How's Freedom's signal in Richmond?
 

Hi guys, planning on coming back to van for 2 months for vacay. Planning on getting freedom's lte plans, how is their signal now in richmond? I was using wind before I left vancouver years ago and their signal wasn't too great, and I would get no signal indoors in my condo. Of course that was aws and now they're on LTE, just wondering if it's better on LTE? thnx

When it comes to coverage, the most important is the frequency and bands. Freedom's LTE in YVR currently operates on a mixture of 1700MHz. 2100MHz and 2600MHz. Those frequencies are quite high and due to limitations in the technology, they will always suck in terms of range and penetration compared to lower bands which all the other major carriers have.

It'll still be hit or miss depending on where and how you use your phone, but it's definitely a lot better than two years ago.

When they roll out 700MHz later this year, that's the big milestone as it should theoretically solve most of Freedom's coverage issues.

damn, i live in a concrete condo, signal must still suck

It has been pretty good for me in Vancouver, Richmond, and Burnaby. I am in out of houses and concrete apartments all the time. I do have dropped calls every now and then, but overall reception is decent. I don't frequent south Richmond though.

I used to have coverage issues in Kits but that was fixed with the upgrade late last year.

Overall, I have been pretty satisfied for the price. I pay a little over $40 a month for 8gb of data and 1gb of data in US. Can't find that anywhere else. Just make sure your phone works on the network.

Why not try ChatR?

^ cause the price point. I'm on the same path. Lower mainland it's legit, anything outside.. game over.

Wanted to switch over and the price point just doesn't support it. If I had to pay $60-70, i might as well jump back on the Fido / Rogers band wagon.

I know it's not unlimited data or whatever it is, but @ $40/month with 1GB data + 500MB bonus, and it uses Rogers' network, isn't that worth the peace of mind and a functional phone where you need it?

here we go again with what carrier to not pick

Yea either wind or chatr probably. I'm only here for a month and a half so not too big a deal I guess. but dang forgot how expensive telecom is in vancouver lol. I pay $15 cad for unlimited talk and LTE data in shanghai. Went to cambodia for vacay and cost me $2usd for 5gb data and a free sim card for a month holy...

Freedom is still terrible, I used them for 3 years and reception was always an issue. I drew the line that I had to switch out when I needed to make an emergency call in an underground parkade which ended in no reception. Never worked when I needed it the most and data speeds were slow as well. Having unlink tied data when you can't use it is pointless. Until they roll out their low band spectrum later this year, they're off my list for thr sake of keeping my sanity. Granted if you want the best deal, now is the time to buy in as later it'll surely rise

Freedom is horrible . And to my knowledge , Wind is actually freedom mobile, they just changed their name.