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My Orange UMA connected phone has stopped connecting (getting ISP or Wireless error).
Is anyone here using an Orange UMA connection successfully at the moment? They seem to have dropped info about it from their web site. Thanks for any help. |
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Blimey there's a blast from the past, haven't heard mention of UMA for years! I thought they discontinued it ages ago.
I'm sure somebody will be able to help here through, we've got a lot of EE experts. |
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It was decommissioned yesterday and customers were notified via text about a month ago.
To be fair there were only a few hundred people using it regularly now and there are other solutions. |
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When I first saw this thread I thought it had been one that had been resurrected from years ago
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Thank you for the replies. Shame about that as UMA was a great solution for me living in a zero-coverage village.
Does anyone know of an equivalent Wi-Fi handover service that will work with a Pay As You Go SIMM? Preferably without requiring an expensive phone. |
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Thank you for the replies. Shame about that as UMA was a great solution for me living in a zero-coverage village.
Does anyone know of an equivalent Wi-Fi handover service that will work with a Pay As You Go SIMM? Preferably without requiring an expensive phone. |
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Thank you for the replies. Shame about that as UMA was a great solution for me living in a zero-coverage village.
Does anyone know of an equivalent Wi-Fi handover service that will work with a Pay As You Go SIMM? Preferably without requiring an expensive phone. EE Wifi calling on pay monthly with an EE supplied phone http://ee.co.uk/help/phones-and-devi...h-wifi-calling |
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You would probably have to be quick, but Carphone Warehouse currently have the iPhone 5s at no upfront cost with a monthly tariff on EE of £14.99 (300 mins, unlimited texts, 300 Gb). This supports EE Wifi Calling.
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Thanks again for all those suggestions. Apparently the Vectone app will work with their PAYG SIMM and runs on a PC which, if true, would be just the ticket. Especially if it allows the PC to receive SMS messages when the phone is down, and the phone to receive them when it is up. Probably too good to be true...
It is unfortunate the Orange UMA service has been dropped, however -- especially given that it is compensating for the MNO's inadequate network -- and would be interesting to know how the new 'Wi-Fi calling' solutions are different. I.e. why can't I just reprogram my Blackberry Curve to point to the new EE UMA/WiFi Calling servers (currently it points to unc.singlephone.orange.co.uk). The wikipedia page for GAN suggests UMA and 'WiFi calling' are one and the same thing. |
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Thanks again for all those suggestions. Apparently the Vectone app will work with their PAYG SIMM and runs on a PC which, if true, would be just the ticket. Especially if it allows the PC to receive SMS messages when the phone is down, and the phone to receive them when it is up. Probably too good to be true...
It is unfortunate the Orange UMA service has been dropped, however -- especially given that it is compensating for the MNO's inadequate network -- and would be interesting to know how the new 'Wi-Fi calling' solutions are different. I.e. why can't I just reprogram my Blackberry Curve to point to the new EE UMA/WiFi Calling servers (currently it points to unc.singlephone.orange.co.uk). The wikipedia page for GAN suggests UMA and 'WiFi calling' are one and the same thing. I would tackle your claim about EE being "inadequate" but... well.... |
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EE Wifi calling on pay monthly with an EE supplied phone
http://ee.co.uk/help/phones-and-devi...h-wifi-calling |
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I would tackle your claim about EE being "inadequate" but... well....
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Not entirely true, it is quite possible to use WifiCalling with a non-EE supplied phone.
Please note: WiFi Calling is only available on the EE version of the LG G4, bought directly from us in one of our stores, online at EE.co.uk, or through our telesales team. |
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Depends on the device, you're correct for iPhone, but for Android it will say something like:-
Please note: WiFi Calling is only available on the EE version of the LG G4, bought directly from us in one of our stores, online at EE.co.uk, or through our telesales team. It is also the case the sometime a reseller will get their stock from EE and so the device will have the EE firmware on (which was the case with my Galaxy S7 Edge that I got from Mobile Phones Direct). |
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Depends on the device, you're correct for iPhone, but for Android it will say something like:-
Please note: WiFi Calling is only available on the EE version of the LG G4, bought directly from us in one of our stores, online at EE.co.uk, or through our telesales team. |
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I think EE still does Signal Boxes but only available in EE stores when I last heard about it. I can't remember the thread that last mentioned them. I think they also work with Orange. 3G is required for it to work.
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I think EE still does Signal Boxes but only available in EE stores when I last heard about it. I can't remember the thread that last mentioned them. I think they also work with Orange. 3G is required for it to work.
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3G is the signal that is broadcast from an EE Signal Box, its open as well, so anyone on EE can connect to it. Unlike other networks where its restricted to the people of the customers choosing. 3G is the signal broadcast by most femto cells, that said I don't know what spectrum band, someone else may better claify that.
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2100mhz. EE's only 3G band. You need to be a contract customer to get one, however a 30 day sim only contract will suffice.
I have two sure signal boxes (at 2 different locations), yet I don't know the frequency save the standard 2100 in this country. That said I do have 2 different models, I have never really measured the performance of either of them. |
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2100mhz. EE's only 3G band. You need to be a contract customer to get one, however a 30 day sim only contract will suffice.
It is unfortunate that EE won't let you lock it down to specific phones though. |
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Thank you for the replies. Shame about that as UMA was a great solution for me living in a zero-coverage village.
Does anyone know of an equivalent Wi-Fi handover service that will work with a Pay As You Go SIMM? Preferably without requiring an expensive phone. You may also be able get an EE Signal Box which I've had installed in one of my problem locations and works a treat, with the only caveat being handovers to the mobile network not being as seamless as with UMA. |
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Depends on the device, you're correct for iPhone, but for Android it will say something like:-
Please note: WiFi Calling is only available on the EE version of the LG G4, bought directly from us in one of our stores, online at EE.co.uk, or through our telesales team. |
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My Android phone was not purchased from EE and it supports Wi-Fi calling.
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So what was UMA? was it some sort of mini cell thing for the home?
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