I have unlimited texts and data and it works fine for me in NY.
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Wi-Fi Calling Now Available for AT&T Users
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If it makes you feel any better, calling (wifi or cell) is now one of the lesser used features of mobile phones and networks. Data is where its at and specifically video services. Not sure if you have kids but mine use about 10 calling minutes a month but tons of data (wifi and cell) video chatting and using services that send pictures and text. The tower expansion will be driven not by voice but by data and if you haven't noticed it sold at a premium at the moment. Voice minutes are given away.
Talked to AT&T Tier 2 and Tier 3 support. According to them, if you purchased a 6s, 6s+ from Apple directly (didn't mentioned 6, 6+), those are not yet currently capable of Wifi Calling on AT&T. Something about there needed to be an agreement attached to the account when you purchase the phone, and Apple was not doing that.
I have a 6s+ from Apple Day one, purchased full price, and i get the error about your account not currently setup for wifi calling.
You do need a new sim Card, so if you have an old one, you will need to change it out. But they say they are working with apple on this. Now no idea if this is true, but they are not able to hit the switch and apply the agreement on the backend on my account, as they get an error.
I have a 6s+ from Apple Day one, purchased full price, and i get the error about your account not currently setup for wifi calling.
You do need a new sim Card, so if you have an old one, you will need to change it out. But they say they are working with apple on this. Now no idea if this is true, but they are not able to hit the switch and apply the agreement on the backend on my account, as they get an error.
I swear I saw threads on here where AT&T was giving folks on the old plans (that didn't originally come with unlimited minutes) unlimited minutes. Everyone that's been on a Mobile Share plan from the last 5 years already has unlimited minutes...
Either way, if AT&T has such lousy coverage during any part of the day that you need them, why the heck are you still with them?
I bought my 6S from ATT I'm getting the same error. I had wifi calling working on my 6 with iOS 9 GM.
Yeah... does WiFi calling completely obsolete the M-Cell tower? Can we get rid of those? Is there any reason to keep using one?
WiFi calling uses an encrypted IPsec tunnel. There isn't really anything a snoop can do other than determine whether or not you're using it at the moment. They can't listen in on your calls or texts.
HAH, now that you mention it, I don't think I've ever bought anything but the largest capacity iPhone available. Well except for the first gen iPhone. I bought 8GB, which was the biggest on launch day, but in like January or February 2008 they came out with a 16GB size. On the iPad I would usually choose the middle ground on size until my 4th iPad, the Air 2 which I maxed out. I have a lot of my games and art apps on there.
I have been using Wifi Calling on my iPhone 6 during the iOS 9 beta period. I then switched over to the 6s and did the Apple Upgrade program directly from Apple. I had Wifi-Calling working on my 6s for awhile. Over the past few weeks, I could only get it to work at home. Granted I've only tried in 3 different locations, 2 work networks, and my home network.
does this mean it wont work if I have ipv6 disabled on my router? I've found I get greater throughput with ipv6 disabled
I'm confused with the calling piece. "Domestic calls made/received within U.S., Puerto Rico, and U.S.V.I. have no additional charge and won’t count against plan usage limits." I have 450 call minutes, so when they say "won't count against plan usage limits", I interpret that as not counting against the 450 minutes. Am I reading it wrong?
That's not entirely true. I was able to enable it on my iPhone 6S+ that I bought with the Apple upgrade program. Maybe it's cause they activated my device on AT&T
Also not true. I have unlimited data plan.
Interesting. I also bought my 6S+ full price from Apple and I'm getting the same message.
I got the same thing ... it was working while i was on 9.1 Beta. I called them and they have no explanation and said that it is so new that they don't know how to fix it yet.Any reason I'd be getting this error on my iPhone 6s?
I purchased a 6s from Apple.com as soon as they were available. It was set up at purchase to replace an earlier iPhone on my AT&T account. I was able to switch on WiFi Calling just now with no issue.
Sorry that doesn't confirm what AT&T support told you. Maybe they were talking about phones purchased for use on other carriers or otherwise not originally provisioned to AT&T.
That has nothing (or very little) to do with TMo and everything to do with the continuity features introduced in iOS 8 and Mac OS X Mavericks.
agreed. same thing happened for me. Once I get it working again I will give it 1 more try then I will never use it again unless it works perfectly.
From what I learned, most towers have antennas and "boxes" for Verizon, AT&T, and maybe T-Mobile. So at my home, I get lousy reception and dropped calls on AT&T, and the wife gets the same lousy reception and dropped calls on Verizon - these are the top two providers, no?
Seems the house is in a dead zone, even within a city of 150,000 people. To keep any kind of call without getting dropped, we need to go out the front door.
At work, I'm in a building not near a window. Many times calls don't even come thru, when they do I'm told it's garbled and the calls often get dropped. And, I can't use Wi-Fi Calling because IT blocks the ports. I know, I know, complain to IT not AT&T. But real-world corporate IT are paranoid.
No, that has nothing to do with it. The IPsec tunnel has IPv4 endpoints. The IPv6 is what is carried inside the tunnel.
The whole purpose of the tunnel is to bring secure IPv6 connectivity to the phone over your IPv4 Wifi. Then the voice and SMS traffic can travel through the tunnel.
This would make sense in my case since I bought the T-Mobile model.
This feature is most useful for places where providing service wouldn't be possible. Like in the basement of my university's library, or the basement of my house. Both places that are underground and not exactly able to get cell service even though there are towers right outside.