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**nuclearbroccoli** · 07-31-2012, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by tendenzi

Yep, very good observation, I thought we all agreed to these facts, as NuclearBroccolli has been very forth coming with his results in the west as well as some others (and they're great), If others are confused and are assuming it the network everywhere, need to recheck their attitudes and opinions. YMMV for sure.

This is definitely only a GTA connected issue, I don't even think the KW/Londond and Niagara zones are at all affected by this.

I can't figure out the problem with Toronto though.
The GTA has 631 towers, and Calgary only has 119.
The GTA has about 5x more towers than Calgary, but the population is only 3x that of Calgary, which has fewer problems.

Is it just that a larger percentage of the population in the GTA are Wind customers?
Is there a breakdown of customers by zone available anywhere?

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**Tendenzi** · 07-31-2012, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by nuclearbroccoli

I can't figure out the problem with Toronto though.
The GTA has 631 towers, and Calgary only has 119.
The GTA has about 5x more towers than Calgary, but the population is only 3x that of Calgary, which has fewer problems.

Is it just that a larger percentage of the population in the GTA are Wind customers?
Is there a breakdown of customers by zone available anywhere?

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You're answering all your own questions with some simple logical thoughts. I'm also sure the quality of these "towers" has something to do with it, a lot of the WIND "towers" I've seen around my area are very funny looking.

**nuclearbroccoli** · 07-31-2012, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by tendenzi

You're answering all your own questions with some simple logical thoughts. I'm also sure the quality of these "towers" has something to do with it, a lot of the WIND "towers" I've seen around my area are very funny looking.

I'm just guessing. Without seeing a breakdown of customers per region, I can't say for certain.

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**Tendenzi** · 07-31-2012, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by nuclearbroccoli

I'm just guessing. Without seeing a breakdown of customers per region, I can't say for certain.

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I like where your guesses are pointing to.

**Deafmented** · 07-31-2012, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by tendenzi

You're answering all your own questions with some simple logical thoughts. I'm also sure the quality of these "towers" has something to do with it, a lot of the WIND "towers" I've seen around my area are very funny looking.

Just blame it on all the sky-scraping condos covering every inch of Toronto.

**likebutta** · 07-31-2012, 12:26 PM

Ok, I lied. I am now experiences issues during this lightning fest. Damn you WIND!

**Tendenzi** · 07-31-2012, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by Deafmented

Just blame it on all the sky-scraping condos covering every inch of Toronto.

Wish I could but the GTA is a little bigger than the down town core...

**OgtheDim** · 07-31-2012, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by Deafmented

Just blame it on all the sky-scraping condos covering every inch of Toronto.

They have condos in New Toronto?

**Deafmented** · 07-31-2012, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by OgtheDim

They have condos in New Toronto?

I just recently moved downtown but they are in fact building condos in New Toronto and all along Lake Shore Blvd.

**killer007** · 07-31-2012, 02:32 PM

well if you said it this way, than only toronto has problems?

**CorSter** · 07-31-2012, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by kEiThZ

Here in Ottawa, I've seen reception improve dramatically in my condo. When I joined, Wind was on par with Rogers. I would get no reception in the centre of my place. Now I get reception throughout the condo and weak reception in the hallway. I've had 2 colleagues and my girlfriend switchover. None of them live in an area where Wind even declares coverage on their service map. None of us have had any issues with call drops, slow data, etc. In fact, I've never been throttled, even when I've exceeded the cap.

The problem is clearly Toronto-centric. Even in this thread, it's mostly users from TO with problems. How many elsewhere are having issues? That said, TO is an important market. Wind really needs to fix the problems there or they'll be sunk. The TO market is bigger than all the other markets they have, combined.

I disagree with you. I've been an Ottawa customer since December 2010. The network is pretty much at it's worst point since I joined Wind. You have to be lucky to crack 1mbps on a speedtest these days... Just did one from my office here in downtown Ottawa and got 0.71down/1.45up. Not acceptable.

I do have signal in many more places than I used to back in 2010, but i'm finding more and more that I can have a full signal and still not be able to use data or make a call. In the past, I may have had trouble getting signal in many places, but at least I could count on the phone working where I had signal. Now I can't.

**SRG01** · 07-31-2012, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by tendenzi

Yep, very good observation, I thought we all agreed to these facts, as NuclearBroccolli has been very forth coming with his results in the west as well as some others (and they're great), If others are confused and are assuming it the network everywhere, need to recheck their attitudes and opinions. YMMV for sure.

This is definitely only a GTA connected issue, I don't even think the KW/Londond and Niagara zones are at all affected by this.

Well, my experience out in Edmonton is that the data situation is definitely deteriorating. I get random data drops all the time. Data speeds have improved since a year ago, but they're still awful compared to what they were when I first signed up.

**superskid** · 07-31-2012, 04:52 PM

Looking for some advice. I currently have the HMP plan, but no work "just" outside of the Wind Home zone. This has lead to some pretty big wind away bills from texting, not minutes. I am debating either switching to the new Koodo plan, but I was wondering if I changed from a blackberry to an Android could I get away with the Vonage Mobile app that uses your existing number to text through data. I am on wifi the whole time at work.

Thanks,

**computergeek541** · 08-01-2012, 09:49 PM

I'm going to have to eat some crow. I did go to Koodo for the Super 6GB plan but I am now back on Wind. Wind has large network problems but the price still cannot be beat. Wind offered me the Irressistible 35 plan to come back so I took them up on that.

Okay, so why would I come back if the network isn't to my satisfaction? I've found that the Bell/Telus, and Rogers networks also are problematic in areas that I frequent.

Try Bell/Telus in Samuel Smith Park south of Humber College South in Toronto - it doesn't work - almost zilch signal so bad that you have zero bars and voice calls constantly cut in and out. Add that to the fact that with Telus, I had call routing issues and I was constantly getting "your cannot be completed as dialed" error messages. I had to continuously dial a number 5 times or more to place some calls.

Rogers in the Ourland Park area of Toronto - not good

Mobilcitiy - very small network and problems in Marie Curtis Park (Toronto)

Wind - Stonegate +Swansea (Toronto) communities: let's not even go there
Also, data latency is pretty bad for me.

So perhaps I'm unsatsifiable but if I'm not completely happy with any of the cell company networks, I might as well just save the money by staying on Wind now.