AT&T approves VoIP for iPhone

Now if they will only listen to their customers and add free texting and some other options back in the plan...

ATT can't figure out how to make money off voip with net neutrality, so they locked it down and bullied their customers.

Only after being brow beaten by the FCC and seeing the writting on the wall did they cave in. This is typical 10,000 pound gorilla tactics for the once monoply who hopes to be close to a monoply again.

The FCC & the SEC need to limit the size and reach of ATT, as they are not good for the industry.

 
Has the Death Star subjugated CNN into infomercials ?

While VOIP is nice I think greater network reliability and coverage is better. I was in the Great Smokey Mountains in Tennessee traveling from Gatlinburg to Deals Gap in North Carolina along TN 73 to US 129 and had zero bars. My wife who is with Verizon had three bars throughout the entire trip. In addition it is a rare call that Verizon drops. While on my iphone ATT drops calls all the time. While I love my Iphone, ATT network reliability and coverage are really forcing me to look hard at the Google Android Phones especially if Verizon begins selling the phones as planned.

Iphone users are killing the network for people that don't spend 75% of their day on their phones. Granted its not all of them but this is just adding to the problem of an already over taxed network.

"As reliable as the Detroit Lions"
- Really!! Do you really need to rub the losses into our faces.. It's bad enough we have the highest unemployment in the U.S.. but we have to deal with these insults also..

Wow..

ATT only cares about $$$$. Make no mistakes, customer service is secondary, it always will be, but they are trying to make customer service a top priority but are failing miserably because but they won't sacrafice loosing any $$$.

ATT, why offer more stuff guys? I have a complaint it would be nice if you addressed. I still get 1 bar at my home. Just plain service would be really nice! 1 bar won't let me access the internet on my phone. 1 bar drops 1 out of every 3 calls. I luv Apple, I hate ATT. Coulda had Verison with no iphone, it works here.

AT&T = cell phone ghetto... Verizon has much better coverage and doesn't drop calls [nearly as much]. Well, let me add this, Sprint is even worse than AT&T, actually.

Like so many others here, I love my iPhone but to echo the most common complaint against the AT&T network the coverage is extremely spotty... so please pour your money into that first. The iphone can only keep my allegiance so long. All I hear is good things anbout Verizon.

Wish we had this ability in Canada...Maybe someday

I switched from AT&T with iPhone to Sprint due to horrible network coverage. I constantly had dropped calls and when the call did drop my iPhone would freeze half the time. This also happened with my work Blackberry Bold on the same streets here in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With Sprint I've NEVER dropped a call. The coverage works great for me. And now I get Any mobile, Anytime – I can dial or receive calls from any mobile phone (regardless of provider) in the USA and it doesn't count against my minutes! YEAH SPRINT! And Google Android is coming to Sprint!!!! I still use my iPhone at home over WiFi to browse the Internet while laying in bed 🙂 Lazy – I know! I keep my iPhone in Airplane mode with WiFi turned on.

 
Death Star executives used to advise ex-President Bush
But under Emperor Obama; bailouts go to bankers and car makers

Not only bankers, but also AT&T are symbols of American domination
Pax Americana, without VOIP from AT&T, will disintegrate into world anarchy

“As reliable as the Detroit Lions”
– The Lions are actually very reliable.. to lose.

Odd.

AT&T Service is fine where I live. 3g and all.

I'm sure up in the woods of Wyoming or somewhere it's a little less reliable, but lets be serious: if you live out in boonie'ville, you're probably not getting a cell phone anyway.

WIFI mode for free hotspots is a must when your expensive,
unreliable provider terminates you for non-payment.
If can not WIFI Skype, do not buy.

Good! Nice to know that VOIP will work on AT&T. My question is this: How about overseas? How will this function in areas outside AT&T's network where it depends on affiliated roaming networks?

Come to VZW...where the service works

do as I did,, get an UNLOCKED iphone, which you can do by going to other countries and buying an unlocked iphone from an apple store,, bring it home and use it on the T MOBILE network,,

i did just that and am happy as a clam with the service and reliability of the network,,,

dont support att~

I'm still amazed by the comments. Nobody blames the iphone but blames AT&T for the drop calls. I tried a nokia phone with the same provider then the freezing and the drop calls are gone! They all love the iphone inspite of this.

i demand they drop the MANDATORY data plan!

