Wi-Fi calling on Mardi Gras

[soremekun]

Did Carnival block wifi calling on Mardi Gras?  I'm not able to get it to work.

[mz-s]

Carnival blocks Wi-Fi calling on all their ships.

[soremekun]

49 minutes ago, mz-s said:

Carnival blocks Wi-Fi calling on all their ships.

Thanks for the info.  Any assumptions as to why?

[mz-s]

10 minutes ago, soremekun said:

Thanks for the info.  Any assumptions as to why?

they want to sell in-room calling and cellular at sea roaming is my guess

[d9704011]

5 minutes ago, mz-s said:

they want to sell in-room calling and cellular at sea roaming is my guess

I suspect there is an element of preserving band width for other wifi users who have paid for at least some service.

[mz-s]

Just now, d9704011 said:

I suspect there is an element of preserving band width for other wifi users who have paid for at least some service.

you need a paid WiFi plan to use WiFi calling anyway. And WiFi calling uses very little bandwidth. People doom scrolling TikTok or streaming sports is what’s eating bandwidth. 

[klfrodo]

Try calling using WhatsApp. It’s a different protocol than regular wifi calling.

Edited April 16, 2023 by klfrodo

[soremekun]

7 hours ago, klfrodo said:

Try calling using WhatsApp. It’s a different protocol than regular wifi calling.

I'll have to look into it.  My social media is limited to LinkedIn (and YouTube, if you count it,) at the moment.

Edited April 16, 2023 by soremekun

[alyssamma]

5 hours ago, soremekun said:

I'll have to look into it.  My social media is limited to LinkedIn (and YouTube, if you count it,) at the moment.

WhatsApp is not social media. Think of it as an alternative to texting/wifi calling. In fact, on some carriers (T-Mobile for example) you can't text with the normal wifi package...but you can send texts via WhatsApp.

 

The *only* drawback is that whoever you talk to needs to have it also, but it's free, so not that big of a deal...

[kelkel2]

I was able to FaceTime but not Wi-Fi call. 

[soremekun]

46 minutes ago, kelkel2 said:

I was able to FaceTime but not Wi-Fi call. 

And I'm able to use Google Meet.  It does the job adequately.

 

1 hour ago, alyssamma said:

WhatsApp is not social media.

#3 ranked social media platform.  I'll still take a look at it.  Thanks for the suggestion.

[alyssamma]

6 minutes ago, soremekun said:

And I'm able to use Google Meet.  It does the job adequately.

 

#3 ranked social media platform.  I'll still take a look at it.  Thanks for the suggestion.

LOL, not sure what list you looked at, but it is a communications app - texting and calling...absolutely nothing to do with social media.

 

Perhaps wherever you looked erroneously tagged it as social media because it's owned by Facebook...

Edited April 16, 2023 by alyssamma

[BlerkOne]

17 hours ago, mz-s said:

they want to sell in-room calling and cellular at sea roaming is my guess

Must be why they don't block any of the alternatives.

[Gregoryfo]

I use google voice to make wifi calls (and text) on every cruise I take to communicate with home, works well.  I have no idea if you can set it up at sea though.