out. that what I would do actually, I had a friend who was with Sprint here in Oregon and was getting awful speed. He liked them because of the whole unlimited internet but i told him that having a capped data of 5gb a month that works is better than having unlimited data that doesnt work

Glad to hear Tmo is better than Sprint for you skinsfan, gives me some more hope.
And Wayne, True, not sure why I didnt think of that.. lol I guess I could just use my old G2 for a few days and try it out. Although I cant remember if my G2 has HSPA+... hm.
EDIT: Would still like to hear more opinions though. Switching over would be expensive enough as it is, if I can just be reassured more by other members, I think thats enough to convince me to switch over.
From what I've heard so far, from my friends, its definitely not as bad as Sprint. Whether its as good as ATT/Verizon is arguable. I know those two are definitely better when out of metropolitan areas. And Verizon is best for being in buildings/underground due to their use of the 700mhz band.
Any one have any idea how tethering really works with the unlimited 4G plan?

Nippero said:
Glad to hear Tmo is better than Sprint for you skinsfan, gives me some more hope.
And Wayne, True, not sure why I didnt think of that.. lol I guess I could just use my old G2 for a few days and try it out. Although I cant remember if my G2 has HSPA+... hm.
EDIT: Would still like to hear more opinions though. Switching over would be expensive enough as it is, if I can just be reassured more by other members, I think thats enough to convince me to switch over.
From what I've heard so far, from my friends, its definitely not as bad as Sprint. Whether its as good as ATT/Verizon is arguable. I know those two are definitely better when out of metropolitan areas. And Verizon is best for being in buildings/underground due to their use of the 700mhz band.
Any one have any idea how tethering really works with the unlimited 4G plan?
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you have to pay extra for it unless your on a custom rom with the unlocked tethering mod but tethering is free with the 2.5 gb 4glte plan i have

nice, so it sounds like they havent changed their tethering policies since I last used them.
Had to run CM on my old HTC G2 in order to tether to my tablet/laptop and not pay for their hotspot service.
Tethering is incredibly important to me.. mainly since my office doesnt allow WiFi for unauthorized personal devices (security issues) =.=

Just to clarify, tethering is unlimited on all data plans on Tmobile except for unlimited which has a 500mb cap. However all plans are actually unlimited data, the data cap is for full speed.
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Cor-master said:
Just to clarify, tethering is unlimited on all data plans on Tmobile except for unlimited which has a 500mb cap. However all plans are actually unlimited data, the data cap is for full speed.
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Hmm.. So let me make sure I get this right.
If you have the 500MB or 2.5GB Data Plan, you have full speed tethering/data until you hit your limit, then you can continue to tether/use data at 2G speeds.
If you have the unlimited plan, you have full speed on your phone always, but tethering is limited to 500MB. Once you hit the 500, do they just block you from tethering? Or can you continue to tether at limited speeds?

Nippero said:
Hmm.. So let me make sure I get this right.
If you have the 500MB or 2.5GB Data Plan, you have full speed tethering/data until you hit your limit, then you can continue to tether/use data at 2G speeds.
If you have the unlimited plan, you have full speed on your phone always, but tethering is limited to 500MB. Once you hit the 500, do they just block you from tethering? Or can you continue to tether at limited speeds?
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I believe that's correct but I dunno what happens when you hit your cap. I'm not actually on Tmobile, I'm on at&t but me and my wife both have nexus 4s and it's actually cheaper for me to switch not and eat my etf rather than wait till the end of my contract so I've been heavily researching it. I really want unlimited data so I can use google play music without worrying about hitting my cap within a week
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Nippero said:
nice, so it sounds like they havent changed their tethering policies since I last used them.
Had to run CM on my old HTC G2 in order to tether to my tablet/laptop and not pay for their hotspot service.
Tethering is incredibly important to me.. mainly since my office doesnt allow WiFi for unauthorized personal devices (security issues) =.=
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yea but most of the sense based roms have included it on the international forum so no need to have aosp for free tethering anymore

Ohh soo tempting to just switch asap.
Thanks for the help guys.
I would miss my QWERTY keyboard on this Photon Q though. Its basically the one and only redeeming feature >.> lol
How is typing on the HTC One? I was never able to really get used to swype on my phone :|
Wonder if I can restrict myself to screen typing only with my current phone, so I can get used to it.

i have both sprint and tmobile... tmobile is much better as for as 4g speeds.. it keeps up with verizon and att lte sprint doesnt keep up for anything.. tmobile is building their lte and should launch this summer in newark nj.. i have an apt in newark and central jersey.

