it actually kills most plans from carriers in the states as well! Also wind's rates for US roaming/LD is actually better than buying a pay as you go Tmobile Sim!

Now all we need is free nationwide LD and roaming from all the carriers like in the states, but with roger's dominance on network towers, that wont happen.

^ I don't know about you, but $35 for unlimited province-wide or $45 for unlimited nation-wide calling is probably more than enough for 80% of the population. How often do people actually leave the HOME zone around here, other than maybe Whistler? (there are 2 WIND towers there, just not functional yet)

Since LD in Canada is only 25c/min instead of 35c/min for the big 3.. more savings yet again. Then there are free incoming texts. As far as I can tell, if the Wind signals are strong enough inside the HOME zone (I heard other cities had trouble with this in the beginning, maybe it's all fixed now) to not jump to AWAY when it's not supposed to.. short of certain corporate plans, and if you're not locked into contract, I cannot find ONE reason not to jump ship!

I'm doing my part and telling everyone and his dog about Wind. Screw Rogers/Fido. (yes I'm an angry ex-customer)

im the same as you haha. had enough of rogers for the last 10 years.

if you go down to the states, calling any number from a rogers/fido line it costs you $1.75 a min. the same call from a Wind number is 25cents. Even Tmobile's pay as you go is 22cents USD for a min.

just got Bold 9700 and always talk plan, must say I am pretty satisfied with the coverage so far. full bar almost everywhere I went

how is the reception in richmond? theres not that many towers here.

curious on how is richmond

becuz i might just get a phone for my bro and try it out..
hahaha

Nice! Which store did you go to?

We had a lot of customers today activating their nexus one and n900...they were quite happy with their data speeds. One customer did down: 5mbit and up: 1.5mbit in west van, I was actually surprised, because my shaw was around 5-7mbit down and 500up...
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I live around 2 and Francis, reception is full bar at home, I was at aberdeen, bridgeport and steveston village today. reception was full the whole time. the only time where it kanna laged was when i was driving by TCC


I went to the Yaletown store

^^^
make sure you report the dead/iffy coverage so we can better improve our network! nice to know richmond coverage is good!

not sure if i've met you at one of the meets before...i had the bb s2k with work wheels...

offtopic: whats the name of the girl in your display? ;)

i got my Wind Mobile today!!! IM BROKE so i cant afford the N1 or the BB9700.. i just got the Nokia touchscreen.. its ok for my use..

I MUST say, reception is good.. it not even better then Koodoo!!! i only travel in vancouver, richmond and burnaby so im super happy reception is good.. i havent been in burnaby area yet since i got the phone, but richmond was good.

how much did the bb cost you?

450 right?

anyone know how the reception is in surrey?

one of the reps has the N1 and lives in surrey.. he said he has reception, but not as great as in vancouver/richmond/burnaby reception..

hope they put a tower up at sfu burnaby soon, thats the only thing preventing me from switching from fido

i never leave van/richmond/burnaby, so this is gold for me..

NEVER had a dropped call... always have 4 bars at least when im on ground level or higher.. 3 bars when im underground.. SOOO im happy..

i have the $45 dollar plan with %50 off and the $20 charged internet plan..

I love it, didnt want the unlimited plan coz i know i wont be using the internet much.. so this 500mb one is good..

but after six months, i will downgrade to the $35 voice plan and keep the $20 charged internet.. i dont know anyone accross canada to take advantage of the $45 plan.. even $35 is more then enough for..

Hold a sec, so you don't need to pay any other fee besides taxes?
$35+$20 data +tax? That's it? Can you keep your old number?

^ yes that's right, there's no catch.

Dang... I still have a contract with fido until this November.

takes a couple of hours for Wind to completely port your number over... until then, your on a temp number...

its very good..

ALL the voice plans include Caller ID, Call Display, Call Waiting, Call Conferencing. only Voicemail is included on the $45 plan.. i dont need voicemail if i have call display..

For me its good.. but for people who travel to Surrey and beyond, i would tell you to hold out for a bit longer... theres been a few people who got refunds thinking that (even they were told that reception is not good out there) it would still work... lol..

You will pay the price of the plan plus tax, n.o other hidden. Frees
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so any Quad-Band GSM phone can use Wind voice ?
& if the phone supports 3G & 3.5G(Dual-Band) can use Wind data?

& do they lock their phones for Wind mobile only?

You need the UMTS/HSPA 1700/2100 bands to use data.

don't you need a phone that's AWS compatible to use voice/data on wind? so no lol (correct me if i'm wrong)

This company seems crazy, put no service in surrey and langkey that sucks guess I'm staying with Rogers for now
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Wrong. You need BOTH AWS bands 1700/2100 to use the phone, having only ONE of the bands will display your phone in "Wind Away" all the time. :)

edit: Our phones are locked wind only, but all of them are backwards compatible with other GSM carriers