Has anyone tried AT&T WiFi calling in a foreign country? Does it work the same as if you were in the US?
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Carrier AT&T Wifi Calling: Activation imminent?
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Att just switched me to unlimited free of charge for the same money. Just got a text from them. Vowifi is not available in my area yet. You can change Primary Place of usage under profile and may be get vowifi on your line.
they switch u to unlimited voice which is normally 69.99 for the same price as 39.99?
On this past Wednesday I got a text from AT&T saying Thanks for being in the Beta Wifi calling Trial .. The Commercial version of your Operating system is now available and has fixes to address issues that could have resulted in call failure and delays when using WI-FI Calling... Please update OS asap..
Apparently not available in St Augustine, FL yet. Need it badly. Virtually no cell service at my house.
Also called att and the rep said I was the first to call and it was obvious she didn't know anything about it and wanted to connect me with Apple. After explaining the service to her I still did not get anything definitive about this service.
I too decided to give AT&T and call and inquire. I was told what others have said as well, if you activated Wi-Fi Calling on the iOS 9 beta, it will remain active. For those that didn't, we have to wait until FCC approves the nationwide rollout of the Wi-Fi Calling option. No official date was given.
I can wait, but this has me wondering...what if I install the 9.1 beta, maybe it would work then?!
I posted this in another thread regarding AT&T's Wi-Fi Calling option...
Just chatted with At&t. They said it won't kick in unless you have little or no cellular service. Pretty dumb feature if that's the case...see below rep chat.
Sonya Hawkins: I see you get cellular network service at this location. Calls are carried on the cellular network whenever cellular is available and go over Wi-Fi only in locations where minimal or no cellular signal exists.
Sonya Hawkins: I see you get cellular network service at this location. Calls are carried on the cellular network whenever cellular is available and go over Wi-Fi only in locations where minimal or no cellular signal exists.
Their response does not make sense. Shouldn't we be able to engage the wifi calling function regardless of how strong the cell signal is?
I think, all things being equal, for the present AT&T probably wants to keep the amount of wifi traffic as low as possible. I suspect that they have some sort of deal in place with the FCC regarding how much traffic can carried by wifi pending the resolution of the RTT replacement matter now being decided by the FCC. The amount needs to be low enough to keep it in the realm of a beta test sequence, rather than a full-fledged rollout. So, that's why it's limited to those who were using it during the beta, and likely why the 5s didn't see it at all. Once the FCC grants approval (probably a lock), look for it to become available in more situations, or even at will. I'm hoping that extends to the 5s!
Thanks. Your explanation makes sense and I wasn't considering the increase in wifi traffic it will cause. I was expecting att to offer this option prior to ios9 rollout.
It's not the increase in wifi traffic, per se, that the FCC will be concerned about: rather it's the amount of traffic not traversing a medium that currently supports RTT, i.e., anything BUT traditional cellular service via cell towers.
AT&T filed their petition in June. I don't think they thought they would have to do that, otherwise I think they would have filed earlier. My gut tells me to expect a decision before the end of 2015. I think AT&T will move fairly rapidly after that (assuming, of course, that the beta actually went well).
I found an article that helps explain Att wifi calling delay and the same article mentions how Tmobile has not run into this issue since they rolled out wifi calling in 2007. I've had trouble wrapping my head around the fact that Tmo users have been using wifi calling for 8 years now. This article, if correct, helps explain why At&t is running into regulatory issues. I would hesitate to use the term imminent to describe At&t rollout of wifi calling because neither At&t nor the FCC are known for being "speedy". I've been considering moving my account to Tmo now that our building no longer gets At&t at all and I must switch my iPhone 6 to low power mode to avoid it running itself down to 20% looking for a signal while I'm at my desk all day. I remember sticking with Verizon for years waiting for them to get iPhone and finally I ran out of patience and moved to At&t about 6 months before they finally got iPhone. I'd like to avoid making the same sort of mistake this time because in my area Tmobile's coverage is even worse than At&t's though not quite as bad as Sprint's.
Att gains a lot now. They improving, may not as efficient as t-mobile per 1 dollar spent. But at&t is really better now.
Here is proof
http://www.cnet.com/news/speedy-at-t-vs-reliable-verizon-the-gap-narrows/