Nippero said:
Okay so I used to be a T-Mobile user, HTC G2. Then my sister got a new job with a sprint employee discount, and our contract ended... so we switched, now I'm on Sprint with a Photon Q.
HATE IT. TERRIBLE speeds. Unlimited Everything sounded great, but wow I've never gone over 500MB/month due to the slow speeds. No matter how hard I try. Seriously.
From what I remember, T-Mobile service was pretty decent in NYC. Not amazingly quick, but good enough. And kinda spotting in buildings (but still got 3G-ish speeds I think).
So I need some help here. How is T-Mobile now? I know NYC doesnt have LTE yet. But the T-Mo HTC One works with their AWS HSPA+ right?
How is it in Newark NJ, any experiences?
Indoors?
How is tethering on the phone. I mainly want to tether to my Nexus 7 and I'm unsure about what I'm reading in these plan details...
Can I get around the 500MB tethering limit if I tether via bluetooth or use custom firmware?
When I had my G2 (about a year ago now), I tethered to my laptop and used a browser-agent changer plugin to bypass T-Mobile's tethering checks >.>
Lots of questions here, sorry. Just trying to make sure I make the right choice.
I would have to pay $350 early termination and $150 (after tax) for the phone if I were to switch over.
Oh also, any chance we can get a cheaper plan? I know T-Mobile has a $30/month prepaid plan, 100 minutes and unlimited text/data. Dont suppose I could get that with the phone on monthly payments right lol.
Thanks!
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Well, I'm in the Phoenix market, but I'll give you my experience as I switched from Sprint to T-Mobile. Being in the 5th largest market with no 4G coverage since I joined Sprint in Sep 2010 has been frustrating. This is mainly what led me to leave them. As you mentioned, unlimited data isn't worth much of anything if you can't get data at a decent speed. Kinda like being in a chugging contest with a straw! Anyway, I've had T-Mobile for about a week now and it is so nice to be able to use your phone to look information up or browse the web. I envisioned myself doing that when I joined Sprint, but never used my phone for those type of activities due to the speed limitations. Now, I have occasional LTE, but mostly 4G as I run around the Valley here. The 4G is way faster than anything I experienced at Sprint. Again, I don't know how the NY market is shaking out. One other reason for me to switch to T-Mobile, believe it or not, was price.
I'm a face to face kind of guy, so I went to a T-Mobile store. I told the T-Mobile rep that I was going to have to get out of Sprint ($80.08/month) and had a early termination fee of $160 (contract ends in Feb 2014). He said that he could apply a $100 credit to my next billing period to help on that front. Also, depending on the sales guy you get, ask for a percentage discount. I got an 18% discount on my bill (your mileage may vary, depending on how the rep wants to stretch). Anyway, tax/title/tags out the door with a monthly bill of $62.45 for unlimited everything!
I'm going to switch my wife from Verizon (17% discount from work and 2GB/month paying $97.18/month) and get her unlimited everything added to my T-Mobile acct. Our bill will be $107/month. With her Verizon and my Sprint bill every month, we were paying $177/month. Love saving me $70/month to spend elsewhere!
Good luck and don't be afraid to ask for credit for ETF and a percentage discount.

