US Wireless Carriers Shifting To Voice Over LTE

jfruh writes "For years for cell phone companies, one specific kind of data — voice calls placed by dialing a traditional telephone number — was entirely different from all the other kinds of data a phone used. But in the U.S., that's finally starting to change, as all the major carriers are planning shifts to voice over LTE. The carriers promise sharper call quality and quicker connections."

Comments

Re:Will it count against the data?

[Bradmont]

Will it count against the data, or will it be counted per minute? Per byte sounds more reasonable.

Do you have any doubt that it will be counted as both?

Re:Will it count against the data?

[Shakrai]

Do you have any doubt that it will be counted as both?

Stop with the FUD. Verizon doesn't double dip for MMS (picture messages use data, but they do not add to your data usage), even though such double dipping would likely go unnoticed, why would they do it for minutes?

There's plenty of legitimate things to bash the cellular carriers for without making shit up.