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Time to get out of Google Podcasts for anyone that is still using the service.

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[–] cybersandwich 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a Google Fi user, I really should be looking for something else.

[–] AProfessional 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Fi hasn’t been competitive in many years anyway. You can get more and faster data for cheaper.

[–] VonCesaw 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly depends on location

Where I live, all the towers are Verizon (same signal as Google Fi) and US Cellular, and it's cheaper than both

[–] AProfessional 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Verizon has prioritized traffic so other carriers get faster speeds than Fi over the same network.

[–] dinckelman 2 points 1 year ago

I'll have to disagree here. Not only is the base plan for Fi cheaper, by a landslide, than any alternative I have, but it's also flexible. On top of that, they allow me to pay 0$ extra when I travel, on both calls, and data. That alone is a gigantic selling point to me, because it eliminated any need for temporary local sim cards

[–] rambaroo 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah with fewer features and extra bullshit like not being able to tether, no intl coverage, no wifi calling etc. I have yet to find a real replacement for fi.