• BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    For anyone like me outside the US wondering what the fuck is GoogleFi : It’s a Virtual mobile network provider, using wifi and other provider’s network.

    Hope I saved you a search.

    For me living in france, these prices seems outrageous. For the record I pay 13€/months and got pretty much unlimited everything (130 GiB data is more than I’ll ever use in a single months on my phone)

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      9 months ago

      US cell service plans always seem insanely priced compared to what we’re used to here in Europe. They pay a fortune for shitty plans with low data caps, it’s ridiculous.

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          9 months ago

          I fail to see why that’s a reason to be so expensive tbh. These massive companies have way more customers too so they have huge savings.

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          8 months ago

          Hahaha…yes we are, thus “roaming” prices. At least where I live, there is higher price and/or additional costs when calling outside home country.

          It’s kinda fair tho looking at the fact that providers need to negotatie using each others infrastructure for this to work.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah I pay €8 a month mainly because I can manage with 3gb data a month (especially after quitting FB and IG). I would have expected a phone service running off WiFi would have been even cheaper!

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        9 months ago

        Google Fi is a 5G virtual network that primarily uses T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular towers. The “Fi” in “Google Fi” is not a reference to WiFi. Americans just like sticking “Fi” on anything that uses wireless data.

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      9 months ago

      Does that also work in other countries in the EU?

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        9 months ago

        I don’t remember exactly, but I think I get reduced data cap value if I’m using it from another eu country, the rest stays unlimited I think.