[kwlug-disc] Shaw Communications is buying Wind Mobile

[Jason Locklin]

I wasn't talking about Rogers roaming, but regular Rogers data fees.
5c/Meg doesn't actually add up very fast if you are not watching
video. My wife has Wind and checks email, weather, Facebook, etc while
we travel and it works out to a few extra dollars a month. To have the
cheapest phone, I pre-pay $10/month for 100mb on Rogers (i.e., 10c/M),
and that's plenty to keep my Email client and weather app syncing,
IRC, Signal messenger, and the ability to look something up online
when I want. Anyway, like I said, I don't think Wind is making much,
if anything, on top of the Rogers roaming fees.


On 16/12/15 10:26 PM, Keefer Rourke wrote:
>> And 5c per MB isn't really all that "heafty," it's half what I
>> pay for on rogers pre-pay.
> 
> I've never been with a major carrier so perhaps I'm a bit naive,
> but Rogers has a much larger network than Wind. Afaik one doesn't
> really roam much with Rogers in Canada...
> 
> When you're limited to only a few cities like KW, Toronto, Ottawa,
> etc. you're roaming a lot with Wind. Just take a look at the
> coverage map. 5c / text, 15c / minute, 5c / MB adds up pretty
> quickly if you get dumped to a partner tower. This is hardly an
> issue if you don't travel outside the city much (I only go between
> KW and Toronto), so you can just disable roaming to mitigate the
> fees. There's only a 5-10 minute stretch (in good traffic) on the
> 401 where I have no service.
> 
> 
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