WIND Mobile Releases Most Recent Service Expansion Figures

[canadiancow]

Where do you think they've been building the last six months? It sure hasn't been Western Canada . The footprint hasn't changed in Calgary for over a year, Edmonton had a *slight* expansion to Fort Sask, and Vancouver has only expanded to Abbotsford (covering HWY 1 primarily). Ontario has seen the bulk of activity, so its reasonable to expect the vast majority of HSPA+ will be in Ontario (including TO).

Of the last 100 towers to *actually go online*, I would *guess* (pure speculation) at least 70% of them are in Ontario. Anyone care to look it up?

My point is that more than 34% of WIND's sites are probably in Ontario, and as far as I can tell, all of the Ontario sites have HSPA+. Or at least, anywhere you can get WIND coverage, you can get HSPA+.

[2K2SilverCivicS]

Wow... Only 34%. After 8 months and mobi is planning to do it over the summer.

388 towers are 4G HSPA+.
Approx 107 are in London and K-W.
Almost 28% are in the zones they built for HSPA+.

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you tell Mobi to make their coverage as large as Wind's while upgrading their towers to 4G....

Sux that Western Canada still has to wait for better signal/data coverage.... Vancouver shouldnt be hard to cover, its not has big of an area like in Ontario...

[Vaytan]

Nothing on the Winnipeg area yet ?

[xtachx]

Nothing on the Winnipeg area yet ?

Sorry to disappoint you wind wont launch winnipeg anytime soon

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[savbers]

you tell Mobi to make their coverage as large as Wind's while upgrading their towers to 4G....

Sux that Western Canada still has to wait for better signal/data coverage.... Vancouver shouldnt be hard to cover, its not has big of an area like in Ontario...

More NIMBYs...

[icemasta]

Sorry to disappoint you wind wont launch winnipeg anytime soon

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Why wouldn't they?

[nuclearbroccoli]

Why wouldn't they?

Too many mosquitos. Too hard to build towers when you're being eaten alive.....

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[AdamSavage]

Using 4G out in Kanata, and when I ran a speed test I was getting faster speeds.

[MorsVincitOmnia]

Sorry to disappoint you wind wont launch winnipeg anytime soon

That may very well be true, but there is some activity on coverage mapper in Winnipeg, and Wind did mention that they have plans on expanding there in 2012. I do feel that it would more likely be 2013, though.

[Tendenzi]

That may very well be true, but there is some activity on coverage mapper in Winnipeg, and Wind did mention that they have plans on expanding there in 2012. I do feel that it would more likely be 2013, though.

Sorry, did you mean 2023? or You actually believe it'll come in 2013?

Seriously though; isn't 2013 the year of the 700Mhz Auction? A lot of money is going to be dropped that year, I'll be surprised if we see as an aggressive expansion next year as we did this year.

[Vaytan]

That may very well be true, but there is some activity on coverage mapper in Winnipeg, and Wind did mention that they have plans on expanding there in 2012. I do feel that it would more likely be 2013, though.

Yes I read 2012 but alas that probably was tentative date. I just can't stand paying into rogers anymore , Next alternative is MTS , but I would love to try a new company. I know they were dropping towers here but as to how far is completed I don't know.