Business Insider: AT&T to allow VoIP on its 3G network

Having unlimited Skype on the 3G network sounds amazing, but considering how slow 3G actually is (and it's pretty slow for things that matter), then even an Iphone with VoIP service would fall considerably short of a regular VoIP phone. Being able to drop down to 39.99 would be amazing though - it's just that if half of your calls were dropped, it would be pointless.

Really gog news for the Internet, still giving the where the telcos stand for in their monopoly, I'm still very surprise and will trust this news when it will be actually doable. Any news about canadian greedy telcos? we actually can't install the Skype app at all :(

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Skype has got to be cheaper than the gas I spend to drive outside my signal-poor neighborhood just to make a call. Love the phone, but the "No Service" while in my house is ludicrous. What if there is an emergency and I can't use my powers of telepathy?

When I was with Verizon: 4 bars... even lying on the floor of the bathroom.

Bring on the VOIP!

How about Rogers now??? They need to do something to stick out from the crowd (Telus and Bell) now that there's actually some competition in Canada.

The other thing to consider is that iPhone customers are paying $30/month for broadband access.

Even through we heavy users — I think I read that we use 3x as much as the avg smartphone customer — we are paying 50% of what the $60 5GB data plan costs.

Therefore, we should be able to use 2.5 GB capacity without AT&T bitching and complaining. I used 600 MB last month, which is alot more than I used with my 2G iPhone. And I should be able to use it for anything I want as long as I pay my bill.

I don't think allowing VOiP over the network would be anywhere as taxing as say allowing slingbox or bittorrent. Since you're going over the same channels as Voice on the 3G network, using data for VOiP for a phone call probably wouldn't be any worse than talking over the regular line. Not allowing voip was simply to protect AT&T's current model of voice AND data, but I have a feeling in the future, voice won't be a separate charge. More and more devices are benefiting from wireless data, and its only a matter of time before everything we do on a phone, including calls, is done via data.

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FWIW, they could allow bittorrent and video conferencing on the iPhone and it won't matter in most metro areas, the network is way too slammed.

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