>Here’s how it works: for $20 a month you get all the basics (talk, text, Wi-Fi tethering, and international coverage in 120+ countries), and then it’s a flat $10 per GB for cellular data while in the U.S. and abroad. 1GB is $10/month, 2GB is $20/month, 3GB is $30/month, and so on. Since it’s hard to predict your data usage, you’ll get credit for the full value of your unused data. Let’s say you go with 3GB for $30 and only use 1.4GB one month. You’ll get $16 back, so you only pay for what you use.
https://fi.google.com/about/
>NEXUS 6 ONLY.
>>47643850
Tmobile is cheaper
>give us your gold
>>47643874
/thread
>Never pay for unused data
It's hard to predict your data usage when it changes month to month. One month you're streaming live sports, the next you're mostly just checking email. At the end of each month, you’ll get your unused data credited in dollars and cents, so you only pay for what you use.
>>47643912
i guess thats cool
so if i use wifi all month and never leave the house my bill is 20 dollarydoos.
>Project Fi has partnered with Sprint and T-Mobile, two of the leading carriers in the US, to launch our service. You can view our US coverage at fi.google.com/coverage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfFHnBQ6nQg
>>47643850
Thank you Based Google :)
>>47643850
Seriously? That's a GOOD offer in the states?
Fucking hell, you guys are getting ripped off.
$10 a gig? What the fuck Google.
With T-mo I'm paying $30/mo for 5 gigs of 4G LTE and then unlimited slow as fuck if I use that up.
In addition, music streaming over Google Music, which accounts for like 80% of my data, does not count towards the total.
And even when I hit my 4G cap, which I rarely do, music still streams at full speed. So does 4chan for whatever reason. And my podcasts still download at full speed.
Google, what the fuck. We were expecting 99 cent gigabytes. What is this shit?
>>47644820
Where do I sign up/
My tmobile plan for unlimited everything and 1GB of LTE is $60. It's the cheapest plan they got. Need this ASAP
>>47644820
They're trying to get normies by offering unlimited talk and text.
>>47644892
$30 per month—Unlimited web and text with 100 minutes talk
100 minutes talk | Unlimited text | First 5GB at up to 4G speeds
Includes unlimited international texting from the U.S. to virtually anywhere included in your plan—at no extra charge.
This plan is only available for devices purchased from Wal-Mart or devices activated on T-Mobile.com.
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans
>>47644893
normies hurrr chad and stacy guise amirite?
r9k faggot
>>47644911
being a nigger and hoping on a prepaid plan. enjoy your credit rating.
>>47644911
but I didnt get my Nexus 6 from walmart or online. welp, looks like Im waiting on Google Fi
>>47644973
You don't have to. You order the SIM through their site for a few bucks.
>>47644892
It's their prepay plan, I had to buy a sim card kit from Walmart to get this deal, they don't sell it online AFAIK and the clerks at the T-Mobile store basically told me to fuck off when I asked for it there
>>47644893
The 5gb/100 minute plan has unlimited text, hell I don't know if limited texting plans still exist anymore... And the minute thing is whatever since I just use Google Voice for all my calls anyway.
>>47644911
This guy found it I guess
>>47644952
>thinks using prepaid affects your credit rating
>thinks paying your postpaid on time actually positively affects your credit rating in any meaningful way
Get a credit card dipshit. Or a mortgage.
This is a joke. I pay $35/month for 2.5GB of 4G from Cricket, and all they do is throttle the speed after you go over. That's $35 TOTAL.
I was expecting Google to shake up the game and offer stupidly cheap prices like they're doing with Fiber. This is just bad.
>>47644984
>>47644993
seems legit. I'll see if I can get it. I'm on the Tmobile edge thing since I'm paying my Nexus 6 off. does that matter if I go prepaid?
>people that think this way exist
>they post on HN
who t-mobile /g/ plan here?
For people interested in the $30 T-Mobile plan:
http://mobile.walmart.com/ip/T-Mobile-Complete-SIM-Kit/39081494
Buy that, it includes $30 towards your first month. Set up google voice, always call while on WiFi, and you have a hell of a deal
>>47645043
You'd have to pay off your phone before switching.
