[AusNOG] wifi phone calls

[Mark ZZZ Smith]

So it sounds like the quota Telstra are making available for you to use is independent of your type of 3G/4G  or Wifi access?
Where the problem comes up is that for example on my Android phone a lot of apps have "Only download/update over Wifi" options, which may also be enabled by default for large download type apps. So your current usage on 3G/4G may not be reflective of your Wifi usage, yet the Telstra quota is treating them as equal, and may charge high per MB pricing if exceeded.
It is possible to nominate a Wifi AP/SSID as 3G or similarly connected to prevent the phone considering it to be a 'low cost' Wifi connection, however it is relatively obscure to do so and I'd think most people wouldn't even know the option existed.
Regards,Mark.
p.s., sorry for the 3 duplicate posts before, don't know how that happened.
      From: David Hughes <david at hughes.com.au>
 To: Mark ZZZ Smith <markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au> 
Cc: "ausnog at lists.ausnog.net (AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net)" <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net> 
 Sent: Tuesday, 17 February 2015, 12:22
 Subject: Re: [AusNOG] wifi phone calls
   

On 17/02/2015, at 11:15 AM, Mark ZZZ Smith <markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> The funny thing is that it is also a theoretically dumb idea - Telstra Wifi would be removing 'premium priced' traffic from Telstra's 3G/4G networks. 


Depends.  I guess I'm a pretty typical user from a mobile device perspective.  I pay Telstra some money and I get "unlimited" calls (of certain types), "unlimited" sms, and a chunk of data that is more than I use in any given month while I'm out and about.  They make no more out of me if they carry that mobile data over 4G or over a cheaper WiFi network.  Obviously there are cases where it would make a difference but there's probably a huge percentage where it wouldn't.




David
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