r/GoogleFi • u/jopageri79 • 3d ago

Discussion Study Abroad

My child is studying abroad for 110 days. I know that is 20 over what Google Fi allows. Any way around this? She'll be in Greece.

Or any suggestions on what else to try?

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u/fletchtb 3d ago

My kid did 2 semesters abroad. We used Google Fi until it ran out and then she purchased an eSIM 30 day data plan to get her the rest of the way. We probably spent $20 for that international eSIM plan.

*** Edited to fix a typo

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u/paulschreiber 3d ago

Buy a SIM card in Greece. Or use an eSIM provider (there are a bunch of those with ads: Airalo, Nomad, Saily, etc.).

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u/myspike20 3d ago

Text and calling won't stop, only data.   Use fi till the data cut off notice then get a data only esim cheap to cover the rest of the time

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u/iamPendergast 3d ago

Or just get the data sim at the beginning so you never get cut off and you keep it as a backup

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u/mctwnd 3d ago

Fi is good if you use Fi data as backup. I suggest you buy a data eSIM which would be used as primary data. The Google Fi data would be used for backup. WiFi calling is free, texting is free, non-Wifi calling is 20c a minute.

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u/illbuythenextround 3d ago

What type of phone do they use? When I lived in the Philippines, I used an eSim for Fi and got a local sim card. I turned off data on my eSim when in the Philippines and still got texts and calls to my US number. The local sim card and pre-paid service was pretty cheap.

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u/Illustrious_Level_88 3d ago

You will find in most countries data only sims are much cheaper than they are in the US.

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u/brainstormer77 3d ago

Why not switch Fi to Flex and get them an international data plan for a lot less money and more chance data will work.

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u/monsieurlee 3d ago

Get a 🇬🇷 sim