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i have both sprint and tmobile... tmobile is much better as for as 4g speeds.. it keeps up with verizon and att lte sprint doesnt keep up for anything.. tmobile is building their lte and should launch this summer in newark nj.. i have an apt in newark and central jersey.
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Thanks! My office is in Newark, so I definitely want to have good service out here lol.
I Like Soup said:
Well, I'm in the Phoenix market, but I'll give you my experience as I switched from Sprint to T-Mobile. Being in the 5th largest market with no 4G coverage since I joined Sprint in Sep 2010 has been frustrating. This is mainly what led me to leave them. As you mentioned, unlimited data isn't worth much of anything if you can't get data at a decent speed. Kinda like being in a chugging contest with a straw! Anyway, I've had T-Mobile for about a week now and it is so nice to be able to use your phone to look information up or browse the web. I envisioned myself doing that when I joined Sprint, but never used my phone for those type of activities due to the speed limitations. Now, I have occasional LTE, but mostly 4G as I run around the Valley here. The 4G is way faster than anything I experienced at Sprint. Again, I don't know how the NY market is shaking out. One other reason for me to switch to T-Mobile, believe it or not, was price.
I'm a face to face kind of guy, so I went to a T-Mobile store. I told the T-Mobile rep that I was going to have to get out of Sprint ($80.08/month) and had a early termination fee of $160 (contract ends in Feb 2014). He said that he could apply a $100 credit to my next billing period to help on that front. Also, depending on the sales guy you get, ask for a percentage discount. I got an 18% discount on my bill (your mileage may vary, depending on how the rep wants to stretch). Anyway, tax/title/tags out the door with a monthly bill of $62.45 for unlimited everything!
I'm going to switch my wife from Verizon (17% discount from work and 2GB/month paying $97.18/month) and get her unlimited everything added to my T-Mobile acct. Our bill will be $107/month. With her Verizon and my Sprint bill every month, we were paying $177/month. Love saving me $70/month to spend elsewhere!
Good luck and don't be afraid to ask for credit for ETF and a percentage discount.
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Oooh interesting... I called them up last week and asked if they could help me out in any way since my ETF would be hefty ($350.. ugh) but the guy on the phone said there was nothing he could do.
I'll try going into an actual store later today.
Question, did you go to a corporate store (big fancy ones) or one of the smaller authorized dealers?

Nippero said:
Thanks! My office is in Newark, so I definitely want to have good service out here lol.
Oooh interesting... I called them up last week and asked if they could help me out in any way since my ETF would be hefty ($350.. ugh) but the guy on the phone said there was nothing he could do.
I'll try going into an actual store later today.
Question, did you go to a corporate store (big fancy ones) or one of the smaller authorized dealers?
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Hey Nip, I went to a corporate store. Hell, if you wanna try, I'll give you the guys name/number. Maybe he can set you up outside your state and ship it to you!

I Like Soup said:
Hey Nip, I went to a corporate store. Hell, if you wanna try, I'll give you the guys name/number. Maybe he can set you up outside your state and ship it to you!
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that would be great, thanks!

Actually guys I switched from unlimited 3G/text and I think it was 900 shared min at sprint and hopped on T-Mobile with unlimited 4G LTE/text and 1000 shared min. I pay $150 a month, but only because were paying off our phones(I have the HTC One and she has the GS4). I haven't regretted it one bit. Also since LA got lit up with LTE its been awesome.
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I just switched from 4gb to 10gb data for a few dollars more. They have a special going on for the 10gb. $100 +15 each line. Att rocks

I live in a Major metropolitan area.
I pay 70 bucks a month for T-Mobile which is comparable to ATT here (Phoenix area which is big for T-MO).
I get unlimited everything with no throttling. Last month I used about 10GB w/o a hiccup (I may have been going ROM crazy and bypassing all the WIFI restrictions on downloads since I was at work...lol). ROM - LOAD - TEST FOR 2 DAYS - WIPE - NEW ROM - LOAD - REPEAT
T-MO wins.

digitard said:
I live in a Major metropolitan area.
I pay 70 bucks a month for T-Mobile which is comparable to ATT here (Phoenix area which is big for T-MO).
I get unlimited everything with no throttling. Last month I used about 10GB w/o a hiccup (I may have been going ROM crazy and bypassing all the WIFI restrictions on downloads since I was at work...lol). ROM - LOAD - TEST FOR 2 DAYS - WIPE - NEW ROM - LOAD - REPEAT
T-MO wins.
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Well here in hawaii ill walk into a safeway grocery store and i wont have even signal for calls... i mean none. Make a call and nothing. I gave tmobile up for att. I get 35mb/s and reception almost everywhere. Here att wins

digitard said:
I live in a Major metropolitan area.
I pay 70 bucks a month for T-Mobile which is comparable to ATT here (Phoenix area which is big for T-MO).
I get unlimited everything with no throttling. Last month I used about 10GB w/o a hiccup (I may have been going ROM crazy and bypassing all the WIFI restrictions on downloads since I was at work...lol). ROM - LOAD - TEST FOR 2 DAYS - WIPE - NEW ROM - LOAD - REPEAT
T-MO wins.
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Great. Nobody cares. He was talking about ATT. Relevance: People on ATT. Move on.

