XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: Nobody@NotMyISP.net   
      
   On 09/18/2016 09:42 PM, I wrote:   
      
   >>> Here, for the record, is my T-Mobile's current data charges for my plan:   
   >>> TABLET:   
   >>> - $0 for 200MB/month   
   >>> - $10 for 2GB/month   
   >>> - $20 for 6GB/month   
   >>> PHONE:   
   >>> - $100 for 4 phones unlim talk/text & 2.5GB/month per phone   
   >>> (They gave me a "special promo" from 9/22 to 2/19 of 4GB/month per   
   >>> phone)   
   >>> - $15 for 6GB/month   
   >>> - $30 for 10GB/month   
   >>> - $45 for unlimited data   
   >>   
   >> I forgot that you can add and cancel the T-Mobile data plans at any time,   
   >> so, effectively, you can use them whenever you think you'll *need* data.   
   >>   
   >> So that makes T-Mobile far *cheaper* than Google Fi for data (half the   
   >> price).   
   >>   
   >> Given that, I must ask: Is there *any* compelling reason to use Google   
   >> Fi?   
   >   
   > I've lost track: maybe you have an old plan that is no longer available.   
   > What I see on the T-Mobile Web site is a limited-time offer of a $20/mo.   
   > tablet-specific *add-on to an existing voice plan*.   
   >   
   > Our current two phones on the only postpaid T-Mobile plan I see on their   
   > Web site would cost $120/mo., including far more data than I can imagine   
   > us ever using. The cheapest prepaid family plan would cost $80/mo.,   
   > including more than twice as much data as we are currently using. Our   
   > Project Fi service is costing less than $60/mo. because we get   
   > rebates/credits for the data we don't use.   
   >   
   > And yes, an *extra* 1GB even on some expensive Verizon plans that   
   > already include data is less than the $10 each 1GB costs on Project Fi.   
   > But what is the *total* cost? How much is one already paying for the   
   > first xGB of data with Verizon before one gets those extra GB for less   
   > than $10/mo. each? (And the last time I checked out Verizon plans, I saw   
   > that each smart phone incurred an extra $20/mo. charge on top of the   
   > other charges.)   
   >   
   > And I have already agreed that Project Fi is not advantageous for   
   > everyone -- not even if comparing new plans rather than including old   
   > "grandfathered" plans -- especially if you have people using a lot of   
   > data. E.g., there is no built-in overall cap and no slow-down after xGB:   
   > if you had a teenager using multiple GB of data, you could end up with a   
   > huge bill. But there *may be* Project Fi group plans in the works with a   
   > "rationing" feature.   
      
   The Project Fi group plan was announced yesterday: $20/mo. for the first   
   line, $15/mo. for each of up to five more. Still the same minimum   
   $10/GB/mo. per line but with rebates for unused data. The plan "owner"   
   and "managers" can cut off users who go over their data allowance.   
      
   Took ten minutes or less to switch my wife from her own separate plan to   
   our new group plan. Total $55/mo. for the two lines, but with rebates   
   for the unused data we should end up at $45/mo. or less.   
      
   Perce   
      
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