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WraithLocust

Any way to prevent iOS from calling on mobile instead of FaceTime Audio?

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My best friend who lives in America had a nasty shock today when it turned out her phone bill was $150 more expensive this month because she called me on mobile instead of FaceTime one day and neither of us realised. Is there any way we could prevent this happening in the future?

Over here in the UK I simply have to put a spending cap on my account, or block outgoing international calls, but that doesn’t seem to be an option on Verizon Wireless (although they seem to be able to block outgoing international calls if you pay $5/month for their family safety plan). US mobile network providers suck. It’s a genuine disgrace.

Posted Jun 5, 2021, 9:42 PM UTC

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Steve-luo•

Have her make a separate contact that only has your iCloud email address. Calling that contact would force the phone to use FaceTime.

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zzaibis•

Add to Favourites FaceTime, not cellular calls.

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gfunkdave•

You can turn off international calling on Verizon. Just call them and ask to disable international calling.

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DaveKensington•

This! I live in the US as an British national and racked up a bill pocket-dialing my dad. I had to tell T-Mobile to prevent international calls

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