topic Re: wifi calling in Get Support

wifi calling

Robcourt — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 17:04:05 GMT

when will you have wifi calling

Re: wifi calling

Triguy — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 22:08:36 GMT

PM does not offer it and it is unknown if they will ever have it. You can use apps like Textnow and WhatsApp.

Re: wifi calling

rliu1993 — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 22:10:48 GMT

not yet

Re: wifi calling

BearFBI — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 22:19:02 GMT

@Robcourt sadly PM does not have WiFi Calling. PM is a 3rd teir service so I wouldn't expect it to come in the near future.

It would be nice to have WiFi calling but I can live without it. Apps like Hangouts just don't cut it. Wifi Calling via your carrier vs VoIP apps are a lot different.

Re: wifi calling

hairbag1 — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 22:20:04 GMT

@Robcourt wrote:
when will you have wifi calling

PM is a 3rd tier cell service provider...that means no frills here. As suggested by @Triguy , consider using free voip apps like TextNow. You get a free Cdn number so you can send/receive calls/texts while using wifi. Seems like free wifi is everywhere these days.

WhatsApp is another good one for free calling / texting using wifi.

Otherwise no wifi calling available here...for now.

😷

Re: wifi calling

austinhuang — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 22:27:40 GMT

Correction: ~~TextNow is US number only.~~ (It seems like they allowed Canadian numbers now)

TextMeUp and TextPlus do have Canadian numbers though.

Similar to Extended Coverage, WiFi calling is for POSTPAID plans only, at least in Canada.

Re: wifi calling

BearFBI — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 22:52:55 GMT

@austinhuang I belive Freedom Mobile has WiFi Calling on their prepaied plans. It all depends on the carrier.

Extended coverage is available to all prepaied plans. Even rogers prepaied has it.

PM dosent have Wifi calling because it is another way to differentiate Koodo from PM.

Re: wifi calling

hairbag1 — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 23:08:42 GMT

@austinhuang...I've had a free Canadian TextNow number for (at least) 2 years. Works great while spending winter in Mexico...as long as wifi is available. People can call/text my TextNow number and I can call home....FREE !

Re: wifi calling

austinhuang — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 23:29:01 GMT

@BearFBI It seems like Freedom does have WiFi calling on prepaid, my bad. (Though they're not a Big 3 so they could do things differently, yeah.)

No, Rogers doesn't have extended coverage on prepaid. It's postpaid only. Note that EC ≠ roaming.

Koodo has WiFi calling only on postpaid, not prepaid, in line with Fido. Not sure about Virgin.

Re: wifi calling

kselmak — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 23:27:49 GMT

@austinhuang

TextNow is a Canadian company from Waterloo

Re: wifi calling

geopublic — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 00:45:43 GMT

@Robcourt My guess is that PM will offer WiFi calling when 7G is available. 😁

Truthfully noone really knows but judging by the pace of change my guess is that it won't be until a very long time if at all.

Re: wifi calling

johnpublic — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:18:47 GMT

there are lot of apps out there for andriod and apple

Re: wifi calling

computergeek541 — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 03:48:28 GMT

@johnpublic wrote:
there are lot of apps out there for andriod and apple

@johnpublic Wi-Fi calling doesn't use a downloadable app. It is a service provided by the carrier (a service that Public doesn't have).

Re: wifi calling

crystalholtby78 — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:15:20 GMT

Lucky mobile has wifi calling

Re: wifi calling

iamleahgannon — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 11:18:40 GMT

How do you access wifi calling?