Did a little more checking around. T-Mobile has the prepaid data-only On Demand Pass 1GB for $10/mo. That bumps the savings to $480/yr. Sweet!
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I've been trying to figure out how to make this work for us and I think I've got it.
We're on a family plan 2 lines for $80/mo unlimited + 1GB data per line. My wife has a Nexus 6 and I use a Nexus 5. So she can move to Fi but I can't. Obviosly when she changes over we lose the family plan. She can get by just fine on roughly 1GB or $30 on Fi. But my bill goes to up to $50 without the family plan. $30 + $50 = $80 so no savings.
She is out and about a lot for her work and runs her business with her phone. She needs ultra-reliable phone service, which is one reason to switch her N6 to Fi. But...I'm sorta semi-retired and home most of the time with screaming fast Google Fiber WiFi. if I start making all calls over VOIP via Hangouts and WiFi I don't need phone service much. Still, I want to have phone and data for when I'm out but $50/mo or $600/yr is a little much for something used so little.
Then I checked T-Mobile for data-only plans. They have 1GB data-only for $20/mo. Well, 1GB will do fine, I can make a lotta calls with that and I won't use data much otherwise, I just want to have it if I need it mostly. So I called T-Mobile and asked if they could put a Nexus 5 on data-only. First girl I talked said she couldn't code it into the system because it wasn't a tablet, but she transferred me to a guy who said no problem at all, just call when ready.
So, that will make it $30 + $20 = $50 a nice savings of $360/yr.
Did a little more checking around. T-Mobile has the prepaid data-only On Demand Pass 1GB for $10/mo.
Are you referring to the $10 on demand data pass listed here? That says it's only good for a week, so the $20 monthly option would be cheaper
Still nice to see how much you two can save using Project Fi.
http://www.androidcentral.com/comparing-project-fi-pricing-other-no-contract-carriers
There's quite a good run down of Project Fi and a table comparing it to some of the other carriers.
Same here,the app is doing nothing more than a sign-in prompt loop ATM.Fi is almost here! My wife's Nexus 6 auto-installed a utility called Google Connectivity Services. And the Project Fi app is up to the Play store, which of course I dutifully installed.
But...still no invitation.
Should work, but assuming the invite is tied to your Google account you'd have to request the invite using a different account also.Seems to me like you can avoid all this by using a separate account for GV?
Should work, but assuming the invite is tied to your Google account you'd have to request the invite using a different account also.Seems to me like you can avoid all this by using a separate account for GV?
If you want to keep your Google Voice number but don't want to use it with Project Fi, you'll need to transfer it to a different Google Voice account or another carrier before you sign up for Project Fi.
Got my invite today.
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