OT, but I had no problems with the Sumaq wifi in the small "outdoor" area. IIRC there was Sumaq and Sumaq-1 or something like that, and I used the latter figuring most people would go for the first one :) (It was ridiculously crowded, yes, it was like a forest of extended rollaboard handles :D)

Just signed up for Project Fi today. All worked quite well (port took less than 5 minutes) and calls/texts are coming in straight away.

Only poor issue is Google considers the newly ported number as a Google Voice # and since they only allow one Google Voice # per account/phone I can no longer use the Google Voice app to check messages on my older/other Google Voice #. I must now use the web to do so. Further, and even worse for me, I cannot forward the old Google Voice # to my new Pixel Project Fi phone (which I was able to do with my old Nexus 5 and T-Mo). Still - aside from this domestically working fine in the first few hours.

It's only one google voice number per account, but you can use more than one number per phone so long as you sign into each with the relevant account. https://productforums.google.com/for...fi/f7FN9BpfCk0

Doesn't work on my new Pixel phone. Have escalated to tech support - we will have to see if they can help. :confused:

So I downloaded Signal Spy and it shows me connected to Tmobile and Wifi. But it doesn't show the corresponding Sprint signal strength - so how does one know when to force a switch? Do you only force when you have poor connectivity? (without knowing whether the other also has poor connectivity)? Wouldn't it be better if the apps showed both signal strengths so we could make an informed decision? Or is that not technically viable?

You won't see the signal strength, you only can switch between the carriers. In general I only do it if I'm connected to a carrier like Sprint and am experiencing poor data speeds. In my area Sprint has good "reception" but pathetic data throughput...

Fi will typically hang onto a carrier as long as their is good signal... the quality of the data connection seems irrelevant to that. In general I don't even need to use Signal Spy because FI "learns" over time and seems to improve as you go on, making switching irrelevant.

I'm going to be oversea for about 3 weeks. I was thinking of getting Fi for just one month since I'm on a family plan with AT&T.

From Google site, looks like Fi will use my Google Voice number, what will happen to that number when I cancel Fi?

Whatever you want to happen with it. You can port it back to Google Voice, you can port it to another carrier, or you can release it back to the pool.

So I've had Fi now for a week.

Experience with Fi has been decent but not great. When connected to T-mobile it is generally fast - but when it switches to Sprint it has been quite slow data speeds for me. There are also occasions when it doesn't seem to connect to either network which was truly annoying.

As for the Pixel phone it is not much of an improvement over my old Nexus 5. Speeds actually feel slower. I do love the fingerprint logon (no more swiping every time I want access to my phone). Just a little touch of the finger which is perfectly mounted on the backside (where my finger already is). The camera is also much better than my older phone. Still - those seem to be the only two noticeable improvements.

The real test will be when I'm abroad which is why I got the phone. If I got Fi and my Pixel solely for the States, I'd be highly disappointed. However if it works well abroad (as other posters describe), I'll be happy.

Your experience with the quality of Sprint is like mine. Sprint sucks in this area... not really a Fi issue though. I came from T-mobile so I'd be fine with just sticking to t-mo domestically. This is also where Signalspy comes in. Signalspy will let you Switch the carriers on demand. So if you are locked onto sprint, just switch to T-Mo or USC. Over time your FI APP will learn and will get on the correct network on its own.


For international, make sure that you have turned on the International settings in your FI account... and more importantly on your pixel's cellular settings turn on data roaming!

I had signalspy downloaded but (i)I feared it was draining my battery and (ii) I couldn't easily switch networks without some sort of convoluted process. So I uninstalled it.

Re International - I understand to turn on data roaming when traveling. What do you mean about turning on International Settings in Fi? Where are they? Why are they not always and automatically on?

I have Signal Spy installed, but I have it set to not autostart and I kill the application if I don't need it. If I do need it, I fire it up... it basically puts a dialer code into your clipboard which you can paste into the dialer to manually switch networks (if needed). Or you can buy the pro version where it can do network switching for you at the press of a button. Handy but certainly not needed.

As for the international settings, go to fi.google.com -> Manage Plan. You should see a section for International settings. You want to toggle on "Service Outside the US" and "Call to non-US numbers". They should be on by default, but it is worth checking before you travel.

Thumbs Up for Fi in Argentina!
 

Greetings from Buenos Aires. My ATT global unlimited only pulls HSPA but my tablet on Project Fi is pulling LTE.

Fi rocks but admittedly my ATT SIM has been pretty peppy. A VOIP call over HSPA on ATT was perfect.

Quick question about wifi calls... I'm currently traveling outside the USA. I'm in a hotel and both wifi and LTE are connected. If I make a call, will the Pixel phone automatically choose VOIP/Wifi calling so the call is free? Or do I need to do something in order to have it do that?

I was being charged $0.20 p/min while roaming and connected to Wi-Fi simultaneously and so I had to put my Nexus 6P in airplane mode and then turn on Wi-Fi to make the Wi-Fi calls as advised by Project Fi support. My roaming calls back to the US were then connected via Wi-Fi and free with roaming turned off.