facetime wifi or not

[wullie1967]

when doing face time from my ipad 2 does the other person on the iphone 4 have to be on wifi with phone or just normal 3g, im hearing they have to be on wifi if so i find that strange

 

[leelai]

when doing face time from my ipad 2 does the other person on the iphone 4 have to be on wifi with phone or just normal 3g, im hearing they have to be on wifi if so i find that strange

I just had a look on the net and they say Wifi. Wifi is a much stronger and faster signal than 3G. well in most places it is. It must have something to do with that. This is the advert -

For faraway friends and family, long-distance relationships or just for fun, FaceTime for iPad is here. With a tap, you can make video calls from your iPad 2 to someone else’s iPad 2, iPhone, iPod touch or Mac, over Wi-Fi.* And be there in person, even when you’re not.

 

[wullie1967]

thanks for help cheers

 

[DefBref]

I just had a look on the net and they say Wifi. Wifi is a much stronger and faster signal than 3G. well in most places it is. It must have something to do with that.

Facetime could work across 3g no issues, except its a bandwidth hog and Apple (or perhaps the carriers) have prevented its use across 3g. If you were on a limited dataplan you would soon use up your allowance by using facetime.

 

[leelai]

Thanks for that info. You wouldn't happen to know if Skype is the same deal

 

[afc]

you can use skype over 3G but it's not as reliable and the quality is not as good...and watch out for your Gb's if you're on a data plan... I guess that's the reason why some carriers block skype calls on the phones they sell....

 

[leelai]

you can use skype over 3G but it's not as reliable and the quality is not as good...and watch out for your Gb's if you're on a data plan... I guess that's the reason why some carriers block skype calls on the phones they sell....

Thank you for that. I had noticed Skype buffers a lot on 3G and drops out. Didn't know they blocked it also though. Thank you again!