Mobile IP-native Communication
Mobile IP-native Communication
Use cellular data or Wifi at home to call or text.
The Concept
IP-native communication allows you to make calls and send texts over data connections rather than traditional cellular voice services. This works whether you're on cellular data or connected to WiFi at home.
Why IP-Native?
Advantages
- Flexibility: Call from anywhere with internet
- Cost Savings: Use WiFi at home instead of cellular minutes
- Privacy: Your calls don't go through traditional telco infrastructure
- Linux Phone Friendly: Better integration with open-source stacks
- Provides a real phone number
- Bridges calls and texts to/from the regular network
- Works great with Linux phones
- Uses open protocols (XMPP/SIP)
- T-Mobile offers data-only prepaid plans
- Use data for all communication via JMP or similar
- No traditional voice/SMS plan needed
- Librem 5
- PinePhone
- Any Linux phone with XMPP/SIP clients
- JMP: https://jmp.chat/
- T-Mobile data only plan: https://prepaid.t-mobile.com/prepaid-internet
How It Works
1. Voice calls are converted to VoIP (Voice over IP)
2. Text messages go through XMPP or similar protocols
3. A service bridges to the regular phone network
4. You get a real phone number others can call/text
JMP.chat
JMP is highlighted as a solution for IP-native communication:
T-Mobile Data-Only Plan
For those who want to go fully IP-native:
Setup on Linux Phones
Works particularly well on: