topic Re: Calls to South Africa in Get Support

Calls to South Africa

figfn — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 15:27:40 GMT

Good day,

Is it possible to call South Africa on the network?

Re: Calls to South Africa

JoyLuck — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:11:43 GMT

@figfn wrote:
Good day,
Is it possible to call South Africa on the network?

Sorry these are the only countries with an add on:

400 International Long Distance minutes

Included countries: Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, and Venezuela.

Re: Calls to South Africa

gblackma — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:16:01 GMT

Sorry no @figfn The Intl long distance Add-On only includes these countries: Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, and Venezuela.

You can try free apps such as WhatsApp etc

Re: Calls to South Africa

Daps — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:12:10 GMT

@figfnyou cannot make calls with south africa using public mobile.

You will need to use a calling card or a voip app (like fongo, google voice, etc)

Re: Calls to South Africa

Triguy — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:14:59 GMT

You could purchase a LD calling card or use Wi-Fi apps like Textnow, Fongo, or Skype.

Re: Calls to South Africa

Staliger — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:18:27 GMT

@figfn Unfortunately, using PM, you can't call there. But you can use some internet applications like What's App, Wechat, Skype, etc to call to the country you need.

Re: Calls to South Africa

Naepalm — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:31:35 GMT

@figfn wrote:
Good day,
Is it possible to call South Africa on the network?

The best thing for you to do is use any of the apps mentioned, Line app is another good one that I use for video chat and calls.

Allthe best my friend!

Re: Calls to South Africa

Pawprints1986 — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 21:12:47 GMT

curiosity getting the best of me again... what if youre both at home and someone in south africa tried to call you? Can you accept a call? Or just straight up wont work? Doesnt apply to me but just curious...

Re: Calls to South Africa

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 21:21:41 GMT

@Pawprints1986 wrote:
curiosity getting the best of me again... what if youre both at home and someone in south africa tried to call you? Can you accept a call? Or just straight up wont work? Doesnt apply to me but just curious...

Calls can be accepted from anywhere on the planet (or elsewhere that can connect to the earth-based telephone system 🙂 ).

Re: Calls to South Africa

Pawprints1986 — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 21:25:17 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@Pawprints1986 wrote:
curiosity getting the best of me again... what if youre both at home and someone in south africa tried to call you? Can you accept a call? Or just straight up wont work? Doesnt apply to me but just curious...
Calls can be accepted from anywhere on the planet (or elsewhere that can connect to the earth-based telephone system 🙂 ).

Odd that it cant go both ways in some cases... what happens network wise that it can go one direction but not the other? Is that a PM limitation or a telus/canadian overall limitation?

Re: Calls to South Africa

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 21:29:16 GMT

@Pawprints1986 wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@Pawprints1986 wrote:
curiosity getting the best of me again... what if youre both at home and someone in south africa tried to call you? Can you accept a call? Or just straight up wont work? Doesnt apply to me but just curious...
Calls can be accepted from anywhere on the planet (or elsewhere that can connect to the earth-based telephone system 🙂 ).
Odd that it cant go both ways in some cases... what happens network wise that it can go one direction but not the other? Is that a PM limitation or a telus/canadian overall limitation?

It _can_ go the other direction in this case but limited to a group of countries and also excluding some area code/prefixes.

"Long distance" has always been on the callers side. When cells arrived they were about air time. So just the mere fact of using air time consumed units.

Re: Calls to South Africa

Pawprints1986 — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 21:42:16 GMT

But in theory, if you knew someone in Africa, you could Facebook messenger them to call you in 5 minutes type thing then still establish connection... Depending what Africa charges long distance wise...

Re: Calls to South Africa

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 21:51:33 GMT

@Pawprints1986 wrote:
But in theory, if you knew someone in Africa, you could Facebook messenger them to call you in 5 minutes type thing then still establish connection... Depending what Africa charges long distance wise...

Or text them. We can text anywhere that will accept. Or use voip. Or a calling card.

lol I don't think "Africa" charges anything. Each country in Africa on the other hand...:)