khaytsus said:
Great. Nobody cares. He was talking about ATT. Relevance: People on ATT. Move on.
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Haha thanks man you post some news for att customers and somebody bombs it with another carrier.

podagee said:
I just switched from 4gb to 10gb data for a few dollars more. They have a special going on for the 10gb. $100 +15 each line. Att rocks
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Yeah, I've been debating on moving to this plan since it rolled out. I currently have the unlimited data plan, 700 minutes to share between two phones with a rollover bank of about 7000 minutes since we rarely use more than a hundred combined, and unlimited texts and mms. I've been hesitant to switch because, while we are generally under 10 gigs, I sometimes get a little data crazy and we reach between 12-15 gigs combined. Do you know what they charge for overages per gig? Also, I assume that includes unlimited calls and texts? TIA for your reply
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Yeah, I've been debating on moving to this plan since it rolled out. I currently have the unlimited data plan, 700 minutes to share between two phones with a rollover bank of about 7000 minutes since we rarely use more than a hundred combined, and unlimited texts and mms. I've been hesitant to switch because, while we are generally under 10 gigs, I sometimes get a little data crazy and we reach between 12-15 gigs combined. Do you know what they charge for overages per gig? Also, I assume that includes unlimited calls and texts? TIA for your reply
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Overages is $15 a gb if you go over. If you let them know before you go over you can change your plan to higher data for $10 a gig more. Just go with the 10gb. That should be sufficient enough for 2 people. My wife and i have it we are on separate accounts. Just got it today and im happy that i dont have to worry about going over. Plus if you both are on the same contract you save a lot.

I just went from the 4gb plan on FAM share with 2 phones total. Went on the site to see what its about under my account and it showed my contract was 4gb for 150. It showed I could change to 10gb for 130. I definitely don't use near 10 unless I'm away from WiFi and still don't use near 10 but better to be on the safe side. I read all the fine print and hoopla and I saw nothing of extra charges or drawbacks. Took the 10gb and as I see so far a cheaper bill and more gigs. I see win win.
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Aw, I looked to see if I could upgrade my data plan on my ancient non-existent plan and nope. Ah well.
Eventually one of the newer plans might make more sense, but every time I've done the math in the past, it turns out to be more expensive.

This is the mobile share value plan. If you're out of contract or you have your own phone, you get the 15 dollar pricing instead of 40. Its nothing special tbh
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to me its worth it $130 phone bill for 10gb of data. and the data is crazy fast with att. ive measured a friends phone at work with speedtest and he hits 8mb/s on verizon,my old tmobile was at 7mb/s and with att ive hit 40mb/s. thats high speed data. ITS WORTH IT!!
my opinion.

Attn ALL VERIZON users

I called Verizon and said I was looking at switching because ATT had the double the Data deal going and I was tired of paying for less. I buy the 10mb plan, had service for 13 months. They have me a customer loyalty plan which gives me 16mb of data for the same price I was paying for my 10. Just letting you know. If this is public knowledge , sorry for saying your time

They also are not throttling unlimited LTE users anymore and doubled the 20GB plans and higher. I called today and got bumped to 40GB.
Not happy that they cut back on throttling but at 40GB, that's more then I'll need since them most I have ever used was 18GB and about 8GB with my other lines. I cut back for a little while but it looks like I can use more again.
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They also are not throttling unlimited LTE users anymore and doubled the 20GB plans and higher. I called today and got bumped to 40GB.
Not happy that they cut back on throttling but at 40GB, that's more then I'll need since them most I have ever used was 18GB and about 8GB with my other lines. I cut back for a little while but it looks like I can use more again.
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Ricky?

