Balance 20x and Google Fi 4GLTE for backup failover, does it work well?

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Hello Peplink Community,
I am considering upgrading our small office from 2 SOHO MK3 to a balance 20x with some additional smart switches. One of the perks of the Balance 20x is the built in cellular modem. That way I could get rid of 2 the two USB cell modems on the SOHOs and just put a data sim card in the balance 20x.
However, while I find many people talking about some problems setting up Google Fi/TMobile sim cards on the balance 20x, I could not find any conclusive affirmation stating that the Balance 20x actually works well with Google Fi 4GLTE sims in the US.

So the question is: does anyone have a balance 20x with a Google Fi data sim, and does it work well for you?
Incidentally, is that configuration officially supported by Peplink?

Thanks!

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A quick update for reference, in case someone else has the same question in the future: I went ahead and setup the balance 20x using a Google Fi data sim and it works well. All you need is a sim adapter to go from nano (4ff) to mini (2ff) and to setup the APN to h2g2. After that the balance 20x is able to use the mobile link perfectly.

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Very good to hear! Thanks for sharing the result :wink:

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