[GordyM]

Originally Posted by rexxfan

I tried Fi briefly here in upstate NY. My thought was to try it out and as long as it was decent, I'd keep it when I return to TV in October and see how it went there.

Sadly, it turned out that the coverage in the counties I inhabit most often here in NY (Dutchess and Ulster) was terrible. Nearly non-existent. It seemed to want to use Sprint most of the time and the nearest Sprint tower to me is more than 10 miles away. I was lucky to get one bar of 3G coverage. Most of the time it was 2G. My main carrier, AT&T, consistently delivers multi-bar 4G LTE service here. So I ended up cancelling Fi in less than a week.

As to how it might work in TV, it would depend on how good the Sprint and T-Mobile coverage is in the area. If you can get strong 4G coverage from both, it'll probably work very well. Otherwise probably not so good.

An anecdotal story, when I was in TV in the Spring I put a SimpliSafe alarm system into the house we bought in Winifred. It initially came with a T-Mobile connection but had problems making a good connection. I had to have them send me a Verizon card to replace the T-Mobile one and thereafter everything was fine. Based on that (admittedly limited) experience with T-Mobile in TV, I'd be worried about Fi (at least from the Winifred area).

A couple of postscripts. First, I will say that the WiFi calling feature of Fi was excellent, but of course that only works when you are connected to WiFi. Lastly, I'm also a huge fan of the Nexus phones (mostly for the pure Android experience and rapid upates). I've had the 5, 6 and am currently awaiting delivery of a 6P.
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Rexxfan,

Thank you for your input and your personal experience using Google fi. I think I will go ahead and order the Nexus 5X and give this a go.....

Gordy