Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 12:35 Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Does FI work internationally? Tina does lots of travel. One thing about > AT&T is that I've been able to use it just about anywhere. > Did you read the Fi website? I have no personal experience with it, but they claim wide international coverage: https://fi.google.com/about/rates/ The thing about Fi which makes broad service plausible is that it isn't Google going out and trying to build its own new wireless carrier; it's Google making arrangements with multiple established carriers. > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 10:58 AM, Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> wrote: > > > Not just an Android phone - one from their approved list (most easily > > handled by buying a phone through them). Note that the Pixel 2 XL is one > > of those phones, and is the best hardware on the list. > > > > Phones used for Fi need to be able to access multiple phone networks > > simultaneously. > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 11:49 Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Fi sounds interesting. We have 2G coverage out here according to their > > > map. You have to have an Android phone. I'll check it out. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 11:37 AM, Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Yeah, Project Fi is pretty intriguing. They've arranged to use the > > > > infrastructure of three separate wireless phone companies (last time > I > > > > checked it was two!). Check your area's coverage: > > > > > > > > https://fi.google.com/about/coverage/ > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 11:28 Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Tina, take a brief look at Pixel fi. It is a Android phone that > > > > primarily > > > > > uses wi-fi but will switch to any carriers signal. Cost is $10/gig > > up > > > > > to$60. > > > > > My daughter has had one for three months now and has traveled > > > throughout > > > > > the US without issue or without service. I might add that like > most > > > > 30ish > > > > > she uses her phone continuously. > > > > > > > > > > I had to Google it as I don't think it is beyond a slow roll out. > > Also > > > > > only available online from Google. You will however be both free > > from > > > > > ISP's and more entangled by Alphabet. > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 8:19 AM Sonny Carter via LUG < > > > lug at leica-users.org> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I loved my7plus too. Now I have an X, and it is an amazing > phone, > > > > > smaller > > > > > > in hand than the 7plus, but a bigger screen. > > > > > > > > > > > > The facial recognition works for my bank and other password apps > > too. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 8:53 AM, Brian Reid < > > > > reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Demand a replacement. Apple stores are authorized to do that. > > > > > > > I just switched from a 6 Plus to a 7 Plus. Love it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > Sonny > > > > > > http://sonc.com/look/ > > > > > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > > > > > 1714 > > > > > > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > > > > > > > > > > > USA > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Tina Manley > > > www.tinamanley.com > > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > > > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- > > 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >