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Originally Posted by djmarchand
I think I understand how this system works: It uses wifi for voice, text and internet usage when a wifi hot spot is available, otherwise it uses one of the three cell providers noted above. I am a little surprised at the number of wifi hot spots. Does it possibly use Xfinity's system which seems to be quite wide spread in the US?
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You are probably right, but I haven't ever seen mine connect to any wifi that I haven't explicitly connected to. And when using it as a wifi hotspot, it can't connect to another wifi service. So it's fully functional just using the cellular data and voice services, even if that's not it's first choice. But as I write this, I guess I don't know if it's using cellular data service for voice calls, or if it's using the voice service.
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Originally Posted by djmarchand
I wonder how it makes calls from outside the US. Does it have reciprocal privileges with foreign providers? Or maybe international calls are only made from wifi hot spots.
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International roaming calls are definitely not limited to wifi, so I think they must have reciprocal agreements. They would need them anyway for cellular data services, right?
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Originally Posted by djmarchand
Does it support non voice devices like tablets? Our current Verizon plan covers our four devices: two phones and two tablets with a total of 6 GB per month of data. When I go into Fi's website and enter 4 people to correspond with 4 devices and 6 GB of data it shows $125 ex tax and fees as the monthly cost which is within a buck of my Verizon monthly bill.
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I didn't try to set up service on more than one device. But when using that device as a hot spot, I don't think there are any limits on the number of other devices that you can connect. Some other services limit the number of hotspot clients, and/or limit data speed and quantity.
But I don't think that's what you are asking. I think you are looking at moving 4 devices from Verizon the FI. For domestic use, I expect the pricing is about the same. I wouldn't have signed up just for domestic service. To me, the big difference is in the international data roaming service.
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Originally Posted by djmarchand
I guess it would be worth switching if it really did handle calls from outside the US through cellular carriers, but I don't see how they do that.
David
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My guess would be that it's via reciprocal agreements just like Verizon and ATT. The only difference I could imagine is that they might be using data services only and using that for voice. But I expect the voice service would suffer if that were the case, and I didn't notice any issues.