Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal
Date	2025-07-30 22:35 +0200
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On 2025-07-30 20:21, NY wrote:
> On 27/07/2025 18:58, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2025-07-27 16:39, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>>> On 27.07.25 10:29, Andy Burns wrote:
>>>> Alternatively I can disable wifi-calling altogether, of course.
>>>
>>> You would be losing comfort and stability in a big way. I use the 
>>> function for over 10 years now and I'm more than happy.
>>
>> I have never used it and never missed it. My mobile phones work 
>> perfectly inside my home.
> 
> Then you are lucky. Vodafone's coverage map predicts good signal even 
> indoors for our house, but it has been lousy since 3G stopped a few 
> years ago. And that's even for voice calls and not for the more 
> demanding mobile internet.
> 
> I've noticed that incoming calls often don't ring the phone, but 
> Vodafone's voicemail does a few minutes later if the caller has left a 
> message. And it's not that my phone's ringer volume is too low to hear 
> because the ringer for Voicemail is loud enough to hear. And I've not 
> done anything fancy like different ring tones for different callers in 
> my phone's address book.
> 
> As a matter of interest, is WiFi calling (where the phone uses its wifi 
> signal to contact the router and hence the internet) regarded as better 
> or worse than a picocell (which transmits a mobile signal from an 
> Ethernet connection to the router and hence the internet)? Two different 
> solutions, provided by different mobile phone carriers.

It is cheaper for the provider. And possibly for you, if they charge for 
the installation of the picocell. In any case, it is less hardware.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal NY <me@privacy.net> - 2025-07-25 22:17 +0100
  Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2025-07-25 22:49 +0100
  Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2025-07-25 14:57 -0700
  Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-26 04:30 +0200
  Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-26 08:24 +0100
    Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-26 09:29 +0200
      Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-26 09:55 +0200
        Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-26 09:37 +0100
        Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com> - 2025-07-27 09:10 +0100
        Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-27 09:25 +0100
          Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-27 09:29 +0100
            Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-27 16:39 +0200
              Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-07-27 19:58 +0200
                Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-27 21:18 +0000
                Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal NY <me@privacy.net> - 2025-07-30 19:21 +0100
                Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal NY <me@privacy.net> - 2025-07-30 19:26 +0100
                Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-07-30 22:35 +0200
          Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-27 16:37 +0200
            Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2025-07-27 15:28 +0000
              Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-27 17:20 +0000
              Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-07-27 18:34 +0000
                Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-30 08:53 +0200
              Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-27 23:02 +0200
                Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal NY <me@privacy.net> - 2025-07-30 19:45 +0100
      Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-26 08:55 +0100
        Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-07-26 11:42 +0100
        Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-26 17:35 +0000
      Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-07-26 13:37 +0200
        Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-26 15:24 +0200
        Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-26 14:48 +0100
          Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-07-26 16:09 +0200
          Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-07-26 16:29 +0200
            Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-26 17:57 +0100
              Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-26 17:47 +0000
          Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-07-26 17:36 +0000
            Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-26 18:34 +0000
          Re: Wifi Calling - does it turn off calls/texts by mobile phone signal Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-07-26 20:57 +0100
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