>>47645029
It's just the beginning you colossal faggot
>>47645029
there's no international roaming and charges. It's pretty sweet to pay $30-$40 a month and travel without being fucked by charges
>>47643850
Waste. Windmobile nexus 6, 30$ unlimited verything in Canada.
google managed to fuck this up
i'm impressed.
>>47645029
>Cricket
MetroPCShit tier service
>>47645099
That's cool and all, but who's that really for? People who go out of the country or to multiple countries only go for a few days at most. With WiFi being such a big thing now, they can make due on that.
Would have been really helpful when I studied abroad and was in the a different country every couple of weeks though.
>>47645179
>>47645099
>implybnig amerifats travel
>>47645171
MetroPCS at least uses tmo towers/is owned by tmo. Cricket is even worse
>>47645171
>>47645187
Cricket uses AT&T's network. I've had nothing but amazing coverage everywhere.
It's a good deal for travellers.
Imagine going to a foreign country and not having to sign up for a plan.
https://fi.google.com/about/plan/
>>47645062
kek, was that post made by a comcast employee?
>>47643856
This.
Currently with no contract, no phone insurance and unlimited everything including 5 GB of high speed data and then completely unlimited throttled data I pay $65. I average 10 GB of data a month.
Google wants to charge me almost double for the same exact service.
Top fucking kek.
>>47645179
Went to Japan, rented a WiFi hotspot for like $75, every hotel had free wifi, never went without a solid data connection
Also porn was only like 200 yen per hour brah
att better tho
ITT people too poor to afford Verizon's superior coverages and speeds
>>47645043
>paying off a phone.
ahahaha.
>>47645238
You boosted your "Actually used last month" to 10 fucking GB, no wonder its so much more expensive.
>>47645330
Shill pls go
>>47645363
>why pay off a car when you can just sell it after a few years and buy a new one
jesus christ, no wonder dealers love to fuck moist assholes like you
>>47645408
Google shills in full damage control mode
>>47645442
jesus you're dumb I was making fun of the fact that a nigger has to take a loan to pay off a phone; I buy all my cars outright, then sell a few years down the road knowing I didn't pay any jew lender interest; cars =! phones. fucking poorfag
>>47645237
I didn't realize Comcast was a cellphone service
>>47645486
ahahaha.
>>47645043
It is. I bought a nexus 4 from google and a sim from t-mobile and have been using that plan since.
>>47645043
Very. Pay off your phone and switch to it.
would be a good deal here in germany because of lte speed
>>47643933
Then you should just switch to Republic Wireless and only spend $5 a month
>>47645738
cont:
just checked t-mobile site and the deal doesn't appear to be that good. google prices without tax. 50€/month for 3 gigs of data and unlimited everything else, including spotify streaming
still something I'd never pay for because wifi is everywhere. I'm rocking 4€/month prepaid ALDI Talk for the data flat
>>47645787
>>47645491
>>47645062
>>47645237
That had to be a Verizon employee
>>47645486
>buys $5000 cars
>calls you a poorfag
I like the concept, but yeah $10/GB is too expensive.
Also I don't get why they just don't do it $20 then pay as you go if they don't have overage charges as crediting you back seems like kinda the same thing.
Anyone else getting insane CPU usage from the fi page?
$10 per gb
>behold the land of the free
I pay 12€ for 2gb. And 2 more cost 5€.
>>47646046
That is because your country is smaller than my county.
>>47645486
>buys a 1992 Toyota Corolla
>500$ cash
>250,000mi
>floors rusted through
>fucked brakes/tires
Ha ha anon, I am superior to you because I don't have an auto loan!
>>>/b/
last gasp of a company that doesn't even know what it does any more
>>47646288
>367 billion dollar company
>ITS LE DEAD GUYZ
>>47643850
Ultra shitty deal. I have unmetered 4g for $5.
>>47645062
>>47645843
that whole thread is just kekworthy
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9422367
In what world is $10 per GB a good deal? I pay the equivalent of $15 a month for unlimited Web use & 3GB of non Web data.
>>47646302
'having money' and 'having a clear coherent business strategy besides LOOK OVER THERE! TECHNOLOGY!' aren't necessarily correlated, anon
>>47646246
Couldn't you just fix that at a fraction of the cost for an auto loan?
