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		richardwhiuk on March 26, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Triple Flaw in Nest's Dropcam Emergency calls normally default to cellular, instead of defaulting to WiFi, as it provides more consistent location information. Even if it tries wifi first, it should fallback to cellular within 30 seconds if a call attempt is made.

koolba on March 26, 2017 [–]

It doesn't try both? A big part of wifi calling is to provide service in what otherwise would be a dead zone.

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