As announced in April, users are beginning to lose access to VPN by Google One today. Google first unveiled the VPN...
  • nutsackEnglish
    164·
    4 months ago4 months ago

    when traveling Communist countries in Asia with google fi it was really nice to have

    but then they revoked my data service while charging me the same amount every month, because they said I’m traveling too much.

    • paf0English
      30·
      4 months ago

      How long did it take for them to turn it off?

      • nutsackEnglish
        31·
        4 months ago4 months ago

        two years I think. they told me I need to go to the United States at least once a year.

        • paf0English
          50·
          4 months ago

          Seems entirely reasonable to me, depending on the country it costs them extra to route your calls overseas to another network.

          • dirthawker0English
            90·
            4 months ago

            Fi makes it pretty clear that use outside the US is meant to be temporary (unless you’re on military duty overseas). The person you replied to got a really long run and honestly has no cause for complaint.

            • nutsackEnglish
              20·
              4 months ago

              I wish they would at least give me a discount for the service without the data.

    • asdfasdfasdfEnglish
      48·
      4 months ago

      A better solution might be to not travel to communist countries.