The answer is simple and should end all discourse. If a handset--phone,
tablet--is on a Wi-Fi network, it's off the cellular grid and no charges
occur. Reverse the conditions--phone is not on a Wi-Fi network--the data
meter is running. It has nothing whatsoever to do with who is on a call,
whether it's telephone, FaceTime, WhatsApp, Periscope, Backpack Studio,
Google Duo, YouTube, Downcast, Overcast, Apple or Google Maps, iCloud
Drive, Spotify, Apple Music, or any application that accesses data
wirelessly. It's only to do with the network which the individual phone
is using. Home Wi-Fi (and some public Wi-Fi networks) are free; the
network provided by the cell phone service provider allows a certain
amount of data to be transferred per month, after which any additional
data transfer is charged to the customer account according to a
published fee schedule. Short version: If I'm talking to you on Zello
and I'm on a Wi-Fi network and you're not, my usage is free, while yours
is running up the bytes against your monthly cellular network data
allotment.
On 1/28/2020 2:47 PM, Alan Lemly wrote:
Brian,
I agree that guessing who gets charged cellular data for one of these
calls isn't smart but I expect it's as others have said that both
parties on the call are getting charged. And I know how popular
Facebook is with the masses but these are Facetime, not Facebook, calls.
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