>>47646016
>181% CPU usage
how
I think it's a pretty good deal, considering I pay like $60-70 a month to Sprint (not exactly sure how much, mom handles the bills because we're all on a family plan and chip in) for their "unlimited everything" plan which we are grandfathered into and only end up using something like 500-750MB. Too bad you need a Nexus 6. But still, might be worth it.
I pay €32.50 for 8GB. If i'm over that i pay €12 for per GB extra.
i'm off cheaper.
>data speed is limited to 256kbps/3G
Are. They. Fucking. Kidding?
Project Fi? Does the phone periodically grow a phantom body and start whispering annoying reminders into your ear?
>>47646387
yeah if they add nexus 5 to the list id consider it. im on my ma's sprint plan too and im probably going to get my own when i move out in june so this could be pretty cool.
>>47646016
> Anyone else getting insane CPU usage from the fi page?
same here. chromium under linux.
I'm guessing they're mining BUTTCOINS through Javascript so they can pay for this shit plan. Kek!
>fi
>fuck it
>you people don't apparently understand this
i'm sure google will do nothing at all with the metric shit-ton of 'anonymous' consumer data this will generate, because they're just [clenches fist] that fired-up about connectivity, y'know
4G with unlimited data, 5e/month. Thanks winland.
I fucking hate "introduction" videos like this that doesn't actually explain shit. I was clueless to what this is after watching the video. Fuck you for wasting my time.
Similarly, I also hate videos in which "inspirational" music plays in the background and they explain whatever shit they have like it's a revolutionary thing while it's just some lame product.
>>47646512
they're for shareholders and to angry up the LIKE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE galleries
you're supposed to click the goo dot gl (linkfilter lol) link at the end of the video so their social media brand manager gets their annual bonus for engaging the audience
That's still fucking trash, in Europe I get unlimited LTE for 70€
>mfw using my phone as a seedbox
>already blasted through 4TB of days this month
Haha, get fucked wireless carriers
>>47646535
to go to the inevitable 'here's where we explain the video you just watched' coming-soon-please-wait-for-further-info-once-we-work-out-what-the-fuck-we-are-doing page, i mean
Ah, I remember when I used to pay per megabyte in 2006. 3g was just emerging... Anyway it was $20 per gigabyte, and nine years later that's what we are offered?
Those data prices are not competitive at all. I guess we won't be seeing any real change in the mobile market for the time being.
>>47645066
T-mobile $30 plan doesn't include roaming agreements so you're stuck with a small shit footprint.
All the other plans allow you to roam onto att's network
>mfw I get unlimited LTE, 3000 texts and 300 minutes usable in 19 countries for £15/month prepay
>mfw Google expects burgers to think $20 + $10/GB is reasonable
>>47646733
If your country was in the US it would be the 11th smallest state.
>>47646733
enjoy it while it lasts, it's now 17 a month
>>47646763
and yet I can roam in the US, Australia and most of Europe for free
>>47646798
All-in-one 15 is still £15 on pay as you go. You don't get unlimited texts but PAYG is cheaper than contract for unlimited data.
>exclusive to [carrier]
>exclusive to singular Google-based phone model
>exclusive to US
>limited opt-in invite-based release
of course, Google Wallet was truly a roaring success that forever changed the way we uhhh [shuffles notes] huh
>>47643850
>>47646329
You're probably not from America.
Here in America people are so fucked financially it's unbelievable. And what's sad is that most people don't even realize how much they're being ripped off.
What's even sadder is that simple things like this is what's bringing this country down, all caused and created by the moronic culture that inspires itself to be more retarded than the previous generation. America is in a slow steady decline into a shithole.
>2015
>data caps
How bizarre. What kind of 9th-world country are you guys living in?
>>47643850
>$10 per GB of data
Is this a joke?
