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Carrier Verizon customers do you use VOLTE?
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You should check the coverage maps yourself
Yes cause those and the rolling balls are so accurate and reliable.
And I really care about coverage in random parts of the US that I will never be at.
We are talking voice coverage in this thread. Those "random parts" of the country are where you'd need to goto to find no voice coverage when it comes to Verizon.
http://opensignal.com/network-coverage-maps/verizon-coverage-map.php
I hate everything about Verizon but its hard for me to find fault in there voice coverage compared to any other network offered in the US. I'm not saying wifi calling wouldn't be a nice feature to have for the avoidable dead zone but lets be real...I want to rely on my carrier to provide me coverage...not my carrier relying on me to have good wifi to provide them coverage...
I hear you, they do have solid voice coverage.
Personally I barely use my phone for voice calls nowadays.
I tell people to text or message me instead
Mostly use my iPhone as an Internet device
Personally I barely use my phone for voice calls nowadays.
I tell people to text or message me instead
Mostly use my iPhone as an Internet device
Yes I've used VoLTE since it was available in my area. I have had to disable it in a few places where LTE wasn't very strong and 3G was better. But now I don't need to do that. As far as battery life is concerned I don't notice much of a difference but I've also never tested it.
According to the Verizon coverage maps a place I frequent should have full LTE and voice/message coverage. But yet I can't make a call without dropping it every 20-30 seconds. WiFi access though is fantastic and WiFi calling will help out a lot.You should check the coverage maps yourself
Verizon's LTE network isn't quite that dense in many areas. They also don't have 3G over voice to fallback onto if you lose LTE so whenever your LTE signal is lost then the call drops. Leading to more dropped calls than carriers like AT&T or T-Mobile who's networks fallback to "4G" when leaving LTE coverage.
I've been using it since day 1 of rollout without issue. The LTE in my rural area of the South/Midwest is ubiquitous, so voice quality is crystal clear. I've never dropped a call (though I don't use calling as much as text and Internet).
Though LTE here is reliable and strong, my office is in a basement of an old university library, so I've been using this on the 9.3 beta, and it's really nice. Why? Are you interested in switching.Verizon customers how's your wifi calling going?
Interesting. What happens if you travel internationally? Will voice calls over a foreign data network be charged at data roaming rates or voice roaming rates?
I've been using it since day 1 of rollout without issue. The LTE in my rural area of the South/Midwest is ubiquitous, so voice quality is crystal clear. I've never dropped a call (though I don't use calling as much as text and Internet).
Though LTE here is reliable and strong, my office is in a basement of an old university library, so I've been using this on the 9.3 beta, and it's really nice. Why? Are you interested in switching.
That's sweet.
Wifi calling is a lot of help no matter what carrier one has.
I'm sure the pricing for this will be "interesting" when you're making a wifi call when roaming internationally.
I'm waiting for a unique, creative and clever way for Verizon to make money out of this "added feature"
They always figure out ways to maximize profit.
Most do:I'm waiting for a unique, creative and clever way for Verizon to make money out of this "added feature"
They always figure out ways to maximize profit.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/01/t-mobile-billing_n_5548625.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/t-mobile-pay-90-million-settle-cramming-lawsuit-2014-12
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it will not drain your battery any more than any other type of phone calling. There's no reason not to use it. Basically just makes HD calls. What more could you want?
Verizon is the champ in making up new fees and figuring out more ways to nickel and dime their customers and 2nd close is AT&T but both big 2 copying and trying to surpass each other in sneakiness and greediness