The only annoying thing is if you listen to net radio and why not? WIND on the other hand has good phones ok but i tried to return a cellphone after 8 says it was a shitty samsung flip phone and they told my i went over my usage limits and there is nothing they can do.
Wind sometimes offers better promotions. I am on a 35dollar plan. I have everything unlimited including data and tethering. The issue is that even though my house is m away from the nearest tower, calls drop when I am in the garage or in the basement. I live close to the home area edge. Everything else is just fine. My kids can watch online movies on the wifi only ipad while I am driving them. I can work remotely from almost any place in Calgary for my customer in Toronto via VPN cause my laptop is tethered to the nexus s with unlimited data.
I have just run speedtest. My results are ping , dl , ul Not the best numbers, but again the edge of the home area is close to my house. I often use Skype for videochatting my friends in Russia and Ukraine while driving I am neither staring at the screen, nor holding the phone in my hand Very convenient, because I am not often available at home or in the office.
What I do not like is when the phone accidentally switches to wind away it takes too much time for it to get back. At night you will be lucky if you get download speed. I changed 3 phones and same result. But Wind thinks that its newfound bounty can be used to leverage a better deal — or even a deal at all. For Wind, though, the benefit is having a strong foundation for building an ultra-fast LTE network.
In addition to the 30Mhz of AWS-3 spectrum it purchased earlier this year, the ecosystem of which is still being finalized, the company can now use its excess spectrum as a bargaining chip. For example, in addition to the 10Mhz it already owned in each of Sasktatchewan and Manitoba, it inherited an additional 10Mhz, and in some areas like Manitoba, 20Mhz, from Shaw.
The right thing to do is to facilitate the fourth wireless carrier in every province. When looking at these two new carriers, they actually share many similarities in terms of business philosophy and business strategy. This means that you can sign up for a service and walk away at just about any time, rather than locking yourself to a three-year contract. On the surface, the two companies can appear to be quite similar, but they are not without their differences either. Here are some of the commonalities and differences shared between Mobilicity and Wind Mobile.
Without getting too technical, the cellular technology in use with both Wind Mobile and Mobilicity is not the same as the 3G technology being used by Bell Mobility, Telus Mobility and Rogers Wireless. In this way, if you choose to bring your own unlocked cell phone to either of these new carriers, you have to make sure that the wireless technology being used is compatible with the network. The current Apple iPhone 4, on the other hand, would not be compatible.
While the comparison of Mobilicity vs. Wind Mobile will certainly shift and change over time, the current lead in cellular coverage as of this article's writing goes to Wind Mobile. That said, neither carrier is currently able to offer the same kind of extensive coverage being offered by Canada's three major nationwide carriers. The "home zones" for Wind Mobile and Mobilicity focus on major metropolitan areas.
When going outside of the city, you could find yourself "roaming" in an "away zone" and this could result in many additional fees and surcharges. For this reason, both of these carriers is best suited for city-dwellers. Before joining the Globe in , she reported for the Financial Post for three years, where she variously covered telecom, media, startups and tech.
Before journalism, Christine attended law school, articled at the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto and practised divorce law. This is a space where subscribers can engage with each other and Globe staff. Non-subscribers can read and sort comments but will not be able to engage with them in any way.
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