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How does get Facetime to work on iPad/iTouch?
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Use the email address designated for FaceTime of the person you are calling. iPhone 4 and iPod touch (4th generation): Using FaceTime
Facetime already works on the iPod touch, it uses your email address to make the connection over WiFi and out through the internet.
Wow... I was under the thought the video went over the Internet and the voice went over ATT's cellular service. If Facetime is entirely VOIP then how come when I make a normal call while on WiFi it doesn't through VOIP also?
Just to verify... Facetime calls do not count against plan minutes?
Just to verify... Facetime calls do not count against plan minutes?
wifiWhen you dial a phone number you use cell phone service to make the call and it has nothing to do with your phone being connected to WiFi or not connected. You must be connected to cell service to make a cell phone call. When you make a FaceTime it is WiFi over internet only and has nothing to do with cell service. This is why AT&T/Verizon don't support it because it would bypass their profitable voice minutes while "hoging" up data/internet usage.
Really then the only reason is that it doesn't use your plan minutes. I think this stinks especially since it they would need to have Apple in cahoots to make it this way. Seems like they could eleviate some of their cell traffic if all calls went through VOIP when on WIFI but maybe I don't understand VOIP. I guess someone needs to maintainthe VOIP servers... Apple I assume then does this for Facetime so then it would have to be ATT for the other WIFI calls?