>>55558446
Forgive me if I'm being stupid but if I'm using VoIP applications like whatsapp/messenger/skype voice calls, over a 4G LTE connection, is that the same thing as what you're talking about? Because I have an unlocked Oneplus One and it werks fine. That said I don't live in the US where you have weird telecoms standards.

>>55558446
Why is America so shit for VoIP in general? 4G in Europe works everywhere perfect in every country I've been in.

>>55558446
Because it is an ITU standard which are always fucking gay. Why not just use SIP over LTE data?

WCDMA is fine, stop whining.

>>55558784
You don't need to feel stupid because that's exactly what VoLTE is: VoIP while being on a LTE connection. It's just a buzzword used by mobile networks operators to promote their own VoIP implementations in a struggle to stay relevant in a world where their clients really need just a data plan and nothing more.

>>55559300
but whyyy

here in the UK we have companies competing for who can give the most data with least cost per month, 3 do unlimited (as in, no fair use policy, nothing, fully unlimited terabytes-a-month sort of data - the only thing you cant do is use tethered devices because otherwise people would just use it as a home internet connection) - all for £23. Which is about $23 these days. And it's 4G LTE so it's about as fast as the average home connection if youre in a major city.

It really sucks how companies in the US use all these artificial techniques to pretend there's real competition when really it's just a big cartel and the consumer is left paying huge fees for data caps and slow service.

>>55559514
Partially greed and partially because america is huge compared to the UK. It's a lot of maintenance.