AT&T look set to charge you for using FaceTime over cellular when iOS 6 is launched. At WWDC back in June, Apple SVP of iOS, Scott Forstall, announced one of the major new features of iOS 6 would be FaceTime over cellular. It was unclear at the time if carriers would actually support the service or if they would charge extra for it. 9to5 Mac believes it has uncovered AT&T?s plans and it looks like it intends to charge an additional fee to use it.
When trying to enable FaceTime over cellular in the latest iOS 6 Beta 3, a pop up appears asking you to call 611 to activate the service. This more than likely means that AT&T will charge an additional fee for the service when it is fully enabled with the release of iOS 6.
We attempted to bring up the same same error message when enabling the FaceTime over Cellular feature on a Verizon iPad WiFi + Cellular, but the feature enabled without an issue. AT&T charges for a separate plan to use Personal Hotspot on its network, and the carrier appears set to replicate that process with FaceTime over Cellular.
To replicate the process of receiving the above error message, you need to restore your network settings. It is also appearing for some people who have restored to iOS 6 beta 3.
Of course we must remember that this is still a beta version of iOS 6 and things will change in the weeks before the launch of the final version. AT&T may have a change of heart and decide to allow FaceTime calls over its network without charging you any extra monthly fees. Having said that, FaceTime would consume a hefty amount of data for each call so it wouldn?t be any great surprise if AT&T saw this as another revenue stream. The question is, would you be willing to pay extra to access FaceTime over cellular data?
Source: 9to5 Mac
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