Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderFor those who don't want to read the FAQ or find the video incredibly unhelpful [1]: a. It only supports the Nexus 6 out of the gate. b. It automatically switches you to the "fastest" network available. Partners out of the gate are Sprint and T-mobile. Sounds like it prefers Wifi, then 4G LTE, and then degrades down to 3G or 2G. c. Pricing is $20 for unlimited talk (domestic) and text (domestic and international) and wi-fi tethering. Data is…
Maybe bigger news is that they now officially support (in "beta") iPhones, Samsung's S line, and many other handsets. If you use a non-Fi native device it won't support Sprint (T-Mobile only) and fast switching from WiFi to cellular is disabled. It might have limitations but at least it is officially supported. People have already been using non-supported devices on Fi with these same limitations, it was just technically forbidden. Fi really is a great network, I doubt it would…
I am on Google-Fi. Performance / coverage is pretty good, but I can't compare to ATT. I will say I feel like the pricing isn't very competitive with other carriers, as it was ~2 years ago. Fi is a great choice for someone who knows they will be on WiFi the majority of the time, and want to keep your wireless bill <50$ a month. Once you start using data, it gets pretty expensive, even with their recent data cap…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 1243
- Total comments
- 796
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-22 | Project Fi by GoogleFirst breakout · Best thread | _optl | 1107 | 581 |
| 2018-07-09 | Project Fi, a phone plan from Google | Sharma | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-09-10 | Do you use Google Fi? Is it better than ATT? | mvpu | 1 | 1 |
| 2018-11-28 | Project Fi Is Now Google FiLatest 20+ point return | jeremydw | 134 | 214 |
