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This is slightly impractical for non-critical communication for me because many of my friends are foreigners like me. Example issues: - many people I talk to h
by adamcharnock 4y ago
This is slightly impractical for non-critical communication for me because many of my friends are foreigners like me. Example issues:
- many people I talk to have phone numbers from different countries. Making such communication expensive.
- also, I suspect many people around me have not updated their WhatsApp number for a while (or have multiple SIMs)
- no one here optimises for SMS or call minutes. Some people will be on data only (either data only SIM, or Wi-Fi only)
- SSLy 4y agoHow do people call 112 on such plans?
- yourusername 4y ago112 always goes through even if you haven't paid your subscription. In some countries even if you don't even have a SIM in your phone.
- david_allison 4y ago> Emergency calls shall be supported by the UE [User Equipment] without a SIM/USIM/ISIM being present. No other type than emergency calls shall be accepted without a SIM/USIM/ISIM. > It will be left to the national authorities to decide whether the network accepts emergency calls without the SIM/USIM/ISIM. [PDF] https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/122100_122199/122101/09.01.00_60/ts_122101v090100p.pdf#page=19 https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/122100_122199/122101/09...
- donkeyd 4y agoSo, do you need to be in touch with these people instantly 24/7? Because if that's the case it's useful to have some sort of back-up. If it isn't, then the usual Whatsapp outage isn't actually an issue for you, since it takes a couple of hours in the absolute worst case scenario. And if you really need to get in touch, you won't care that calling them is a bit expensive.