Winds good. I'm on the student plan $25 a month. Unlimited texting and minutes. I can text to the united states too as long as I'm in the "wind zone." cant beat that for 25 bucks.

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Mobi has the same plan though they don't call it "student plan."

http://mobilicity.ca/plans/

Mobi and Wind usually have similar plans/price...

coverage is bigger with Wind.. i heard mixed results with reception and data

its a matter of time until mobilicity gets better coverage...

as there parent company is a MULTI BILLION dollar corporation, they don't have any money problems....

Speedtest on Wind, 1.05mbps down, 1.08mbps up, ping 139
Tested using Google Nexus One on Wind 3G

Speedtest on Rogers, 5.09mbps down, 0.35mbps up, ping 309
Tested using Samsung Galaxy Captivate S on Rogers 3G

Both tested at Duffins Donuts, on Burnaby speedtest server, at 20:01 -0700 GMT

Just tested again, 21:15 -0700 GMT

Rogers:
Ping 263ms
Down 3.50mbps
Up 0.38mbps

Wind:
Ping 190ms
Down 2.5mbps
Up 1.13mbps

SHAW HAVE OVER 46% profit last year so if your bill is $100 over $46 of that is pure profit for them. I am sure they have the money lol.

I paid $360 + tax for a year of service with mobilicity
live in coquitlam work in north vancouver
I am happy with the service and to be able to get everything for this price point
unlimited calling to all north americans number (US and Canada) is pretty sweet, area code becomes irrelevant when you have this plan :)

I'm thinking of switching to WIND/Mobilicity as well...currently on Fido retentions ($17.50 + $10 CID/VM/2500SMS + Flex Data)

Thinking of going with Mobilicity $25 + $10 data add-on

Any comments on current coverage/reception of WIND/Mobilicity?

I'll be in Vancouver/Richmond/UBC 90% of the time.

reception is pretty much the same as Fido when i had it. Richmond, van, ubc is pretty much full bars out in the open. Indoors is a different story.

How are mobilicity's data speeds these days? Any improvements on past speeds?

How bad is it indoors...? No reception at all? lol

The frequency that Wind/Mobilicity operate on (1700) doesn't have the penetrating power that the big 3 (850) get through, for example, concrete walls.

Wind/Mobilicity were trying for the 700 frequency, but I can't remember the details of that auction, or when it's supposed to happen. If either of them do acquire that band, and the Big 3 don't, that means the indoors issue would be reduced/eliminated.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong with anything I said here.

there still deciding on how to proceed with the auction.. whether to allow Robellus to bid or not.. Rogers already has around 80mhz of the AWS band themselves which they plan NOT to use, plus whatever else they have.. the reason why rogers has soooo friggin much is to stop any new carriers coming... this makes rogers the largest spectrum holder at 160mhz in north america.. which is twice as much as Verizon, and they cover more area then rogers does... Bell/Telus has a combine total of around 140mhz spectrum... if robellus were allow to bid, you can pretty much say good by to wind/mobilicity... as their current spectrum isnt going to compete...


on a good news, i like mobi's $25=$10 unlimited data.. expect wind to follow as well..

mobilicity's reception is very poor in buildings

If you guys don't need data and such why not go with Chatr wireless
prepaid no contract and you just fill up your account
$25 a month unlimited

you have unlimited voice, yea.. but can only send 50 sms!! and its $25 for 6 months.. after that.. what is it.. $50? haha


"Offers available for a limited time and subject to change without notice.

† Available to new customers only for six consecutive months from date of plan activation. Regular monthly rates apply after promotional period.
** Customers who enroll in auto-pay will automatically be eligible for this promotion. Eligibility is allowed once during the customer's account lifetime. A $10 bonus will be applied to customer's balance once per month upon each successful credit card transaction, for the first six months of program enrollment. Application of the bonus to your account will be processed within 48 hours after a successful payment. If un-enrollment occurs during the first six months, no further bonuses will be applied. If the credit card provided cannot be charged during any of the first six months, no further bonus will be applied for the remainder of the program. "

this is their TOS.. you gotta sign up by Credit Card and pay using it to beable to get this PROMO! WTF... Robbers will be Robbers...

I'd rather not suck at the teet of Rogers' 2g network. I'm already slurping away at the teet of their 3g network.

I'm actually just going to go with 2 phone, methinks. :troll:

The only reason I want to switch to Mobilicity/WIND is because of the unlimited and (In my case) faster data.

mobilicity has the cheapest plans..

the shitty part is if you don't have a c/c you have to pay 3$ "transaction fee" to get the store to add $$ to your account.

but then again u should just buy a years worth of service for a couple hundred

oh and USA roaming is 20 cents per minute, 15 cents per text and 5$ per mb definitely the cheapest pay per use roaming..

my dad is going to be in surrey/burnaby most of the time. wind or mobilicity or virgin mobile? he just needs voice.

hey guys - does anyone know if Mobilicity or Wind will get iphone 5?
My contract with rogers will end in about 2 months..

no one knows.. If the iPhone5 supports the AWS, then you can just get the phone from anywhere and it will work...

no one even knows what the damn phone looks like...

can someone give feedback about current Mobilicity vs. Wind reception ?

^Depends on where you live.