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Ricky?
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Yes it is Rich.
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I called Verizon and said I was looking at switching because ATT had the double the Data deal going and I was tired of paying for less. I buy the 10mb plan, had service for 13 months. They have me a customer loyalty plan which gives me 16mb of data for the same price I was paying for my 10. Just letting you know. If this is public knowledge , sorry for saying your time
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What kind of plan are you on? Contract, Edge, Family?

I just called. They told me since I was on 10GB I couldn't get double data (AT&T doesn't offer double data on 10GB either) but that I could upgrade to the 12GB plan and get an addition 3GB for a total of 15GB.

Bill used to be ~$180 for 2 lines, 4-6Gb shared (depending how much music I streamed). I called to cancel, told 'em I was lookin' at T-Mobile. They knocked my payments down to $107 for 12 months and $140 for the next 12. I's happy. :cyclops:
EDIT: They also cut me a deal on cancelling my Jetpack.

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Bill used to be ~$180 for 2 lines, 4-6Gb shared (depending how much music I streamed). I called to cancel, told 'em I was lookin' at T-Mobile. They knocked my payments down to $107 for 12 months and $140 for the next 12. I's happy. :cyclops:
EDIT: They also cut me a deal on cancelling my Jetpack.
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We have two LG G3's 10GB Data Everything Plan 113 + Tax a month with my employer discount. No Contract...
I have not been in a contract since the HTC T-Bolt. LOL
Bought the LG's outright (350 Each NIB) and they gave me the Edge discount per line.
Also got two Free LG G3 Battery and Battery Charging Cradles on there way.
Not Bad.

tl;dr everyone on a tiered data plan is getting gouged. It costs Verizon next to nothing to transmit the data (not sure of the exact cost). The minute they force us off unlimited data is the minute I leave for good! Hopefully what worked for OP works for everyone else as well!

I lost unlimited data and do not regret it one bit. I was paying $360ish for 4 lines. I had unlimited and the others had 2GB and in total we use about 24GB so I had to connect to WiFi a bit more when I'm at home. I went with the 20GB plan and since using WiFi, I'm down to a total of 16ish GB. Now I'm paying $300ish.
Well now they doubled bit I still use WiFi at home for better reception and I'm still hovering around the 18GB. Yes I lost unlimited but just because I had unlimited didn't mean i was using it a lot. I'm at 40GB and that's double more then what I have and I don't go near it at all. Even with tethering. I'm also watching more Netflix and Amazon Prime and I can see myself going up to 30ish if I try but I stream music all day.
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I lost unlimited data and do not regret it one bit. I was paying $360ish for 4 lines. I had unlimited and the others had 2GB and in total we use about 24GB so I had to connect to WiFi a bit more when I'm at home. I went with the 20GB plan and since using WiFi, I'm down to a total of 16ish GB. Now I'm paying $300ish.
Well now they doubled bit I still use WiFi at home for better reception and I'm still hovering around the 18GB. Yes I lost unlimited but just because I had unlimited didn't mean i was using it a lot. I'm at 40GB and that's double more then what I have and I don't go near it at all. Even with tethering. I'm also watching more Netflix and Amazon Prime and I can see myself going up to 30ish if I try but I stream music all day.
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Yea I can care less about unlimited data anymore... I just don't ever want to be in a contract. I can walk whenever...

40 for $150. Woohooo
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If your in the city, any really ... Chicago New York ect you got so many WiFi hotspots... I just recently moved into the city from the suburbs and in the suburbs having unlimited data was a godsend but here in the city don't really matter. I still do enjoy the fact that I have unlimited data for the purpose of sticking it to the man as they say
Verizon customer still got the grandfathered in unlimited data

Nexus 6P and Project Fi

Anyone using bought nexus 6p with project Fi deal. If so how was your experience

I did, I am actually using the Fi network and financing the device through Fi. To start with, the Fi network seems to be great so far (could be just my area though). I have full signal no matter where I go and haven't dropped a call yet. Download speeds seem to be anywhere between 20-30Mbits down and 10-20 Mbits up.
The ordering process was simple, the app is great, and Google upgraded me to overnight shipping free of charge. I already installed TWRP and PureNexus custom ROM, everything works flawlessly! All-in-all I'm very impressed with Google and Fi. As long as it stays like this, I will more than likely use Fi for the foreseeable future.

