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I've got more phones than fingers
I'm looking to get some opinions on how Wind & Mobilicity is in Vancouver.
Reception? Call quality? Dropped Calls? Data speed/reliability? Issues?
All over Vancouver (Kits, Downtown, East Van, etc).
Wind & Mobilicity obviously have much better rates than the big 3 but reliability is at least as important as price to me.
So anything you could share would be helpful. Thanks.
My screen is bigger than yours
If reliability is important look @ fido chat r koodo. I cant speak bout wind. But ive been a mobi customer since the beg in vancouver. Some areas are good and some are really bad. U get what u paid for with mobi.
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I've got more phones than fingers
That's disappointing, but thanks for the info.Originally Posted by auditman
Phone Expert
Check on this link for coverage in the Vancouver area. The more green the better.
http://www.coveragemapper.com/windmap.php
Phone Expert
I tried mobi,rogers,telus/koodos,and wind. The most reliable and strongest signal everywhere in bc for me is rogers. Have no regrets going with wind though. Wind isnt as bad as what people think and very reliable. Im not making calls all day though. Use wind mainly for the cheap data and use over 7 gb a month.
I have a blue tooth
No way Rogers is the most reliable everywhere in BC. Telus/Bell has waaaay better coverage.
The word 'Pentaband' means '5 Bands', from the Greek word 'pente' meaning '5'. For a phone to be pentaband it has to support 5 bands. If the phone has AWS support, it doesn't automatically mean that it is pentaband. The reason Wind and Mobilicity users like pentaband phones is because the reverse is true. We're not the only ones who like pentaband phones though, so please stop referring to phones that work on Wind and Mobilicity as pentaband. It causes unnecessary cofusion.
Phone Expert
When i was with Bell they where pure crap the places i hung out at. That's why i wrote for me Rogers was the most reliable.
I've climbed a cellphone tower
No throttle after 5GB?
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I've climbed a cellphone tower
Are you talking in their CDMA days or very recently?
I've found coverage post-CDMA to be much better than Rogers.
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Forever Youngphone
Don't you live on the East Coast?
Also, in Mississauga, comparing signals WIND usually has a better signal than Bell. Yet Bell's network is still more reliable.
Nevermind Bell.. LTE is fine.
Banned
If you don't need a data plan, then go with something like Chatr, since you can use the very good Rogers network. I have a wind cell phone, which I use for business calls. It is handy since Canada and North American wide is free. If I ever have to call Florida for example, the phone is very handy.
It all depends on the area, which may or may not work fine for you. Generally outdoors the reception is not bad, but going into buildings is where you will start to find issues, as the penetration of the signal is not that great. It does work better in the main metro areas, and the coverage becomes more spotty as you move out into the suburbs.
My opinion: If you can borrow a wind AWS phone, then try out the wind service for a month. If it is unbearable to you, then look into switching to Telus/Rogers/Bell.
I have a blue tooth
Sure, in some municipal areas Bell isn't as good, but when you consider rural areas, there's places Rogers doesn't have towers for hundreds of KM that Telus (and by extension Bell) does.
Phone Collector
I spent a few days there last week. Wind has fairly good coverage there, some weak spots but coverage wise better than Mobi as I experienced along the hwy between the cities.
Mobile Pro
I've been using Wind's service for two years now, and have no regrets. There are areas with weak signal, but it is a developing network as opposed to the more established ones from Telus etc. (I was expecting that, and was used to it from my days with Clearnet.) The price is great ($40 HMP) and I really appreciate not having to ever think about limits for talk, text and data. As others have said, it is worth testing out but speaking personally I have no plans to switch away.
Tv
Banned
If the phone worked a bit better at my home and in my basement, then I would only have Wind, and not anything else. You can't beat the price if it works for you.
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