WiFi calling where no service available

flaneurs_lobster

Try the 3 Data Reward sim first, free to order and min top-up of £2 to get full calling functionality. 

Just in case the problem is (say) the phone or the quality of wi-fi signal.

10_66

Thank you for the suggestion 

flaneurs_lobster

alanjones60 said:

Must admit i only went to three for the wifi calling,as they are the only company who allow it on pay as you go,all others disable it for pay as you go.

May have been true in 2017 but now can think of Asda, 1p PAYG that have wi-fi calling.

alanjones60

10_66 said:

I've been with Sky for around 3 years and it worked ok up until this last month or so.  I've been hanging on hoping it'll improve, but it doesn't.  I've been hesitating because Trustpilot reviews for Three are appalling, but none of the others are much better (EE's a bit pricy for me).  I've been looking at Smarty as they piggy back off Three, but they don't have phone support for issues which may be a bit of a problem, I don't know 🤔

Reviews iv seen for three were bad when i went with them,but if signal is bad,you got the wifi calling which actualy works. Lol

Also calls on three on crystal clear,they use hd voice. Only noticed the other month on my screen it says hd. Can notice the difference when i use my other sim in my dual sim fone

alanjones60

flaneurs_lobster said:

alanjones60 said:

Must admit i only went to three for the wifi calling,as they are the only company who allow it on pay as you go,all others disable it for pay as you go.

May have been true in 2017 but now can think of Asda, 1p PAYG that have wi-fi calling.

Oh ok. Yes it may have changed now.

10_66

alanjones60 said:

10_66 said:

I've been with Sky for around 3 years and it worked ok up until this last month or so.  I've been hanging on hoping it'll improve, but it doesn't.  I've been hesitating because Trustpilot reviews for Three are appalling, but none of the others are much better (EE's a bit pricy for me).  I've been looking at Smarty as they piggy back off Three, but they don't have phone support for issues which may be a bit of a problem, I don't know 🤔

Reviews iv seen for three were bad when i went with them,but if signal is bad,you got the wifi calling which actualy works. Lol

Also calls on three on crystal clear,they use hd voice. Only noticed the other month on my screen it says hd. Can notice the difference when i use my other sim in my dual sim fone

Thanks again alanjones60 

Neil49

Yes, it works really well for both phone calls and text messages. Any switchover between the mobile signal and WiFi is seamless and the call quality is excellent. 

I have a Samsung Galaxy S10 and when I inserted the Three SIM and powered up it immediately connected to WiFi calling. 

I'm now on O2 and with them I had to get them to activate the facility as it didn't work automatically. 

10_66

Thanks for this Neil49 

10_66

Sorry to resurrect this, but to add to the situation, in addition to having no signal where I live, I've now tried Three in my closest town where I work, and the Three signal is virtually non existent there (despite what the coverage checker states).  So I was looking at 1pmobile (EE), however, on speaking to a sales person from 1pmobile, I was advised that WiFi calling relies on having at least a small signal and if I don't have that, then I won't be able to get WiFi calling at all.  In my ignorance, I thought that the purpose of WiFi calling was that it was exactly for the purpose of having no signal.  Has she advised me correctly, please?

alanjones60

In my case on three,as soon as i get down to 1 bar wifi calling kicks in. If i put my fone in airplane mode, no signal on sim. But as soon as i switch my wifi back on wifi calling appears. So it does work with no signal