For anybody who is using the AT&T wifi calling. If you are talking on wifi and then move out of wifi range, will the call automatically get handed off to a cell tower or will it drop the call?
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AT&T Receives FCC Waiver Needed for Wi-Fi Calling, No Launch Date Yet
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Pretty sure that's iOS 9.1 beta 3, might want to double-check that. Beta 4 for 9.1 just came out today on public beta.
I think the best question is... Why are we not reading the articles to get answers to our questions?
To quote 1- AT&T does have TTY. Wifi calling does not. It's an ADA requirement to have it. T Mobile and Sprint do not have it either. AT&T followed the ADA and requested a waiver to implement an updated service. T Mobile and Sprint did not. They instead say it's covered by text messages.
To quote 2- they need permission because wifi calling doesn't do TTY, an ADA requirement.
This isn't that difficult to discern from actually reading instead of jumping to conclusions.
I pay Brighthouse $108 a month for 150Mbps and 300Mbps is well over $200.
Is there a data cap for Gigapower?
Maybe the asymmetry is due to AT&T deliberately interpreting the Reg's in such a way as to be able to cover for its own failure to implement while using this a a way to try and shame their competition.
Even AT&T's "aw shucks, we have to scratch our head in confusion" seems trite and planned.
Even AT&T's "aw shucks, we have to scratch our head in confusion" seems trite and planned.
I've had wifi calling since beta also, I've notieced when I leave my house and on lte I can't sent sms texts They Come in fine but replies fail Anyone else having that? I have to shut off wifi calling reboot and now as of 9.1 betas had to turn off lte and then the txt sent So they clearly aren't ready for a smooth launch
Very disappointing. I was really counting on this for use with the Watch.
Please start your own company and show us how it should be done. Thanks.
And they had to get the waiver to be in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, which has very clear and consistent rules for telecom? This law isn't exactly new. It was passed in 1990. Title IV covers telecommunication.
Well then you might want to hope that after ATT gets off their butts and enables the Wi-Fi calling that they work with Apple to set up continuity over cellular. As far as I know only T-Mobile has it.
Yes, 1 TB per month. Although, I suspect it's a soft cap since there is currently no way for the user to monitor their usage.
It connects flawlessly. I was on a call the other day on wifi calling at home and left and was down the road before I even realized I was out of wifi range and there hadn't been so much as a quiet spot in the call. wifi calling the way they have it implemented so far works great and I'm in a very small rural town. If it can work this flawlessly here it can work great almost anywhere.
I am not 100% sure on this but I thought I read a few weeks ago that it will hand off to a tower seamlessly as long as you're in an area that has VoLTE (HD Voice) coverage. I believe if you're in an HSPA+ or 3G voice area, the call does drop when you leave Wi-Fi.
No. No VoLTE here and it handed off seamlessly.
Someone has to be the whistle blower
If John Legere @ T-Mobile can cause waves why can't AT&T play hall monitor?
So other companies getting away with law violations is totally fine then?
Wouldn't count on it
You never know for sure FCC has gone after AT&T and can in theory go after the 2 cariers who basically ignored regulations as they pleased
AT&T's point is that both of those cariers launched the features w/o approval and without proper proof their WiFi Calling Features reliably support TTY thus both cariers blatantly disregarded regulations and could/should be subject to penalties
See above reply.
And the old thread where it was delayed in being rolled out publicly
http://dlvr.it/CKrvMw
Basically some people had it disabled in iOS 9, or weren't able to enable/re-enable it or modify info on 911 settings for the feature
Oh............ so *NOW* AT&T cares about laws and regulation? It sounds like AT&T didn't want to implement this functionality any time soon, and now with the FCC effectively saying, "you are good to go," it seems like they still are looking for an out and not implementing this functionality.
AT&T: We want to do it by the book. Even if the FCC says we can, we will not until we do it by the letter of the law!
AT&T: We want to do it by the book. Even if the FCC says we can, we will not until we do it by the letter of the law!
