WIND Mobile Launches, Changing The Canadian Wireless Market

Wow! Looks like they are poised to really make a go of it with our neighbors to the north. I wonder if they have any plans of coming to the US to give our no contract carriers some more competition?

First!

Canada is a horrible, horrible place for wireless. This is needed, drastically. However, WIND still only currently covers a very, very small part of Canada. There biggest challenge will be getting the coverage of our giant country to that of at least Rogers (Bell/Telus are a bit larger in terms of actual coverage size) while maintaining these deals/prices.

Expand to the US and give VZW/AT&T a run for their money.

I understand that there are no contracts (awesome!) and they do have the 9700 (for 450$, still awesome) but the plans themselves aren't competitive enough sadly...

With Telus I have a Student 50 plan (10 Across Canada, Unlim. Data, Texting) which would run me say $55 tops now.

To get close to that, I would need the Always Talk voice ($35), Canada Unlimited ($10) and Infinite BB ($35) which brings it to atleast $80.

I love the idea of competition, but I hope the prices drop more in bundles, student deals, etc... Oh the coverage but that'll improve - Rome wasn't built in a day.

I also would love to see them come to the US. Paying more for the phone upfront but considerably lower usage rates means an over-all savings in the long term. Especially for heavy users, and especially (again) on VZW and AT&T. For some users the savings realized over a two year contrct would be significant.

Good luck to Wind Mobile, and keep us in mind.

Good bye Rogers wireless! You money-grabbing sons of.....

I'm with Rogers on a family plan (2 smart phones) , I use my phone a lot for work and I had a hard time getting my bill under 200 (rogers threw in a few things to make it happen). I was with Telus before and they were no better. With Wind my bill would be $150 without having to get them to throw any extras in. I am glad that Wind is now in Canada, it will be good for everyone...except the big 3, they will have to start to compete. :)

Anyone else notice the pricing is in £ and not $ weird, I hope it was a type-o and that the prices are not $30 to start but say £15

i hope their customer service is good

It's worth mentioning that you can't bring your current unlocked phone to WIND ;(

If you do not live either in toronto or Calgary, then it is crap, look at the coverage map, as soon as you are outside one of those 2 cities, you start paying .25$ a minute for every calls even on unlimited plan!!

I had just opened a new account with Rogers for my wife's phone last week and called Rogers within the 14 days to cancel stating that WIND was cheaper knowing that I would go right to Cust retention. Got them on the phone and knocked $20 off her bill /mo.