# Google FI: Phone Service in the GoM?

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/google-fi-phone-service-in-the-gom/51650>\
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [May 27, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/google-fi-phone-service-in-the-gom/51650 "2019-05-27T04:09:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![snakenbush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@snakenbush](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/snakenbush)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/google-fi-phone-service-in-the-gom/51650/1 "2019-05-27T04:09:04Z")

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I’m doing these 4-6 week OSV hitches in the GoM and I want data. I don’t have wifi on most boats and the rigs don’t have an AT&T tower. They do have some kind of tower though (full roaming signal). Some guys have luck with T-Mobile but they say they’re limited to 200mb a month. Google FI operates using all GSM towers with no overages or roaming fees as far as I understand so essentially whatever tower those rigs are using should work right? Has anyone tried this? Also this service sounds great for overseas

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**Author:** ![Capt\_Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_phoenix/32/281_2.png) [@Capt\_Phoenix](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Phoenix)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/google-fi-phone-service-in-the-gom/51650/2 "2019-05-27T05:48:13Z")

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I would get Google Fi if I went overseas again.

AT&T (any GSM signal) was what worked in the Gulf. I had a deckhand that used straight talk phones underway because it counts numbers of text messages not cost per message, even in the platform repeaters.