ATT Wifi Calling Abroad
#17
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#19
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Good news. ATT's configuration on the iPhone 6 will work with the phone in airplane mode with wifi turned on
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#21
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This is going to be huge! It's very curious as AT&T discontinued a prior WiFi App that offered discounted international calling. My guess is that AT&T is having its lunch eaten by Apple FaceTime and decided it would be better to try to stay relevant...
In any case, it will be great on our next international trip as the rest of my family does not have an international plan, but this will allow them to call free from any WiFi spot (of course they can already do that through FaceTime)
In any case, it will be great on our next international trip as the rest of my family does not have an international plan, but this will allow them to call free from any WiFi spot (of course they can already do that through FaceTime)
#22
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Somewhere in Florida
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....and the T-Mobile crowd says "Welcome to 2007 AT&T!"
WiFi Calling's been around in T-Mobile land since ~2007 AND works on Android and older iPhones.
Still waiting for my office's Verizon Samsung phones to get WiFi Calling. Not holding my breath.
WiFi Calling's been around in T-Mobile land since ~2007 AND works on Android and older iPhones.
Still waiting for my office's Verizon Samsung phones to get WiFi Calling. Not holding my breath.
#25
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#26
Join Date: Jan 2013
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I started a 60 minute call on Wifi outside the US. Partway through, it switched to cellular. Wound up paying roaming charges for most of the call.
Tried putting it in airplane mode, but would not do Wifi Calling consistently.
#27
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On iPhone, International Wifi Calling from ATT seems to work same as in US. Which is to say, it may decide to switch back to cellular if there are 3 or more dots. There is no way to force it to use Wifi.
I started a 60 minute call on Wifi outside the US. Partway through, it switched to cellular. Wound up paying roaming charges for most of the call.
Tried putting it in airplane mode, but would not do Wifi Calling consistently.
I started a 60 minute call on Wifi outside the US. Partway through, it switched to cellular. Wound up paying roaming charges for most of the call.
Tried putting it in airplane mode, but would not do Wifi Calling consistently.
One could probably turn off LTE for voice calls, and then that wouldn't be able to happen. The call would then drop at that point trying to switch back to the regular cellular network.
#28
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Northern VA
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that or, connect to the hotel Wi-Fi....install a program similar to cb radio/zello...create a room, pw protect the room on the said application and you can have a 1 on 1 or 1 on many conversations.
I actually used to used cb radio...but am on zello now....and have met/spoken to people from the UK, Belgium, parts of Asia and even the AUS/NZ continent.
I actually used to used cb radio...but am on zello now....and have met/spoken to people from the UK, Belgium, parts of Asia and even the AUS/NZ continent.
#29
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: East Coast, USA
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Thanks again for the responses. It looks like the simplest thing to do is to put my phone on the airplane mode while traveling abroad and wanting to call home, and hope for the best (i.e., no dropped wifi).
I ended up getting the 6s instead (and I'm that much poorer). The wifi calling is turned on at all times, both at home and at work! Seem to work fine, domestically.
I ended up getting the 6s instead (and I'm that much poorer). The wifi calling is turned on at all times, both at home and at work! Seem to work fine, domestically.
#30
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Thanks again for the responses. It looks like the simplest thing to do is to put my phone on the airplane mode while traveling abroad and wanting to call home, and hope for the best (i.e., no dropped wifi).
I ended up getting the 6s instead (and I'm that much poorer). The wifi calling is turned on at all times, both at home and at work! Seem to work fine, domestically.
I ended up getting the 6s instead (and I'm that much poorer). The wifi calling is turned on at all times, both at home and at work! Seem to work fine, domestically.