WiFi Calling On Rogers…. It Works As Advertised
Last week, I wrote about the difficulties that my wife and I had setting up WiFil calling on my wife’s iPhone 6 that is on the Rogers network. But we’ve overcome them and she has had a chance to try it out in her workplace which despite being in downtown Toronto, it’s a cellular dead zone where she is lucky to get one dot on her iPhone. As a result she misses calls frequently as they all go to voicemail. Thus having WiFi calling available to her will fix that issue. Here’s a screenshot of my wife’s iPhone 6 (click to enlarge):
You’ll notice on the top left of the screenshot that she is getting 1 dot of LTE signal strength. But you’ll also notice that it says “WiFi Rogers.” That means that the iPhone is now using her corporate WiFi network to make and receive calls. The iPhone will automatically use WiFi when her LTE signal strength is low. That means that as long as she has WiFi access, she is reachable and she doesn’t have to do a thing to enable it. In terms of call quality, my wife reported to me that it is very good. People could hear her clearly and she could hear them clearly. She’s only been using it for a few days, but she has no complaints thus far.
The bottom line is that if you’re on the Rogers network and you’ve updated to iOS 9, you should enable WiFi calling. It will allow you to keep in touch anywhere there’s a WiFi signal and it pretty much works as advertised without a drop in call quality. If you’re still not sure if you should make the jump, Rogers has a FAQ that should be able to answer all your questions.
October 22, 2018 at 9:00 am
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