Worst reply on this thread. The more ATT can offer the better off they are in attracting new customers and keeping current customers happy. When I was on tmobile WiFi calling was absolutely awesome and I was in a good coverage area. As an att customer I'm looking forward to WiFi calling.
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I haven't had WiFi calling for the almost two decades I've been with AT&T. How does this one novel feature keep current customers "happy?"
You can't like what you never had. I understand. As for me I'll be happy to make calls when Im outside the US via WiFi like I did when I was T-Mobile. Stay ignorant.
Quit it with the attitude. No one cares whether you're happy or not.
If you love WiFi calling so much, TMobile is always ready to take your money.
Simple. In many areas, at&t has horrible coverage. I have to use a microcell at home for anything over one bar. At my GF's house I have no service inside, and one bar outside.
Their network is not as robust as they think.
You're assuming that AT&T wouldn't charge for a Wi-Fi call that originated outside of the United States. The iPhone transmits location data to the provider when you make a Wi-Fi call right now (8.3 gives you a warning when you enable Wi-Fi calling) - they could easily charge you international rates if they detect the call originating outside of the U.S.
That being said, somebody clearly doesn't appreciate the convenience Wi-Fi calling offers. I work in a building that nobody's phone works in and it's an excellent AT&T/Verizon coverage duopoly. I'm the only one that can get phone calls in the building solely because of T-Mobile's Wi-Fi calling and, as of about 3 weeks ago, I can even continue those conversations outside of the building since they upgraded their 2G-only coverage to LTE here.
I wait for Att voWiFi, but if it is not work without GPS I wait for iphone 6s with LTE12 support and switch to t-mo. Sorry Att, either vowifi in my basement without GPS or t-mo .
Sorry for offtop: May be I switch anyway, the only thing I need is a bit better coverage. I like t-mo speed, roaming fees, fast with new innovations.
Sorry for offtop: May be I switch anyway, the only thing I need is a bit better coverage. I like t-mo speed, roaming fees, fast with new innovations.
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Watch out. Knowing AT&T, they'll do what Canada's Rogers did with Wifi calling. It's roaming whenever you're outside the country. Even though it's the internet, they arbitrarily charge you based on IP location.
Exactly. If AT&T's coverage were so great to 'not need Wi-Fi calling' then they wouldn't have to offer Microcells. There are also lots of buildings even in large cities that degrade or prevent cellular signals from penetrating.
I was out in the Western NC mountains a couple of weeks ago visiting friends and no carrier except Verizon offered coverage in the area around their house. Well with Wi-Fi Calling I was able to still use service while my AT&T friends had to do without for the weekend.
I was waiting in my car (no parking situation) and Att had 4g at one bar (apple dot)0.01 Mb speed , I took my iPad and I had t-mo LTE with 3 bars (dots) with 45 Mb speed. There was free Comcast wifi (I'm Comcast customer). I couldn't make a call on Att network. I swapped sim cards and made Google Voice phone call with t-mo ipad sim in my iphone. With att vowifi I shouldn't play with paper clip and google voice. Later I realized that I could make GV call from my iPad, but anyway.
Should I consider my car as indoor or outdoor?
That's why I prefer to have vowifi option rather not have it.
How can anyone be against Wifi calling? I would love it if AT&T added this feature. I get no reception at my school and poor reception at home and I am in a major metropolitan area.
I'm in a major city in the LA area and don't have any reception indoor with AT&T either. I'd love if they implemented WiFi calling, as it's literally "No Service" everywhere unless i hold my phone right near one of my windows, then I get one bar...
For me I live right in a AT&T Dead Zone but outside about 50 feet from my home I have full coverage. I had to get the AT&T MicroCell in my home and I do have full bars but without it I would have barely one bar! I also have little coverage inside where I work but we do have WiFi so the WiFi calling is more than welcome to me!
Yup. And it's not screwing them our of money either, for the most part. Sure, there might be a select crowd that lowers their minute plan, but the reduced strain on the network would outweigh the loss because it can be assumed that far more people will use wifi calling than the amount that lower their minute plan. [/runonsentence]
Shows how little I know.
And how mondo lame is that? You're using absolutely none of the providers services during a wifi call, correct?
Microcells don't work well for me. I have a 4500sqft house and 10 AT&T devices in my home. The microcell only supports 4 simultaneous calls at once, and it does not cover my home, so I thought picking up two would help. Wrong! Microcells can not hand off from microcell to microcell, if I am on a call and walk into range of the microcell that is not handling the active call, the call will drop. This happens whether or not I have allowed the device access to that microcell or not. You would think it would just stay connected to microcell it is attached to. What would happen if I lived in an apartment complex with multiple microcells? AT&T can not even manage the software on the microcell devices that have been out for sometime now, I don't expect them to flip on Wi-Fi Calling until Verizon decides to do it. If no pressure, they are not worried about it. F the customer. SAD