Hey! Really quick: not a whole lot going on in my head lately. Nothing. Seriously. I've been kinda moping around and watching Netflix. Yet, something just happened!
I'm on Google Plus and I come across a post about Google's cell network, thing. It's called Project Fi. I wrote about it last week when it was still in the rumored area of the internet. I mentioned prices and how it could be big..you can read it all HERE but now that we have actual data from Google itself, lets take a look inside my head.
It's not good. Basically, they are doing what Walmart does with it's cell service. It's essentially a piggy back service. It uses towers from Sprint and T-mobile to give you your cell service. What does that mean? High prices. Now, I'm still fortunate to have my unlimited Verizon Data from 2011 on my iPhone 5 that came out in 2012, but let's say I didn't. Let's say I have Sprint's Unlimited data for $80 a month.
Google's offering does a per gigabyte plan. For every gigabyte you want, you pay $10. So 3 gigabytes of data will be $30 per month. Now, 8 gigabytes would be $80 a month. Now, why on earth would anybody switch to a limited data plan when they can get unlimited data for the same price? I don't know about you, but when I'm not burning data just because, I go through about a gig and a half a day. I'm never around wifi and with all of the security breaches venerabilities, I'm happy I'm not using it. On top of the limited vs unlimited data, it's the same cell coverage since it's piggy backing off that network anyways. Why aren't they offering a service like Google Fiber where they have their own infrastructure? Too much money? They are willing to photograph every inch of the world by car, yet they aren't willing to build an infrastructure?
Imagine having an unlimited service that's unlimited. That's more international friendly. Not this limited to 2G crap. Seriously, have you used 2G cell data recently?
Now, you do pay for what you use. For instance, if you pay for 5 gigabytes and you use only 4, you get $10 back. That's pretty cool. But, still, no unlimited plan in this day of data.
They get many things right, but fall too short of what could be an excellent service.
And did I mention it only works on the Nexus 6?
