Talk:United States/@comment-3484981-20160818111438/@comment-85.212.84.70-20160818122957

Hi. There are many conditions about Google Fi, that make it very questionable to list it here. First - as you have said - it's restricted to a few phone models, most prominently Nexus. Second, it's limited to US customers. You have to give a ZIP code. Sure, you can make one up, but in their T&C they talk about a social security number. And you need to have a steady postal address in the US to get the SIM. At least, they don't require invites anymore. It's an online-only operator, not sold physically in stores as far as I know - much of this is against our rules (see guidelines). And after all, you'll make a contract with Google, although on a prepaid basis. that can be terminated anytime. This is not the usual prepaid.

I think their internatl. SIM card is very interesting too. They have teamed up with Three UK and sell cheap data in 135 countries (but similar to T-Mobile throttled to 256 Mbps). So there are many strings attached. But for the internatl. market 95% of the people not linving in the US can't get it, and another 95% don't have a Nexus.....

I'd rather think about a way to add FreedomPop in the US, UK, Spain and for their internatl. SIM card. Here, we have similar obstacles, that it's only sold in a few markets. You can get it in the US, but their delivery time is rather inconvenient for travellers without any physical support points and a rather tricky "freebie" business model. That's why I stayed away from it so far. You need to explain a lot as it differs from usual prepaid SIM cards and this article is already rather long. That's why I'm thinking of gathering all FreedomPop products on an own special page, if their business model persists.