WIND Mobile Tower Map

[cmstlist]

Looks like a big part of their Ontario strategy is to hit up all the university towns. Which makes sense because if you're a student from Toronto in Windsor/Kingston/Waterloo/etc or vice versa, you and your parents would want to have a cell service that doesn't cost extra in either city. With each new area that they cover, some random cohort of current or potential customers across the province will say "Hey look! Now they have service in every city where I spend a significant amount of time." For me, it was an easy call to be an early adopter because I live in Vancouver, my parents are in Toronto and my sister is in Ottawa.

[torontocolin]

There is definitely merit to targeting university towns. University students seem like they're more likely to be in their demographic. Most of the time they will want smartphones, long distance calling, and data plans, but they will also want the cheapest options. They usually won't leave town often, other than to go home, so they can live with island coverage. They don't usually rely on their phone for critical calls like a business user would, so they can put up with some network deficiencies. And they are far more likely to influence their parents if they have good experiences than the other way around.

New immigrants also fit many of these characteristics, but they are pretty much out of potential expansion areas which include large numbers of new immigrants, while there are still plenty of university towns.

[cm0101]

I'm kinda laughing with the idea of making Woodstock it's own little Wind island. Why for the love of would they build out Woodstock and not throw maybe 3-4 towers up between there and London? There is for sure a high enough building in Ingersoll for some antennas and it can't be that hard to throw up some sites alongside the 401.. it's pretty much all rural. Just light up St. Thomas at the same time, throw up a tower on Highbury in between and the interconnected London area is done.

Edit: They would be better off building out Sarnia then Woodstock - Aim some antennas at Port Huron and collect the T-Mobile roaming customers.

[xtachx]

collect the T-Mobile roaming customers.

Lol, T-Mo signal is 100x stronger

[savbers]

I remember Tony saying their demographic was those 35 and under. So, it fits perfectly.

[canadiancow]

Is there a reason why the Wind Tower map at Coverage Mapper says the towers haven't been updated in nearly two weeks?

Every day for the last while I get a little email when my script runs that says "We had 1181 towers, but the new results have only 997". So the latest download is missing ~200 towers, and as such, my script ignores it. However, since this has been happening for a while, I need to investigate what's going on. Just haven't had the time :\

There is definitely merit to targeting university towns. University students seem like they're more likely to be in their demographic. Most of the time they will want smartphones, long distance calling, and data plans, but they will also want the cheapest options. They usually won't leave town often, other than to go home, so they can live with island coverage. They don't usually rely on their phone for critical calls like a business user would, so they can put up with some network deficiencies. And they are far more likely to influence their parents if they have good experiences than the other way around.

I know a few people who stayed on family plans when they went to school because it was cheaper and easier for them. If WIND can't target an entire family, they're going to miss out on a lot of customers.

[xero9]

WIND seems to be expanding aggressively in southern Ontario, while ignoring the rest of the country. Not that I'm complaining, seeing as that's where I live :P

Really I'll be excited when Windsor-Kingston is covered. I find it funny that they're building up 115 to connect Peterborough, but leaving London, KW, and Toronto separate.

[icemasta]

I still think Wind should of covered Brantford instead of Woodstock. Brantford has a higher population than Woodstock and is close enough to both the GTA and K-W zones to be easily connected.

[Sammy740]

I still think Wind should of covered Brantford instead of Woodstock. Brantford has a higher population than Woodstock and is close enough to both the GTA and K-W zones to be easily connected.

Most people who live in Woodstock work in London or KW.

The business case holds.

[torontocolin]

If Woodstock is so close to going live, why aren't we seeing any towers there? And based on the Windsor data from coverage mapper and planned coverage, there must be at least a couple of towers there that aren't on the map yet. Makes me wonder where else might be launching imminently.

It especially seems odd with all these places that have had towers for a long time but are still turned off. Victoria I can maybe see holding off on until coverage is perfect, but what's the hold-up in St. Thomas and from Ft. Erie to Port Colbourne (where we know the towers are up and have been on for a long time)? Clearly Wind isn't afraid of island coverage, so is this just a case of them forgetting to tell someone to update the map, or is something bigger going on.

[Sammy740]

If Woodstock is so close to going live, why aren't we seeing any towers there? And based on the Windsor data from coverage mapper and planned coverage, there must be at least a couple of towers there that aren't on the map yet. Makes me wonder where else might be launching imminently.

It especially seems odd with all these places that have had towers for a long time but are still turned off. Victoria I can maybe see holding off on until coverage is perfect, but what's the hold-up in St. Thomas and from Ft. Erie to Port Colbourne (where we know the towers are up and have been on for a long time)? Clearly Wind isn't afraid of island coverage, so is this just a case of them forgetting to tell someone to update the map, or is something bigger going on.

Woodstock has had full Home coverage for coming up on a month now.

[icemasta]

Niagara (14154 NIAGARA PKWY) ON
Essa (4461 25TH SIDEROAD) ON
Niagara (2095 STANELY AVE) ON
Barrie (3580 BARRIE ROAD) ON

[Humza]

Glad to see more increased coverage for Niagara. Brampton needs more love though

[savbers]

....
Clearly Wind isn't afraid of island coverage, so is this just a case of them forgetting to tell someone to update the map, or is something bigger going on.

Well they ARE allowed a month to file to IC (or whomever it is they report to). And then it takes even longer to show up on TAFL or SD.

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[canadiancow]

Something strange has happened to the data. There are ~170 fewer towers than there were a month ago.