Google Fi will throttle you after you hit a limit depending on your plan. I unknowingly hit mine after using my phone for a hotspot, watching a few hours of soccer and I think Windows downloaded a bunch of updates too. It was towards the beginning of the billing cycle so the rest of the month really sucked. Might want to double check your plan.
Comment on I have unlimited cellular data on my phone but not if I use it as a hotspot.
aniki@lemm.ee 7 months ago
This is why I love Google Fi. I go anywhere on earth, and I have coverage. Unlimited everything. Never worry about nothing, ever, and has carrier bonding for when you’re really out there.
MrJukes@lemmy.today 7 months ago
aniki@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Its like 50g on the unlimited plan.
bus_factor@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This is the Unlimited Plus plan. Their Simply Unlimited plan throttles you after 5 GB of hotspot usage, but phone data is unlimited.
aniki@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I never said I wasn’t on the unlimited everything plan.
bus_factor@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I never claimed you did. I just clarified which plan you were on, and added how their other plan works. This could be nice for others to know. I don’t know why you’d take that as a personal attack, but I certainly didn’t intend it as one.
BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 7 months ago
TMobile provides literally the same services, beat-for-beat at a lower price.
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 7 months ago
People don’t think these things through. Google can’t possibly be cheaper than a wireless carrier because they don’t own any towers. Wireless carriers will make sure Google doesn’t sell cheaper than they can sell it themselves.
Also, things like Metro PCS (before T-Mobile bought them) just have lower network priority. So “cheaper” just means crappy service. Good luck making a phone call at a sporting event or concert.
bus_factor@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They absolutely can, several carriers who use other carriers are cheaper than who they lease service from. They won’t be paying consumer prices to use those towers.
It all depends on what margins they have, what extra services they provide, and whether they have other ways of monetizing you. They might even be reselling at a loss to boost their initial market share. In Google’s case, it’s safe to assume they want your data and sacrifice some margins to get it.
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Which ones?
aniki@lemm.ee 7 months ago
tmobile doesn’t do free international data anywhere on earth. when I travel I have service before the airplane touches down.
BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 7 months ago
I also have GFi and currently still use Fi, and I’m telling you Tmobile is better in every single way, including international carrier bonding. I haven’t switched over due to Fi VPN being very convenient for me (and there’s better VPNs out there anyways so I’m not married to it at all).