U.S. Cellular shares soared Tuesday after T-Mobile announced it will acquire most of the company in a deal worth $4.4 billion. It plans to use the wireless company to improve coverage in rural areas.
As a Google Fi customer, I have noticed this. I bought into Fi because in my neck of the woods, T-Mo tended to cover Sprint’s gaps, and vice versa, and Fi used both. So while the process of switching between them was sometimes glitchy, I could get coverage anywhere in town. Now, it seems they might have turned off Sprint’s towers here, believing that T-Mo has them covered, so I am out of signal in some places.
I also bought into Fi for the free international roaming, and it’s still the cheapest plan for that if you don’t mind bring billed by the Gb. But I don’t travel as much internationally now as before the Pandemic. But if Fi continues to not work in many places they might force me out.
As a Google Fi customer, I have noticed this. I bought into Fi because in my neck of the woods, T-Mo tended to cover Sprint’s gaps, and vice versa, and Fi used both. So while the process of switching between them was sometimes glitchy, I could get coverage anywhere in town. Now, it seems they might have turned off Sprint’s towers here, believing that T-Mo has them covered, so I am out of signal in some places.
I also bought into Fi for the free international roaming, and it’s still the cheapest plan for that if you don’t mind bring billed by the Gb. But I don’t travel as much internationally now as before the Pandemic. But if Fi continues to not work in many places they might force me out.