Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff, thank you for the shortcut. I wasn't too concerned as the default is Wi fi and you can find that most places if you look about a bit. Our more seasoned travelers can chime in about the various wifi protocols around the world but my assumption would be that it is pretty standardised with generational differences as the primary barrier. On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 9:46 AM Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >