Which mobile operator do you use?

[Bikeride]

I am using Google fi

 

[ocnbrze]

just switched last year to Verizon from Sprint

 

[Clementine_3]

Verizon

 

[Deleted User]

This one's no good :

 

[Brian706]

Been on Fi for the last 3-4 years. Since Nexus 6.

 

[MoodyBlues]

Consumer Cellular. Switched last year after being with AT&T since the 1990s. It's saved me a bundle of money!

 

[mikedt]

China Unicom has been my carrier for five years, and before that China Mobile, and before that Vodafone, and before that T-Mobile, and before that Three, and before that I used two cans and a taut length of string.

 

[MoodyBlues]

before that I used two cans and a taut length of string.

Bwaaaahhh!

 

[MoodyBlues]

before that I used two cans and a taut length of string.

Bwaaaahhh!

 

[mikedt]

I could use Google Fi if I wanted, but rather expensive though.

There's a few vendors selling Google Fi SIMs with activation on Taobao, basically as way for users to bypass the Chinese GFW internet censoring, if they're willing to pay the price.

The wonders of grey market/black market telecoms.

 

[Bikeride]

Do they sell it worldwide?

"Normally" you should use it only in the us but many are using it for 1 Year abroad.

 

[MrJavi]

China Unicom has been my carrier for five years, and before that China Mobile, and before that Vodafone, and before that T-Mobile, and before that Three, and before that I used two cans and a taut length of string.

lol

 

[MrJavi]

Im with Sprint. I signed up way back with the five phone line "Family Plan". They used to offer a new phone discount when resigning every two years.

 

[Bikeride]

And I use freemobile i get 25 GB for many countrys china usa canada for just 20 euros!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Mobile

 

[mikedt]

Do they sell it worldwide?

"Normally" you should use it only in the us but many are using it for 1 Year abroad.

Taobao sales are China only, unless you can use a proxy.

 

[Bikeride]

Ok but goofle fi is a lifesaver

 

[mikedt]

Ok but goofle fi is a lifesaver

Is it? Please elaborate?

Maybe Fi is a lifesaver for rich people in China?

 

[mikedt]

lol

We might laugh now, but this is how it was before the advent of mobile operators, like Google Fi.

BTW for any millennials reading this, the above diagram shows how phones worked before the advent of Android smart-phones.

 

[Bikeride]

Is it? Please elaborate?

Maybe Fi is a lifesaver for rich people in China?

Fi is a lifesaver for people who dont want to spend money for sim cards

 

[mikedt]

Fi is a lifesaver for people who dont want to spend money for sim cards

Yeh but a Google Fi SIM about $100 USD up front fee, plus whatever their monthly subscription and data plan charges might be. That's a lot of money to spend on a SIM.

Why is it a "lifesaver for people"?

I assume you're in the US. then yeh from what I've read Fi is much cheaper than Verizon(Big Red) or whatever.

 

[Deleted User]

Let's not forget the little people.
Before Alexander Graham Bell made the first practical ring tone out of metal, you'd never know someone was calling you.

 

[joe71]

I am using Google fi

I used Google Fi when they first came out, no serious complaints

 

[joe71]

Verizon hands down best nation wide coverage in the United States. Most drivers use either Verizon or AT&T

 

[Bikeride]

Knowroaming is also a good deal to ditch Chinas firewall

@ mikedt

Maybe Knowroaming is something for you

https://www.amazon.com/KnowRoaming-...NTB657E8H9K&psc=1&refRID=NMQW2ZGMFNTB657E8H9K

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Sprint but I need to get unlocked again. I miss the testing chances with the unlocked format.