Originally Posted by japaul:
“But without volte that just means a dropped call if you move outside the wifi signal. A dropped call that would have been fine if it had started on the mobile network.
For me wifi calling (unless there is handover to a volte network that covers as much as the existing voice network) should be a backup for when I've got no mobile signal so it gives me something I wouldn't have had otherwise.
In fact that's how senior people at EE explained how it should work before it was introduced. They argued that as they had no control over the quality of the wifi network they couldn't guarantee a level of service unlike the mobile network over which they could ensure a certain standard of service because they controlled everything end to end. Wifi calling was to be a last resort without any guarantees when nothing else was available. However, for some reason it didn't end up like that and so, I don't bother with it on the iPhone.”
So kind of if you live in a Devon bunker and have no signal indoors whatsoever?
My walls are 5-6 foot thick in places (on the mast facing side) made of basically earth and slate stone. (300 years-ish old) Ain't no radio signal getting through that, ever.
WC working lovely here (unless the kids are on Netflix and then the 1.7Mbps starts to get strained).
Still, now have 4G on the old Huawei b593 (in upstairs window (2 bars, just (-110bBm)) so can do WC over that with no latency issues.
iPhone and iPad now tuned into Huawei and everything just happens.
Awesome.
Best bit is, the fibre is going in in January/February so it's currently capped at 30ish meg.
Going to be 60-70ish in a mo with the same 25 or less ping!!!
Awesomeness.