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Why no VoLTE when switching from Contract to BYOD?
Hi,
I have a Galaxy S7 that I got through contract from you. My contract came up and I switched to a BYOD plan. Now I am told that VoLTE is not compatible with BYOD discount.
The Videotron website says:
"Customers subscribed to a Videotron service but with no agreement, and who own an unlocked VoLTE-compatible iPhone with VoLTE SIM card can use the VoLTE feature. However, they need to activate the feature before being able to use it.
Customers subscribed to a Videotron service but with no agreement, and who own an Android device cannot use the VoLTE feature."
Why is this?
It can't be a thing chnical issue since my phone had VoLTE while I was on contract. So this is a policy and it puts non iPhone phones at a disadvantage.
Thanks.
I have a Galaxy S7 that I got through contract from you. My contract came up and I switched to a BYOD plan. Now I am told that VoLTE is not compatible with BYOD discount.
The Videotron website says:
"Customers subscribed to a Videotron service but with no agreement, and who own an unlocked VoLTE-compatible iPhone with VoLTE SIM card can use the VoLTE feature. However, they need to activate the feature before being able to use it.
Customers subscribed to a Videotron service but with no agreement, and who own an Android device cannot use the VoLTE feature."
Why is this?
It can't be a thing chnical issue since my phone had VoLTE while I was on contract. So this is a policy and it puts non iPhone phones at a disadvantage.
Thanks.
- Just to wrap this up. Got a call from an very nice representative (Mounir). Sorted everything. VoLTE added to the account and working.
I have to say, I have been very impressed with the majority of the representatives at Videotron.
Thank you Francois for forwarding the message and thank you Mounir for fixing this for me.
I'm sure it's a general statement to say that unlocked android devices might not be compatible with their VoLTE... so they won't activate this feature on BYOD plans since you are more likely to have a device not from Videotron on those plans.
I'm sure you can call and ask Videotron to enable VoLTE.
Or one thing you can try is first make sure you have a VoLTE sim (the one that came in the yellow card)... after that, call videotron and tell them that you have an iPhone 7 and would like to activate the VoLTE service.
This is what I did when my wife had an iPhone 6s Plus (which is not a supported VoLTE device with videotron)... and when I switched her to an iPhone 7 Plus one month later, VoLTE was there "automatically".
that said, how did you switch to a BYOD plan? usually, they don't allow that kind of switch unless maybe if you open a new line and transfer your "old" line/number to this new line.
- The Android phone was bought from Videotron. I already had VoLTE activated while I was on contract. It worked perfectly fine. I was at the end of my contract and instead of getting a new phone I just kept the same phone and signed up to BYOD plan.
There is no technical barrier, it's just a policy barrier. The trick that you suggested further goes to prove that the policy makes no sense.
Hopefully, someone at Videotron can either explain why this can't be done or they can change the policy to allow compatible Android phones bought from Videotron to benefit from VoLTE.
