Wifi Calling

[ShiftZZ]

We are due to go abroad and the country is not on a list that can be easily accessible at a cheap rate.

Roaming charges.​

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	Cost.
Calling a UK number.	£2 per minute.
Calling a Thai number.	£2 per minute.
Texts to UK.	35p per text.
Texting a Thai number.	35p per text.
Receiving calls from any number.	£1.25 per minute.
Receiving texts from any number.	Free.
Using internet and data.	£3 per MB.
Using voicemail.	£2 per minute.

So my thought is that we take our mifi device with us, buy a local sim, unlimited 5g data for about £14 for 15 days and log our phones onto the mifi device and use that, will the wifi call work for incoming calls from the UK?

Is my logic flawed?

 

[Mark and Mindy]

Check your mobile service provider terms and conditions.

Vodafone.

Roaming
11. The use of Wi-Fi Calling whilst roaming is prohibited and is not supported. However, in certain circumstances it may be possible to enable Wi-Fi Calling whilst abroad and where used additional charges will apply.

 

[EuroTrotters]

I use VOIP for my office work on wifi in Spain. Can’t see why not ?

Edit : just seen the response above

 

[ShiftZZ]

Check your mobile service provider terms and conditions.

Vodafone.

Roaming
11. The use of Wi-Fi Calling whilst roaming is prohibited and is not supported. However, in certain circumstances it may be possible to enable Wi-Fi Calling whilst abroad and where used additional charges will apply.

Thanks, just checked..

Using Wi-Fi Calling abroad

Wi-Fi Calling doesn't work while you're abroad. But you can still use it to call international or premium rate numbers from the UK.


How about a VPN?

 

[Lenny HB]

I just put a local sim in my phone and use What's App for WiFi calling always works well. Only drawback is you can only call mobiles & to people that are on what's app, everyone we know or likely to want to call is.

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[kevenh]

Like Lenny suggests.
Use WhatsApp or any of the social chat apps that have live calls over internet.

 

[ShiftZZ]

I just put a local sim in my phone and use What's App for WiFi calling always works well. Only drawback is you can only call mobiles & to people that are on what's app, everyone we know or likely to want to call is.

I thought that Whatapp was linked to your sim?

 

[Lenny HB]

I thought that Whatapp was linked to your sim ?

No you can use any sim, I think the very early versions may have been but not now. I was using a Thai sim in August worked perfectly.

 

[Mark and Mindy]

Can WhatsApp be used to call a landline?

 

[jollyrodger]

WhatsApp and or Skype with Skype credit.

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[PhilMary]

We used to send a postcard. They were great, it had a picture on one side and spaces on the other side to write the address and a short message.

 

[Larrynwin]

Have a great time in Thailand

 

[Minxy]

We used to send a postcard. They were great, it had a picture on one side and spaces on the other side to write the address and a short message.

... and you'd often be back home before the card!

 

[Kayak Kid]

We used to send a postcard. They were great, it had a picture on one side and spaces on the other side to write the address and a short message.

Yeah - we had a set of postcards that we used that just said “We’re back!”

 

[Peter & Elaine]

Take a old smart phone and buy a local sim simples and cheap we did 2 months in Thailand with one top up for around £20 if I remember correctly
hotspot your personal phones or tablet
it worked well for Elaine and I

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[Odd job]

FB messenger has WiFi calling, not linked to the phone number