Interesting...also in VA Beach, but am getting the 'we can't turn on wifi calling for your account' message. On a mobile share plan, one line. Bizarre.
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ATT wifi calling - what cities/states are live?
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Still nothing at least for me in Minneapolis. Ill keep trying, still getting the "oops, that wasnt supposed to happen..." error.
I know, im seeing if there is a random carrier update with ios9 that didnt somehow make it.
It's almost as if geographic location has nothing to do with it. Shocking!
It does have to do with it. The location needs to be able to support the technology for it to work. The error message says its not available in your area. It might be turned on by phone numbers but even that is based on geographical areas.
Is it your feeling that since I cannot activate here, if I went to an area where someone can I would still not be able to activate? Its possible and I don't know the answer. If I could go where someone can and am able to activate then it would be based on location. Still, I don't know so I can't debate that it is/is not, just curious is all.
Not sure why it would matter since you will be switching to use your own personal wi-fi, which would mean you don't even use the AT&T infrastructure.
Getting back to where: has anyone got AT&T wi-fi calling to work in Florida?
Your Wi-Fi calling must have been enabled already, because the minute you place your phone in airplane mode the Phone part gets disabled.
The error currently just says "oops, something went wrong blah blah blah" doing a restore to see if somethign is up with my software itself.
VoLTE I can understand.. WiFi Calling I don't. As mentioned between this comment and yours: you're not using AT&T's cellular network, so the area really shouldn't matter.
That is my belief. I could be entirely wrong, but I seem to remember when Apple Pay went live in October people were listing where they were physically located if they could or couldn't activate their cards.
I think it just gives people something to talk about and some way to try to justify why it works for some but not others.
Wifi calling will try to handoff the call to mobile data if available. The handoff requires configuration on the backend in the cell network so this is why I say this is location specific. Until each location is updated or upgraded or whatever they have to do it will be an area by area roll out. This is my opinion anyhow. I'm assuming this as being in a building with low signal inside and good outside. You would in theory be able to hand the call off and keep going. If you're where there is no signal and leave wifi then the call would drop.
I didn't consider that.
Is there any connection between people who have been able to activate and those who are in area with VoLTE enabled?
I ask because Rogers in Canada had "promised" to enable WiFi calling, and people had speculated that the backend for the two were interconnected somehow.
This would mean that if you are out of the country, you will not be able to use AT&T Wi-Fi calling: this would be a significant limitation!
So far I have seen the following cities confirming AT&T Wi-Fi Calling:
Dallas, Indianapolis, San Francisco, and now Atlanta!
I'm not sure but I'm guessing you will be able to use it but rates similar to cellular calls might apply. The wifi calling is not in my view internet style calling like Skype. Instead, this is a way to get into the cell network in the absence of a tower. Your call will be routed to a point that eventually meets the other calls that come in from towers. Using wifi gives you an alternative to using radio signals to access the network. In my mind its like VPN. At some point you hit the same network as the users in the office but take a different path to get there.