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I did, I am actually using the Fi network and financing the device through Fi. To start with, the Fi network seems to be great so far (could be just my area though). I have full signal no matter where I go and haven't dropped a call yet. Download speeds seem to be anywhere between 20-30Mbits down and 10-20 Mbits up.
The ordering process was simple, the app is great, and Google upgraded me to overnight shipping free of charge. I already installed TWRP and PureNexus custom ROM, everything works flawlessly! All-in-all I'm very impressed with Google and Fi. As long as it stays like this, I will more than likely use Fi for the foreseeable future.
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What are the benefits of ordering the phone as a bundle with Fi?

Loving Fi with it.

I pre-ordered through Fi the very day I got my invite from them on 10/16. I bought a 32gb graphite outright. I have LTE more or less everywhere and I get similar speeds as posted above. Google also upgraded me to overnight shipping free of charge. Honestly not bad.
Aside from that, when I signed up on their site there was no option for nexus protect like when you order from play store. I inquired with Google and Fi does not yet have device protection, but when it is available it will be a monthly charge on your bill (no price available yet). It will cover the device as long as you have it on the service from what I was told.
He had no other timeframe besides a few months. You can also call to have your email added to a list to be notified when device protection is available.
Call quality is never an issue and I really love the phone. I love the FI app as well. It makes everything pretty simple. No complaints so far.

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There are no added benefits, order through Google/Fi or Huawei, it's all the same phone, only difference was I was looking to get out of my current Carrier and decided to try out Project Fi. So far I do not regret my decision.

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There are no added benefits, order through Google/Fi or Huawei, it's all the same phone, only difference was I was looking to get out of my current Carrier and decided to try out Project Fi. So far I do not regret my decision.
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I will try it end of this month. I suppose it is worth it only if you use low amount of data.

Ordering through Fi gives you the option of 0% financing for 24 months.

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I will try it end of this month. I suppose it is worth it only if you use low amount of data.
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Bingo. I love the concept and used fi for a few months, however the economics do not make sense if your data hawg just quite yet IMO.
I already have an unlimited plan w/T-Mobile and coverage for where I travel didn't merit the switch at this time.

I got on Fi with my 32GB Nexus 6P.
I was previously on AT&T on a friend's account since he got a pretty good discount through his previous employer, and splitting a shared data plan ended up being pretty good for me too. I was only paying hi $60 a month. I barely used any data, so I went with Fi.
I requested the invite and ordered the SIM right before I purchased the 6P. I bought the phone through the Play Store instead of through Fi. I was debating going with the 5X, but went with the 6P. Since I had the SIM before I had the phone, I just filled out the account information on the Fi webpage and when I got the phone, slapped the SIM in it, fired it up and went through the transfer. Took about 2 hours to be complete, but it went smoothly.
Since I'm mostly at home or at the office, I haven't had much time outside. Works fine on wifi. Only made a couple calls, so far it's been fine. I've got a coworker that likes the idea so much, he's getting on it soon, too.

i bought my 6p outright from google with the plan to transfer my work account to it, but verizon gave me the run around. i figured i'd try FI since it so cheap, but worrried about service since it uses tmobile and sprint towers. Fortunately it had far exceeded my expectations. the week i have had it has had full service when my verizon note 3 has had very little or no service. only once has it lost service, in the middle of nowhere, which is also a complete dead zone for everyone else . i have no complaints, and love the fact my boss gets angry everytime his verizon s6 edge doesnt have service and he has to use my phone. my experience is in the triangle area in north carolina.

