Wind
Mobile update: Its been over 2 months now so I thought I would give you
all an update... So far so good! I am mostly in the west end
(Hamilton-through Downtown Toronto) and do not go to the east end too
often. Overall the service is not as good as Telus, however am I getting
1/3 the service for 1/3 the price?
The differences come in the form of coverage.
Generally it is pretty comprehensive for where I travel. I have been
completely out of service only twice: North of Acton and well North West
of Milton in the Escarpment area. I have gone into Wind Away (basically
roaming) a few times for a total of $2.10. The are small dead zones.
One in South Etobicoke (Park Lawn South/QEW) and for a short time near
Kipling Subway. Inexplicably Upper Middle/Eight Line was a dead zone.
The Kipling/Bloor dead zone was really frustrating because I basically
had sporadic coverage during my open house and any time I serviced the
listing. The Park Lawn/Qew dead zone freaked me out because I was under
time constraints with an offer and could not return any form of
communication for over an hour.
So yes there are draw backs;
what about if you're in a multiple offer situation and end up in one of
their dead zones!!! (Mr. and Mrs. Client may I use your phone my cheapo
Wind phone doesn't work in this area !!!).
But so far I have
discussed the Wind thing with my clients and they are right behind me.
Frustrating bills, ridiculous roaming and Long Distance charges every US
trip, extra for long distance plans in Canada, silly maximum VM limits,
exorbitant data usage plans (tether with one of the big companies and
witness your bill double). Constantly renegotiating with them over some
overage or an other.
...sorry I would rather keep the extra
$900-1200 a year and buy all my clients a nice gift to say excuse me
that you could not instantly reach me on that one occasion.
Ok
so sticking for it by now. Not sure how good the service is North East
and East of the city. Definitely not for you if you live in the outlying
country. For the West and Northwest - its well worth the experiment:
Note: I purchased their cheapest BlackBerry 9360- its 200 dollars.
Essentially if I did not like WIND then I would break even given that I
saved approx. $200 in 3 months over my Telus bill. Its a 200 dollar
experiment.
Update:
Wind is obviously aware of the deadzones. There is a page/forum on their website to post the deadzones. So far the spots I refer to above are still deadzones.
The Kipling/Bloor dead zone was really frustrating because I basically had sporadic coverage during my open house and any time I serviced the listing. The Park Lawn/Qew dead zone freaked me out because I was under time constraints with an offer and could not return any form of communication for over an hour.
So yes there are draw backs; what about if you're in a multiple offer situation and end up in one of their dead zones!!! (Mr. and Mrs. Client may I use your phone my cheapo Wind phone doesn't work in this area !!!).
But so far I have discussed the Wind thing with my clients and they are right behind me. Frustrating bills, ridiculous roaming and Long Distance charges every US trip, extra for long distance plans in Canada, silly maximum VM limits, exorbitant data usage plans (tether with one of the big companies and witness your bill double). Constantly renegotiating with them over some overage or an other.
...sorry I would rather keep the extra $900-1200 a year and buy all my clients a nice gift to say excuse me that you could not instantly reach me on that one occasion.
Ok so sticking for it by now. Not sure how good the service is North East and East of the city. Definitely not for you if you live in the outlying country. For the West and Northwest - its well worth the experiment:
Note: I purchased their cheapest BlackBerry 9360- its 200 dollars. Essentially if I did not like WIND then I would break even given that I saved approx. $200 in 3 months over my Telus bill. Its a 200 dollar experiment.
