Sad to say but I ported out to WIND today

[beako]

I'm thinking of switching to Wind just because they're getting the Galaxy Nexus and they have that Tab system in place..

[ijcy]

That means they are paying to much for cars and want to save on cell phones, pretty weird
They only try to show how good they are having that cars or how good is their business and in fact they lack in business and save on cell because no one can see that; eventually they end return the cars when they got broke!
If they have that cars they should not be with Wind or Mobilicity, don't try to make believe the opposite .

I saw that you are laughing, but let me explain that this company has been around for 22 years, and is extremely profitable! they should definitely use Wind if it's good for them.
They can not return these cars as they paid for them in cash my friend.

[not yet]

Yikes - so many people in Toronto switched that Wind's network is broken.

It seems to be self-throttling.

http://www.howardforums.com/showthre...with-Wind-data

[xtachx]

It seems to be self-throttling.

??! Wtf is "self-throttling" ??

[not yet]

??! Wtf is "self-throttling" ??

Something I made up. It means killing the data so the voice gets a priority.

[xtachx]

Something I made up. It means killing the data so the voice gets a priority.

Ah I see. All 100GB+ users left for wind then ...

[donbalaan]

Had a FML moment today...

I ported one of my Mobi numbers to WIND's equivalent $40 plan... this is because of Mobi's unusable data for encrypted traffic that for example takes 1+ minutes to load Facebook my Nexus S or 30 minutes to download an 4.8MB attachment from gmail/Yahoo as I use HTTPS sessions. So, to my surprise upon parking my car and waking up my phone's display...

I learn that actually live in WIND dead zone within their coverage area!!! I did not bother to checked that famous cell towers website ahead of time though I probably may not have trust the data anyways. So, after being all vocal about Mobi, I now have no data and can't even take advantage of voice/LD calls with WIND.

My only solace was that Mobi credited the unused portion of my ported line back as a wallet credit to my other line with them.

Can't believe I may need to support one of the big three again.

[ijcy]

Had a FML moment today...

I ported one of my Mobi numbers to WIND's equivalent $40 plan... this is because of Mobi's unusable data for encrypted traffic that for example takes 1+ minutes to load Facebook my Nexus S or 30 minutes to download an 4.8MB attachment from gmail/Yahoo as I use HTTPS sessions. So, to my surprise upon parking my car and waking up my phone's display...

I learn that actually live in WIND dead zone within their coverage area!!! I did not bother to checked that famous cell towers website ahead of time though I probably may not have trust the data anyways. So, after being all vocal about Mobi, I now have no data and can't even take advantage of voice/LD calls with WIND.

My only solace was that Mobi credited the unused portion of my ported line back as a wallet credit to my other line with them.

Can't believe I may need to support one of the big three again.

If you must then i suggest Koodo.

[will888]

Had a FML moment today...

I ported one of my Mobi numbers to WIND's equivalent $40 plan... this is because of Mobi's unusable data for encrypted traffic that for example takes 1+ minutes to load Facebook my Nexus S or 30 minutes to download an 4.8MB attachment from gmail/Yahoo as I use HTTPS sessions. So, to my surprise upon parking my car and waking up my phone's display...

I learn that actually live in WIND dead zone within their coverage area!!! I did not bother to checked that famous cell towers website ahead of time though I probably may not have trust the data anyways. So, after being all vocal about Mobi, I now have no data and can't even take advantage of voice/LD calls with WIND.

My only solace was that Mobi credited the unused portion of my ported line back as a wallet credit to my other line with them.

Can't believe I may need to support one of the big three again.

I was all set to jump ship as well. Luckily I was able to find a colleague willing to lend me his phone to do some testing. Surprisingly, switching to wind would not improve coverage for me. The question is which company will be first to patch the coverage gap. I am inclined to bet on mobility because it is less costly if I am wrong.

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[not yet]

I wasn't going to port out - but I was going to try the HMP for a month to check it out.

The reason is that when I compared Wind and Mobi data a year ago - both phones were only capable of about 3.4mbps. So the results were just below that for both.

The E7 can get 10.1mbps - so I thought I'd run some tests.

Just in case the experience was exceptional - I wanted the HMP not a plan that expires.

When I called around for prices on the sim - at $25 I changed my mind.

$70 for a test wasn't worth it.

I suspect Wind may be caching the speedtests like Shaw did or does - so I wanted to measure a file download.

[Quake]

Ah I see. All 100GB+ users left for wind then ...

No, it's casual users who are quitting. Beside, it's impossible to use 100 GB with their speed.

Also I do not have a lot of time to watch YouTube on my phone but when I do, I don't want it to buffer endlessly.

Which is why I unfortunately switched from Mobilicity to Wind Mobile. Better coverage and a clear limit of 5 GB before throttling. Instead of Mobilicity cryptic ways just so that they can conserve their "unlimited" ideology.

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[night_sky83]

Well, count me in as a switcher. Good times were had with Mobilicity, wish y'all a good luck. See some of you in the other forum...

[flomar]

Had a FML moment today...

I ported one of my Mobi numbers to WIND's equivalent $40 plan... this is because of Mobi's unusable data for encrypted traffic that for example takes 1+ minutes to load Facebook my Nexus S or 30 minutes to download an 4.8MB attachment from gmail/Yahoo as I use HTTPS sessions. So, to my surprise upon parking my car and waking up my phone's display...

I learn that actually live in WIND dead zone within their coverage area!!! I did not bother to checked that famous cell towers website ahead of time though I probably may not have trust the data anyways. So, after being all vocal about Mobi, I now have no data and can't even take advantage of voice/LD calls with WIND.

My only solace was that Mobi credited the unused portion of my ported line back as a wallet credit to my other line with them.

Can't believe I may need to support one of the big three again.

No matter what will happen I won't go back to big 3. No more support for them, I wish "long life for MOBILICITY".
In only two month I noticed improvements in coverage and internet speed, for the money spent with Rogers I can have 3 numbers with MOBILICITY.

[rjwells]

I can confirm that wind does what mobi should have: throttle.

I watched about 5g of video on wind just to test out what was possible, now their soft cap has kicked in and I'm throttled to .2 Mbps for the last week, presumably now for the rest of the month.

I don't mind, I was at home and could have used my wifi for that. Mostly I don't use that kind of bandwidth and I'm satisfied it's a necessary policy to keep the network healthy.

[cybermorph]

I just left Mobiliciy after 6 months. I left Wind because my Nexus S was always dropping calls in Vancouver. Otherwise I was satisfies with their service. Mobilicity has been fine for me. In fact, I had problem with throttling as was getting about 2 mb/sec and could stream Netflix and videos for an hour or more no problem. However, Wind has better coverage and i dont like the idea that they are screwing around with different throttling techniques. I've now switched and notices I'm lucky if I get 1 mb/ sec sometimes even half that at times with Wind Mobilicity is definitely faster. And my first 1-800 call had an echo of my own voice which was very annoying. Mobilicity call quality is defintey better. Just food for thought before you leave.