To everyone suspecting ATT isn't ready, you do realize they already had it up for the beta users, right?
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AT&T Receives FCC Waiver Needed for Wi-Fi Calling, No Launch Date Yet
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So I guess it was okay for them not to follow FCC buildings the other countless numbers of times.
Yeah... I've had mine enabled since beta, it still works great, just as it did during beta.
I remember my mom buying my sister a "tattle plant". Anytime she wanted to tattle she had to go tell the tattle plant.
...maybe the FCC should buy AT&T a nice ficus.
...maybe the FCC should buy AT&T a nice ficus.
So far for me - ATT WIFI calling has worked flawlessly.
I go to a relatives house where no cell service works. Well, they have Verizon I have ATT, so these two didn't work. When I could enable ATT WIFI calling in the iOS 9 beta - I was able to make and receive calls without issue at the "no cell service zone" house. Blew my mind.
Well done ATT. And I appreciate ATT allowing WIFI calling to work for those it did enable when iOS 9 was released. ATT is the best provider IMO. Been with them for 20 years.
I go to a relatives house where no cell service works. Well, they have Verizon I have ATT, so these two didn't work. When I could enable ATT WIFI calling in the iOS 9 beta - I was able to make and receive calls without issue at the "no cell service zone" house. Blew my mind.
Well done ATT. And I appreciate ATT allowing WIFI calling to work for those it did enable when iOS 9 was released. ATT is the best provider IMO. Been with them for 20 years.
This might be the thing that keeps me on AT&T. Their service is okay except in my house. I tried the microcell but it never worked all that well. The call quality was terrible. Please let Wifi-Calling be good. And soon.
If you don't already have the service, you wont have to wait in line behind me. I already have it working from the earlier beta period and it does indeed work. I have traveled with the service on and it works, no just here by the house. So, they are ready so far as I can tell. Should hear something soon.
Exactly. Sprint and Tmobile already have wifi calling. They hoped that by blaming the FCC they'd get more time to not implement it en-mass. The FCC probably doesn't care about Sprint/Tmobile not getting a waiver because they at least implemented wifi calling.
When the FCC was called out for not providing the waiver to AT&T who all of a sudden wanted to "play by the rules" they called their bluff knowing AT&T was no where near being willing to provide wifi calling to more than the beta people. Since the FCC provided the waiver so quick Sprint/Tmobile will probably request one just to shut AT&T up.
So true, but it is not just Verizon, it is many of their customers too.
I remember in 2011, I was getting a new iPhone with ATT, and I could not keep my old plan that included 250 text messages, they wanted me to pay for unlimited texts for $25 I think....
I switched to Verizon because of the text plan. At first I was happy about the switch because most people I knew used Verizon and was always talking about how good the service was.
I was quickly disappointed when I found out that the community college I went to was a huge Verizon dead spot. The ATT service worked fine at the college. I also found many other places that the ATT service was better.
Verizon is not as good as most people think.
Anyone tried to set up WiFi calling on their phone? I would try mine but have been using since Beta. Works great for me.
See the original MR article on this. It has to do with TTY requirements (for the deaf) for calling services of any kind.
https://www.macrumors.com/2015/10/02/att-delays-wi-fi-calling-support/
I'm not defending AT&T, but there is a world of difference between a limited-distribution beta test and "it's ready for everyone with an iPhone."
iOS 9 beta users were grandfathered in when iOS 9 went live. AT&T will not provision any more customers until the service goes live.
WiFi calling has been amazing. I use it at home and work to conserve battery by throwing the phone in airplane mode. Even in poor WiFi conditions, my calls are clear and don't drop.
This is going to be huge for freeing up spectrum. Prepare for a less congested network when you're out and about, because any person at home will be directed through the Internet instead of the closest cell tower.
I hung onto ATT for years because I was grandfathered in from unlimited phone plans from 2008. I switched to Tmobile two months ago. Cut my phone bill in half and the service isn't bad even when I am on the roadway far from the city.
The problem is the only internet I have in my area is ATT UVERSE. I overpay for a speed I rare get, forced to lease a router made 6 years ago for $8 a month, and have patchy connections which is awful considering I work from home and end up disconnected from Skype connections with business clients.
They tore up our yards over the past six months to "improve service" but just found out that, unless I sign up for gigapower, I will not see any of those improvements to service.
The problem is the only internet I have in my area is ATT UVERSE. I overpay for a speed I rare get, forced to lease a router made 6 years ago for $8 a month, and have patchy connections which is awful considering I work from home and end up disconnected from Skype connections with business clients.
They tore up our yards over the past six months to "improve service" but just found out that, unless I sign up for gigapower, I will not see any of those improvements to service.
Then shouldn't AT&T work on that with the government instead of complaining to everyone else? I don't write policy. If anything, it makes me embarrassed that I use them.
Yeah, but it could be one of those deals where like iOS 8.0, where it seems to work well with the beta testers and then when it's launched to the public en masse, the stuff hits the fan. We'll see...
What exactly is the benefit of Real Time Text anyway? I LIKE being able to fully compose a thought before sending a message. I don't WANT people to be able to see what I'm typing as I'm typing (including all the typos, times when I decide to use a different word, etc.)
Why is RTT such a huge deal? Is there something about being hearing impaired that makes you want to use it more?
Why is RTT such a huge deal? Is there something about being hearing impaired that makes you want to use it more?
They tore up the yards in my neighborhood in the spring too. However, I must say that having gigabit fiber going to my home now is totally worth it.
I love when Senior Executive Vice Presidents deploy debate tactics that have long been the basis of the common 5-year old's rationality. And to so unapologetically use said 5-year old rationality as the crux of an excuse for a continued lack of meaningful customer-first innovation is executive-level icing on the turd cake.
I can almost hear the blind support and back-patting from his peers in tomorrow's executive meeting...
"Well done, Jim!"
"Such a Blue Globe [or whatever they call their internal recognition system] moment, JC!"
"Way to tell 'em how it is, Jimbo!"
"Our tee time still set for tomorrow?"
I can almost hear the blind support and back-patting from his peers in tomorrow's executive meeting...
"Well done, Jim!"
"Such a Blue Globe [or whatever they call their internal recognition system] moment, JC!"
"Way to tell 'em how it is, Jimbo!"
"Our tee time still set for tomorrow?"
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Gotta love how they tried to delay it AND blame it on the FCC and then they immediately get the waiver.
There is a meeting in tttt headquarter now, a poor IT guy tries to explain "million dollars receivers" what is vowifi and what waiver letter they got from FCC. Seriuosly Att is not an evil, I was with Verizon Fios tech support yesterday 2 hours 47 minutes, was transferred 19!!! times. Sent a twit to their CS, no resonse at all. After that they opened a ticket. I still have no home internet and don't care about viwifi.
Att has an exclent CS. I never had problem with them. Give them some time. It is better to have stable vowifi.