People either don't know, don't care or have other reasons for not getting in on it but yea with dev and public Betas the options are ( or were ) open to many
all you needed was iOS 9 or 9.1 beta versions and voila
FCC Buildings?
Also what incentives does ATT have to follow or break rules?
They break rules people and other carriers get pissed
They follow the rules people still get pissed because it's an inconvenience and call em cry babies?! Either way they can't win
Should other carriers get away with violating regulations? Heck no
Same here! Kept it on w/no intention of ever letting it get disabled
MicroCell and devices of the sort are hit or miss gambles at best. WiFi Calling so far seems pretty darn good as long as you can connect to a compatible at least semi decent WiFi source
Lower WiFi network strength and or crappy providers can certainly deteorate the call quality
Although it was a Beta feature because iOS 9 and 9.1 Beta's offered a PB there's NO Reason everyone couldn't of gotten on the band wagon provided they met all the minimum criteria ( service compatibility in their area ) and they didn't mind joining in on Beta
Many testers/users found loopholes and tricks to get the feature working and some still have it working just fine it's not ideal but there's ways to make it work w/o waiting on general rollout or at least there were
RTT = a wider more user friendly less arcain more modern and hopefully more widely compatible alternative to TTY.
AT&T is basically trying to be a trailblazer or innovator of sorts
The article or the feature?
If the article/thread old one was about the delay
If the WiFi Calling feature it was and still is limited to iOS Beta testers in either Dev or Public Beta's some however had their ability to use it disabled temporarily
Looks like you both had some miscommunication iPhone 6P
Means 6 plus 6SP = 6S Plus
That being said iOS 9.3 is nowhere near public Beta you must mean
iOS 9.1 PB ( Public Beta ) 3
They have ( unofficially) the catch is be in or join Dev or PB Beta Testing programs. Full Rollout to the public hopefully not far off
Working for me too in PA fine on every iOS version from iOS 9 Beta 3 to iOS 9.1 Beta 3
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And it should be somewhere in your online or in APP Features management if not you may need to contact Customer Care.
For best CC/CS results I advise contacting their Twitter and having the Twitter rep call you better chance of getting a supervisor or someone with knowledge and better tools to assist you
Lol same here. Been doing that since joining MR Earlier this year and enjoying how people just users based on username *rolls eyes* side note love yours. Quite clever and unique
Perhaps all of the ATT users in your area should come together petition and complain non stop till they at least acknowledge the issue and put it on their "to do list of upgrades"
Hoping this is sarcasm or joking
If not of course calls will always be 1 of the points of having a phone
It's a 50/50 gamble usually pretty good though. Depends on a variety of factors though surely
Network strength/coverage, if you area had VoLTE or HD Voice ( helpful but not a must ) and possibly other factors
For some of us it works well on the handof/handover heck for me knock on wood unlike MicroCell it actually hands off both ways so far
( Mobile Reg Network to WiFi or WiFi to Network )
Nope. In fact while the majority of whiners are bemoaning and nitpicking AT&T the fact that Verizon is dragging their heels more than anyone else is pretty overlooked
Maybe Verizon thinks this is the tortoise versus the hare lol
It's looking like it could be an iOS 9.1 bug ( I'll be submitted more reports in the feedback app )
Sometimes throwing the phone in and out of Airplane Mode can be a decent faster fix
Also wouldn't advise turning off WiFi calling lest you lose the ability to use it temporarily
At least they are following the law now.
Also there seems to be a lot of conclusion jumping in the comments here and on the old related articles
Who's to say for sure WiFi Calling Full public rollout won't happen soon?
Maybe there's just a few minor last minute touches to add
A few more network expansions/upgrades to handle call handoff, billing system adjustments, switch flipping
Maybe finishing up an ad campaign to run in time for holiday shopping and try to encourage new customers to join
Maybe waiting for replenished shipments and stock of iPhones because demand is high as heck and it's the only device supporting ATT WiFi calling at all
Is there any way to give this Jim Cicconi feedback? I'd like to give him a piece of my mind. Pretentious ******* ****.