Joshua and all. I too find that Face Time calls are much clearer than regular calls. I use Face Time when calling an iPhone. Audio calls use less battery than video. The only thing I don't like about Face Time is that a caller can not leave voice mail.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 15:29 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Whose cellular data is being used on a Facetime call? 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. -- 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/001d01d5d64a%2453c9dd80%24fb5d9880%24%40gmail.com.