I get free calls, free SMS, Spotify and 5GB of data for $50, and even that's pricy
It begins
http://www.androidcentral.com/comparing-project-fi-pricing-other-no-contract-carriers
>>47647290
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/22/8469901/google-fi-coverage-map-comparison-sprint-tmobile
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/22/8469571/google-fi-pricing-verizon-att-sprint-tmobile
>>47647290
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/22/8469571/google-fi-pricing-verizon-att-sprint-tmobile
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/22/8469901/google-fi-coverage-map-comparison-sprint-tmobile
>>47646605
I guess if I didn't live in a major metropolis that might be a concern, but even driving down the highways outside of the metro area i still get coverage
>>47645184
This is just sad. I don't even think half of Americans have a passport, let alone traveling
>Wind mobile
>Unlimited everything
>$40 a month
I'm in Canada too lol, I thought Google was more forward thinking. Charging per gigabyte in 2015? what the fuck?
>>47646605
if you don't live in bum fuck africa or don't have to travel a lot this literally doesn't matter
>>47643850
How about no
Since I actually leave the house, the coverage map is shitty and there is no reason to jump ship from verizon.
>UK
>3
>£15/month, unlimited data
I don't have any friends so I don't care about calls or text.
>>47643850
> 1GB is $10/month, 2GB is $20/month, 3GB is $30/mont
wow that is fucking expensive
>>47645238
>I average 10 GB of data a month.
what the actual fuck are you doing that takes 10GB of data from a cell network and not WiFi?
>>47648779
>wi-fi
That isn't available everywhere in The U.S
>>47648644
You are why we can't have nice things anymore like unlimited data.
>mfw unlimited 4g/lte/calls/sms for €20 per month
Yuropoors > Usacucks
>>47643850
I'm near wifi 95% of the time, so I just stick with Republic Wireless' $10/month plan. One year of owning the moto g, has cost less than $300 total.
Is there anything cheaper our there, at the moment?
£15 PAYG 3 network (UK).........
Unlimited data lasts for 30 days....
Android Phone tethered to PC using Linux.....
Plenty of torrenting.
WIN!
>>47643850
>A Google cult program
This reeks of malicious intent.
>>47648506
Considering our country is fucking huge, unless we want to go across the sea (who the fk wants to go to Mexico or Canada), we're content here.
>>47648808
Wi-Fi is available anywhere there's a network connection and hardware for it. What you really meant was internet isn't available everywhere, right? In that case -- What the fuck is he doing on a cell network that uses 10GB a month?
Cell providers charge too much money in the United States
I can download 10 gig a day using torrent no problem.
Inb4 tethered celllphone on linux.
>>47645238
>exact same service
But that's wrong.
>>47648506
Our country is the size of the entire EU
Some americans drive further to work than most of your little countries are long
>>47645187
Tmo has ass service unless you're in the city. I spent 2 years on the TMo original $30 plan and all I can tell you is this 1) Data is nice if you can find a fucking tower, 2) you're gonna miss calling a lot more than you think.
>>47649180
>you're gonna miss calling
What?
>>47649209
>>47649209
I didn't think I'd use 100 minutes of calling, but Jesus Christ did I ever. Not to mention that it charges minutes for voicemail. Basically the end result was carrying around a wifi box and if I wanted that I would have just gone pure Google Voice for 100% free. Not to mention all the panic attacks I'd have when phone interviews were a thing. It was truly awful. Cricket has better coverage, offers a flat rate, you don't have to deal with Tmobile service and best of all you have a wide range of phones to poach from since it's all AT&T hardware. Basically a dream for a thrifty data user who moves around more than a city.
The only thing Fi is offering here is double coverage thanks to the partnerships with T-Mobile and Sprint.
If I want real coverage, I'd go with Verizon.
But I guess if I wanted decent coverage at a decent price then this isn't too bad.
>>47649627
AT&T is an option?
>>47649692
Yeah, AT&T is an option, but if I was only interested in the best coverage then I'd go with Verizon.
Fi is still interesting because you get the third and fourth best carriers' coverage together at a decent price.
tmobile: $80 a month unl talk/text/data, use roughly 25-30GB
fi: would cost $270->$320 for the same...
wow, worse than freedompop. unlimited everything (3g data fully uncapped) for $20. would think google could match this but wow, such jews
>>47645062
except it's not
they still want to jew your for every penny you've got, regardless of what amount of gigabytes you have a limit of
I'm disappointed. I thought Google would appease us "data hogs."
I don't have wifi at my parents house and use up to 60GBs a month on ATT, and pay $16o a month for the privilege.
With this Google plan I'd be paying $600 a month plus $20.
