So I shot the launch commercial for WiFi calling. Biggest client to date... and go figure this goes and happens!
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AT&T Delays Wi-Fi Calling Support Amid Wait for FCC Waiver, Calls Out Sprint and T-Mobile
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If there's a carrier worse than AT&T, Comcraptastic would certainly be it. Luckily they don't serve my area and I've got the choice between Cablevision and Fios.
LOL! The irony of that picture is certainly lost on you, isn't it. Thank you, I certainly am having a nice weekend.
Really makes you wonder what the real reason is that they aren't doing it. Clearly it isn't some FCC restriction. I don't even quite understand the restriction they are claiming - are they saying TTY / RTT aren't yet enabled on the iPhone? Or are they saying that WiFi calling must also support TTY / RTT devices (of which there are currently none)?
Its funny, I totally forgot about this feature until I read this article. That made me go to Fido's web page, and sure enough they offer it. Which is great, because I get terrible reception at home and work, both of which just happen to be about 2 blocks from perfectly good service. So I turned it on in Settings, and presto, done. Now I have perfect reception everywhere.
Thank you Apple.
Thank you Apple.
not up on this stuff, how does this fit into what we are talking about---more money savings for ATT. Also, the 711 number mentioned is re-mentioned in the customer support link along with products one can buy. Doesn't sound handicap friendly to me.
http://www.att.com/esupport/relay-notice.jsp?gnLinkId=t3115
http://www.att.com/esupport/relay-notice.jsp?gnLinkId=t3115
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I'm excited to get an iPhone 6s from T-Mobile because of Band 12. So I got the phone last week no difference sometimes it's worse. With iPhone 6 most of the time I get 1 bar signal of LTE. Now with iPhone 6s it's switching to EDGE. Legere was lying about this Long Range LTE.
Not to sure the 6s's don't have poorer signal than the 6's. I have been off work 3 months from surgery. And, will know better when I get back to work at my desk. May just be more people sharing the bandwidth than were there when I started with ATT. Or, they redistributed there tower strength. Some places I get half of what I got "consistently" when I first left TMO for ATT. TMO was horrible at that time in my area. That said, I have acceptable service where ever I go except my house. Which is in a valley. And deep into buildings.
I've had exactly the opposite experience. Sitting in a location I used to only get Edge, and I have LTE while my wife who's 6s hadn't arrived yet only had Edge. YAY!
Agree 100% J.L. tries to sell us a future, not a present map. LTE 12!!! Too much noise out of nothing. It is not nation wide, just several markets. I live in one of them, but not even a sign of lte12 here. T-mo is not as good in my area.
ATT drags their feet on everything, they join the more innovative carriers only when they are so far behind them they are forced to join the crowd. I absolutely despise them, they are the epitome of a bloated ineffective corporation.
So I tweeted ATT about this yesterday and they're holding firm to blaming FCC. For me I was happy to see this in iOS9 but have been disappointed again by them; other time was when I couldn't FaceTime on the network with my 4s.
https://twitter.com/att/status/650530031731613696
https://twitter.com/att/status/650530031731613696
Given that Fido WiFi calling works fine on my 5S, I'd say the chance is very close to 100%.
The whole system works great BTW. It just silently falls over to WiFi, but only when the tower signal is weak, 2 bars or less. Won't help me at the cottage, but this will significantly improve service at home and work.
They are saying WiFi Calling must support TTY
They also are the ones trying to introduce a new RTT system to the industry that does NOT Currently exist widespread and could take 1 to 3 years to fully roll out/deploy and they need approval to offer WiFi Calling in the interim
By my count that's 3 FCC approvals they need or risk fines/punishment
( something that Sprint and T-Mobile did w/o a care and in theory the FCC could still choose to go after them for at any time )
Congrats I have it on too and keeping it on as is to be safe! Loving it!
AT&T like any carrier has been working on improving. Could they be better/faster? Probably so could most carriers but as a certain someone on this forum commented in defense of T-Mobile
It could also be said AT&T is not the same AT&T of yesteryear
Also to quote another poster on this thread experience can and always will differ by customer and by location and by device
Where you at now. I heard about only certain places has the Band 12. But Legere sounds like this is a nationwide and bragging about it. Promising some guaranteed or your money back for those who just sign-up with the service.
Legere is pretty good at being braggy and flashy but the follow through isn't nearly as transparent and fast as he'd like those fooled by T-Mobile gimmicks to believe
Band 12 rollout is ongoing and could take till the iPhone 7 , 7S , 8 or beyond to reach every last place TMO is assuming it does get all areas
Also on a realistic note sooner or later all of T-Mobile's "UnCarrier" flashy moves are going to catch up with and hurt them more than help from a business standpoint
From false ( or slightly deceptive ) advertising to essentially subsidizing iPhones in a different way than contracts ( iPhone Upgrade Promos, % of customers damaging leased phones, % of customers who don't fulfill payment plans completely etc )
To other odds and ends reasons their moves could deter instead of attract
( criticism over some limits still on so called music freedom )
Anyway skewing off topic
But yea Legere is pretty good at bragging, taking jabs @ competition and non competition and trying to promise people the sun the stars and the moon with their service and is pretty cocky while doing so
Fun Fact John neither you nor T-Mobile nor anyone can please everybody
#HarshTruth
Looks like AT&T has their waiver granted. Check here: https://www.fcc.gov/document/tty-rtt-transition-waiver-att
Looks to be approved now.
Originally tested in an iOS 9 public beta back in August, AT&T ultimately held back on a wide public release for Wi-Fi calling due to its decision to wait for an FCC waiver that would temporarily relieve the carrier of needing to offer support options for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. The Federal Communications Commission's rules state that all calling services need support for a teletypewriter (TTY) service for the deaf, but AT&T wants the old-fashioned TTY replaced with real-time text (RTT) support instead.
Both TTY and RTT offer support for the deaf and hard-of-hearing to conduct non-voice conversations, but AT&T's RTT service wouldn't be ready until 2016, leading to the carrier's request for a temporary waiver from needing to implement TTY support until then. Yesterday, AT&T resubmitted its request for such a waiver to get its Wi-Fi calling service off the ground, simultaneously calling out Sprint and T-Mobile for deciding to move forward with similar services without supporting the FCC's rules (via Fierce Wireless).
The company stated that the original launch date for Wi-Fi calling was set to be September 25, alongside the launch of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, but without the proper waiver from the Federal Communications Commission, the carrier decided to hold off on the launch of the service for now.
Wi-Fi calling was introduced into the iOS ecosystem with iOS 8 and lets calls be placed over Wi-Fi instead of a cellular network so users can take advantage of a potentially faster Wi-Fi signal when their carrier's connection strength is particularly weak. Since the feature was made available in the iOS 9 public beta, a limited number of AT&T subscribers have been able to test out Wi-Fi calling on their iPhones despite AT&T's delay of the full rollout.
Article Link: AT&T Delays Wi-Fi Calling Support Amid Wait for FCC Waiver, Calls Out Sprint and T-Mobile
https://www.fcc.gov/document/tty-rtt-transition-waiver-att
Sorry Jonopaige, I didn't read to the end to see you already posted a link.
