What do you guys think? Will this be successful in the long term?
From TechCrunch (link inside post):
As rumored for months, Google has just announced plans to offer its own wireless cellular service. Here’s what we know so far:
It’s called “Project Fi”
It’s for Nexus 6 owners only, at first.
It’s invite only right now. You can sign up for an invite here.
It’s built on top of Sprint and T-Mobile’s networks
Subscribers pay $20 for unlimited talk/text, and then pay $10 per gig of data. So a 3GB plan would be $30 on top of that $20, coming out to a total of $50.
You only pay for what you use, but in sort of a strange way: if you pay for 3GB of data per month ($30) but only use 1.5GB, you’ll get $15 back at the end of the month.
It’s all tied into Google Hangouts, which will allow you to place calls from your number on any Hangouts-enabled tablet or laptop in addition to your phone.
WiFi Tethering is included.
This is what their US Coverage map currently looks like (Montana gets basically no love)
http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/22/google-launches-its-own-wireless-servi…
Biggest takeaway here is the data credit. Frankly, that's how it should be. Pay for what you use, not for what you don't. Better than what we have now. One day we, in the US, will realize how much we are getting hosed by cell phone carriers by paying less for phones and then getting crushed on the monthly 'locked in' plans.
Project Fi? well...in our industry we just call it a MVNO..
its about time.. cellphone companies in the US have an oligopoly and charge ridiculously high premiums for their services. I hope google's entry slashes the typical cellphone bill by at least 50% in the US.
http://www.cnet.com/news/north-americans-pay-more-for-cell-phone-servic…
I was looking at my cell phone bill last month and thought this has to be way too much as I am paying $350 a month for 4 phones with unlimited text (basically unlimited calls with rollover minutes) but only using 2 gb of data yet I am paying for like a total of 15 gb
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