Benefits of using Wi-Fi Calling?

eagleanthony on 11/12/2017 - 09:05

So WiFi Calling has been around for sometime; has anyone got any special hacks for using it?

I’m thinking along the lines of carrying a dongle with a different company to make hotspot where there isn’t reception in your house or similar?

I know that receiving a wifi connection compared to a 4g/3G seems to use much less power/battery.

Anyone had luck with using it overseas? Like free/cheap roaming with a VPN?

Thoughts?

Mobile

Comments

  • [Deactivated] on 11/12/2017 - 09:42
    +1

    So you dont have Wifi in your house?

  • whooah1979 on 11/12/2017 - 09:48

    Wi-Fi Calling

    Do you mean VoIP?

    • Diji1 on 11/12/2017 - 10:57
      +1

      I think there's some thing where cellular protocol is used over Wi-Fi so carriers can rape you for calls even when they have no coverage. It appears transparent to the user so same cell number etc

  • HardQuiz on 11/12/2017 - 09:55

    Anyone had luck with using it overseas? Like free/cheap roaming with a VPN?

    On WP someone claimed it successfully worked in NZ, but the VPN must be on the router level.

  • Chridim on 11/12/2017 - 10:08
    +1

    Optus only offers it to Postpaid customers and it's only available for a small number of devices, but would be interesting to know, if other people used it overseas

  • eagleanthony on 11/12/2017 - 12:49

    I’m with Post Paid Optus. Its not voip; but seemless transition between them.

    The people calling sees your usual number etc calling them. And I presumably it’s billed to your account. ( I have unlimited so I don’t check the billing).

    I get reception in my house…

    • Well Wasted on 12/12/2017 - 09:29
      +1

      always check the billing… you seem a little too trusting that people will always do their job correctly.

      • eagleanthony on 12/12/2017 - 12:14

        Capped plan. Same price each month :)

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