I had a few hiccups setting up the service and getting SMS to work with Messenger instead of Hangouts, but Google Support was available immediately on chat and helped resolve the issue (I figured out the SMS problem before them). Their email support is definitely not as knowledgeable as the chat folks from my experience.
I haven't ventured anywhere too crazy to make an in-depth statement about the service quality, but I had TMO before... so I wasn't expecting it to be significantly different.
My biggest complaint so far is not having a standard greeting option for voicemail... meaning you have to leave an actual voice recording for the greeting. More of a personal annoyance I suppose. The nice thing about their voicemail service is that the visual voicemail translates the message to text.
One other thing I noticed... I couldn't list files on my FTP server running at home via the project fi network, but I could over a remote wifi network. Also, seems to be an issue connecting to my VPN configuration at my house over the fi network which I believe has to do with IPv6 implementation on TMO. There is a way to modify the APN on TMO to correct this, but I don't think there is a way to do this with Fi.
I ordered the SIM card separate from the phone.

Does call forwarding work on project fi? I plan to forward all calls of another line to my project fi account

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I had a few hiccups setting up the service and getting SMS to work with Messenger instead of Hangouts, but Google Support was available immediately on chat and helped resolve the issue (I figured out the SMS problem before them). Their email support is definitely not as knowledgeable as the chat folks from my experience.
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What did you do to fix the SMS issue on Hangouts, I've got the same problem, slow or no SMS unless I use Messenger.

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What did you do to fix the SMS issue on Hangouts, I've got the same problem, slow or no SMS unless I use Messenger.
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That wasn't exactly my issue. Basically, I found that there was two settings to change to make Messenger the SMS app. Even though I had Messenger set at the default, I was still receiving incoming messages in Hangouts. If you go in the Hangouts app, settings, your account ([email protected]), then uncheck the box next to 'Messages' under where it says "Project Fi calls and SMS - your phone number". That wasn't intuitive because where I was originally going was in the settings of Messenger and setting that as the default app for SMS... which I believe is still necessary.
Not sure if this will solve your issue, but I haven't had problems since changing it. Maybe clear the hangouts and/or Messenger data too?
Edit: Sorry, seems like you want to use Hangouts as the SMS app? I wanted to use Messenger.

I ordered the 6p 128gb direct from Fi they upgraded shipping to over night for free. Had a few problems with Boost mobile porting my number but the Fi rep conferenced called them to port it over. A few hours later everything worked. I live about 80 miles from DC and travel there quite a bit. I noticed on my LG F7 because of all the wifi connections I use I was only using about .5 gb per month even though I listen to a lot of music and watch a lot of video. The last month i experimented with the F7 and turned off wifi and I used 2.5 gb of data. I figured why pay Boost for the extra 2gb when I am not using it, and Boost phone suck even though their rate is good. With Fi I only pay for the Data I use so it should average about 25 per month instead of the 35 I was paying Boost. The Nexus 6p wifi connects faster than the f7 also so that might save an additional amount. I have travelled to DC several times and my Data usage was 49 mb next to nothing since every where I go has wifi. The connections were flawless and the features on the phone are fantastic. FI also says it has a relationship out there for wifi networks. I dont know who that is but Google should have a lot of connections available. I also have a xfinity password from my best friends network so that should increase coverage.
I would recommend Fi to anyone that has the coverage of the Sprint and Tmob. networks. It would help to have a concentrated area such as Wash DC so as to take advantage of Wifi. I am not looking back.

I am using Fi right now in Louisiana.....been only a few days but so far it has been good.

I'll be using Fi in Puerto Rico tomorrow. I'll be posting a review soon.

Even though I got invited to Fi, my data usage is the issue for me. I currently have "unlimited" data with T-Mobile which is why I haven't budged yet. On average a month, I use 12-15 GB's a month. I do a lot of web surfing and watching videos.
And its 2 lines for $100 for unlimited text,talk and data. Can't beat that at the moment. If Fi offers unlimited data in the future, I might consider it.

I ordered my phone through FI. But they have a big issue with numbers ported to FI from Google Voice. You can get SMS messages, but you can't send to some carriers. You can send if you use the GV app to send, but that's clumsy. They are working on it, but have no ETA for an actual fix yet. So I cancelled.
But the whole 'pay for only what you use' thing sounds great. But it makes you very conscious of every MB you use. Do you want to stream music on this trip? It's going to cost you a dollar. It just felt too much like the old days of paying 35 cents per minute for every call you made.

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