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twoWhlsGud | 1 year ago

On my phone in Seattle Verizon Wi-Fi calling doesn't work but FaceTime audio does.

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runjake|1 year ago

Yep.

Wi-Fi Calling is a mix of GRE/IPSec tunnels to carrier servers (which were still functioning during the outage) that then hook into cellular infra on the backend (which wasn't working). On my firewall, I was seeing phones make that GRE tunnel connection, but it was just a gaping void after that.

FaceTime does not use cellular infra at all (except as a potential IP network interface)