Way to completely FAIL Google....
I think there's a lot of people missing the point. If you want pure dollar pure GB value, then other MVNOs and prepaid plans are better. The advantage of Fi is better coverage by "seamlessly" switching between Sprint, T-Mobile, and Wi-Fi. That and free 3G international roaming, no tethering restrictions, claimed 24/7 phone support, and a plan that essentially charges you a cent for every megabyte. If you are okay with Sprint's coverage, stick to Republic or Freedompop or Ting or the other MVNOs. If you are okay with T-Mobile's coverage and 100 minutes/month on the primary phone number, plus some of the Uncarrier perks, then stick to the T-Mo Walmart plan. If you are okay with locked bootloaders, then stick with Verizon and AT&T. But if multiple networks or any of the other perks seem attractive, then try Fi.
>>47650117
Maybe move out of your parents basement or have them get wifi
>>47643850
Republic Wireless is a better deal than anything else posted here. Especially now that they'll be paying you back for whatever you don't use.
>>47650170
>The advantage of Fi is better coverage by "seamlessly" switching between Sprint, T-Mobile, and Wi-Fi.
It's absolutely stupid. The coverage of Sprint and TMO together still don't equal half the coverage of ATT.
Being Google one would have thought that they can strong-arm ATT or Verizon to be a part of this, but nope. And why would ATT or Verizon given their duopoly already?
>>47650178
>he doesn't think I have already been looking into this extensively.
Hoarding ATT LTE is still the best option for me given price, and coverage.
>>47645238
I use the $30 plan which gives everything you have except $100 minutes talk time. Just let people leave messages and call back only those you need to. The no contract thing is really nice with Tmo
>>47645127
*$30 unlimited everything in the gta core
>>47643850
this needs to be spread to Canada, where the wireless rates are through the roof. I pay $40/mo for 500mb and that is one of the cheaper plans. If you want anything around 1GB-2GB its gonna cost you $80-90/mo not to even mention the cost of a new phone.
>>47644820
>>47644892
>>47644911
>>47644993
Don't listen to this dumb bigger op. You don't have to go to Walmart. Get a T-Mobile activation kit from best buy and youre all set.
>$10 for 1GB
Is this some sort of meme? Do Americans really pay $10 for a single gigabyte of data?
This is hilarious.
>>47650365
>gta core
I've never roamed with Wind, but I'm pretty much based there locally.
1. why the fuck does this even matter? sperglords here shouldn't ever leave the house so just stick with your wifi at home.
2. >project fi
who the fuck comes up with these names.
>>47650393
>yfw australia you get 2gb for $50
>>47650393
What province? Look into Wind, they're hilariously cheap compared to the other big providers.
>burgerfats have to pay $10 for a single gigabyte of data
>>47651127
The answer to both of those is your mom.
>>47651146
Joke's on you, I have a $30/mo 5GB plan.
AHAHHAHAHAHHAHA AS IF MOBILE INTERNETS MATTERED AT ALL ON 4CHINS
>>47651171
That's still trash. I get unlimited LTE where I live.
Why is America so backwards?
>>47651206
Why is your country so small? Are you guys poor or something? You couldn't afford a bigger country?
>>47651223
Is that supposed to be a good thing?
20GB on just the cellular network.
Another 15GB on WiFi
How is this a good deal again?
>>47651317
What the actual fuck, how is that even possible?
>>47643850
But I can get Unlimited 4G LTE speeds on T-Mobile with my Unlimited talk and text for $80/mo.
Maybe its only worth it for international calling.
Why bother paying more?
>>47651465
>how is that even possible?
Are you being serious?
>>47651063
it is like that in Australia
>>47651063
>>47651641
It's like $20 per GB in NZ. True suffering.
pay for a high quality service and stfu you children
I pay $50 CAD for unlimited talk/text and 5gb data. The plan is $20 plus the $30 data addon.
Which the current exchange rate that's roughly $41 USD.
It's a corporate plan though so I had to call in and pretend I worked for the government.
>>47643850
Data is way too expensive in that shit
I pay 28$ for unlimited talk, sms, and 7GB lte 150mbps data.
I only use 5-6gb a month though, but still 28$ < 70$
I have a special plan though