Well the point is ATT is letting there customers use VOIP on WIFI. Do other providers do this? I think it's a symbol of giving a little back to there customers...
Iphone works great as a gadget but as a phone, the porblem lays with Apple

I used to work for a company called StarTek,they are contracted by AT&T to be a customer service rep for them.As most of you have figured out the customer service is horrible because of lies told to you by AT&T.We are told to say these lies and read from a script.AT&T definately doesn't have the best customer service,because the company called StarTek is pressured by AT&T to rush recruits through training so they can lie to customers.This is the main reason I no longer work there because I could not lie to people anymore,along with the fact was tired of being cussed out and blamed for something I had no control over especially when it came to issues with the iphone.

As a former verizon user. Verizon network is only reliable depending on where you live and also becasue they do not have phones such as the Iphone where a lot of the bandwith is used. Wait unitl they get the Iphone and they will strugle also. As for the verizon billing system , DON'T get me started. That is why I left. No problems with connection in my area with ATT. ( So far for the last 3 years).

Free Google Voice to end "cell phone hegemony" ?
Coupled with Google Android, scaring iPhone & AT&T ?
One side invoking net neutrality - iReporter calling this "a bold face lie"

I switched from Verizon to AT&T. Let me tell you that I regret nothing. I get 5 bar nearly everywhere and I havent had any dropped calls. But personally I still like Verizon more. They have great coverage. Im not a big fan of their phones though. One reason I also switched is plainly because of the Iphone. And AT&T has been spending over 20 BILLION each year to improve their network.

We're just talking about cell phones here folks. People get so bent out of shape every time everything doesn't work "perfectly" 100% of the time. I don't have 3g all the time, the signal isn't spot on inside buildings quite often, but most of the time the Iphone works as advertised and is still an amazing device and every new user I see says the same thing, that they love it. I hear just as many complaints about Verizon and Sprint and all the other carriers. ATT will expand their bandwidth in time, if not, the Iphone could move to another carrier in the future. But guess what, if and when it does, that carrier will experience the same overwhelming strain on its network too. Then what? Oh yea, you can complain about them. It's just a telephone, not a pacemaker.

hmm need to do more work on the voiceover
recognition software!

good news people i think this year ATT and the apple contract will be up

hey apple go to t-mobile plz there the best

Being a Chicago native, I love the lowly Detroit Lions comparison, anything to rain on their already rain-delayed parade.

Also AT&T only did this to dip their greedy little hands in the pot and get more money, because everyone has a jailbroken Iphone that had some type of VoIP App already anyway. This way AT&T can get a piece of the pie now.

Here's the thing folks, some areas one carrier will work better than others. It doesn't matter where you are, who you are, or what phone you have, it's a fact of life.

For me, I had Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T (not all at the same time of course). Verizon I had zero bars in my own house, Sprint was spotty at best, T-Mobile had 1 bar, and AT&T has 4-5 bars. Whereas when I was in California, Sprint worked like a champ.

No technology is perfect, it will never work 100% of the time – so just pick the vendor with the least headaches and accept what you have.

Will no one shed a tear ? - Times are tough for AT&T
Last Year, the CEO got ~ 18 million (4.5 million bonus included)
This year, no bonus, despite cutting jobs.

Too Big To Fail ! One of the most dysfunctional companies since they added NEW to the name . Another disaster waiting to happen .
As for the voip issue , they already offer horrible voip service with Uverse iptv ,(which is sucking them dry , with their "throw money at every problem" solution. Too expensive to run , Qwest is smart and throwing out iptv.) of course the customers are asking for more . You got tv, phone and broadband , and cell with the same company , but you cant use voip apps ?

VOIP is one of the best technologies that we enjoy today and it is very very useful in call centers~,`

VOIP is very nice specially if you use long distance telephone calls a lot;~~

VOIP is very good specially if you have lots of voice and data traffic that are to be sent simultaneously~~'

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