I talk to a friend of mine with a facetime audio call because the overall quality of the call is better then if I called and used my regular phone service.
On 1/28/20, Steve Matzura <number6...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. >> >> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/c572c439-7e62-0de3-6a2f-320c615e3ba0%40gmail.com. > -- Joshua Hendrickson Joshua Hendrickson -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CADUoy9vhO8Zr3AsADgmasBN%3Do67109CHHNWkeYf5g7Sj1RV6Ew%40mail.gmail.com.
