Google Project Fi vs AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile & Verizon

For the same one gigabyte of data as the Sprint plan listed in the table; Project Fi would only be $30.  With Project Fi you are billed per megabyte used regardless of the data plan you select. The nice thing about Project Fi is that you are billed for only the data you actually use and don’t have to worry about overage or complicated roll-over rules. If you consistently use a lot of data (2.5GB+), Project Fi is not cheaper than the other carriers.

Well i have been with Project Fi for little over a month now and i would say it is worth it. There are no overage fees if you go over your data its still the same $10 per gig. If you estimate your data usage and its less then what you paid for you actually get REFUNDED on your next bill. My first bill was $33 since i opted for 1 gig plan. With that I’m normally always on WiFi. At the end of my period I only used about 400 MB and got refunded $6 making my current bill only $27 down from the $33 i paid initially. Google is very transparent about charges and there are no hidden fees that main carriers like to charge. Also you are using 2 networks the switch intelligently so you always have the best service. Plus calling via WiFi and then moving to cellular is truly seamless. Highly recommend it.

Switched several months ago as Sprint couldn’t see their way clear to give a long-time customer a better deal.  The big advantage is having connections to two radios at once (T-Mobile on GSM and Sprint on CDMA).  This always gives me a much better chance of getting a signal, although no system is perfect.  As I use little data most months, my phone bill (with taxes and insurance) has been under $40.  The Nexus 6P has been a great phone (although I still hope that the next Samsung Note is Fi-compatible).  I will save about $1000 on my bill over the next two years.  You can subtract $400 from that, though, as I had to buy the phone up-front with no carrier subsidy.  The best part of Fi is that, in a very small way, I make my unhappiness with the major carriers known, even if I am still using their towers.

Once you add in the phone it’s cheaper too. Right now I am paying $80+tax with t-mobile with the phone, If I went to project fi and got the 6p 64gb it would be $62+tax. That’s if I go with 2gb. I never go over 1gb so I would get the $30 plus a $22 phone bill a month = $52 a month plus whatever I don’t use. So like $50 a month. Idk where you can do that unless you pay your phone outright.

If you have a good corporate discount to keep costs down, Verizon cell phone plans is worth it. $105 per month to keep unlimited data, it becomes less compelling unless I really needed the coverage.

I’m satisfied with Project Fi. From paying $110 on T-mobile to $35, I’m content. I give them the benefit of the doubt that later down the line there will be much more improvement to the Fi Network.

The pricing mentioned in this article is weird though. It’s $20 for unlimited voice and text and $10 a gigabyte of data. So the author says they are on the 2GB plan which is a total of $40 plus tax, roughly $44, not the much larger amount shown. I’m on the 2GB plan but never use all 2GB so my bill is around $33 a month tax included.

Fi is not for people who use a lot of data and need a plan to handle that. It IS useful for people who currently pay for a lot of data they don’t actually use or for people who simply want to pay for what they actually use without being stuck on a prepaid plan that limits them to 3G or annoys them with usage reminders after every stinking call.

For me, I am saving about $70 a month compared to Verizon Cell Phone plans for about the same data usage.

I have been using Google Fi since December 2015, I use it for both US and International travel, LOVE IT, I also like the ability to use hangouts, send SMS or MMS via google fi and see messages on all my android devices, I believe google has launched a very good product

I’m in my 4th month with Fi and am thoroughly happy so far. The main reason for that is data usage, which has dropped from roughly 2.5GB a month to about 400MB due to nearly always being on Wi-Fi. That said, there are a couple of annoyances and oddities. On the annoyance front, the handoff from mobile to Xfinity Wi-Fi can be glacial, with waits of up to a minute before the connection delivers data throughput. I suspect the cause is a lack of capacity on xfinity’s end. The primary oddity is “ghost” calls, which always arrive from the same number under the same circumstances. Specifically, I regularly receive cell phone calls from (408) 256-0700 right after the phone switches from mobile to Wi-Fi. It’s apparently a 911 callback number (what you’d see if you called 911, got disconnected, and they called you back), that’s somehow being triggered to call by the network handoff. Why is anyone’s guess.

Fi has saved us 100 dollars/ month (verizon) and the phones are fast. the wifi ability is improving dramatically over time and using our google numbers, we think give us better privacy.  We hope Hang Outs improvements will integrate to simplify video group calls soon and the new video app from google we hope will help. great service and customer care.  Google has a hit which is still a secret to many.

I feel like I have an inside secret that the rest of the world doesn’t know about. The plan works perfectly, the phones are great (I’m on the waiting list for pixel, too!) and there is no customer service that can come even close to competing. The speed, friendliness, professionalism and efficiency are of a standard that isn’t even known to the other companies I’ve been with. I’ve only been with Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon but that’s a pretty good sampling. I’m 100℅ happy.

I don’t know what these raves are about? I was with Fi since it was in beta. I have been lied too, and had bad reception for over a year. I have to go in the balcony to get reception. So I started using Verizon. I now have both. But am dropping Google Fi cause it doesn’t get decent reception. I am using Verizon to type this because Google Fi doesn’t work right here in my house where I am typing. And if Fi can’t get you a local number they will lie. They will say it hasn’t happened before. It happens a lot!