[kwlug-disc] Cell phone providers

[Darcy Casselman]

Laurelwood coverage is better, now that they have a tower near the
Boardwalk.

Wind also now has a cheap "Wind Away" coverage.  Which is kind of roaming,
but with rates that are comparable to a pay as you go: 15¢/min, 5¢/text,
and 5¢/MB.  "Wind Away" is no longer considered roaming, which kind of
sucks in some ways, because I've occasionally ended up in an Away zone
while in a building in a less-good coverage area (namely, work).  So I've
turned off things like podcast downloading and photo uploading on mobile
data.  But it does mean if I need to check data while I'm home in
Belleville or something, I know my bill isn't going to be exorbitant.

I recommend it.  Wind isn't the fastest or the broadest (coverage), but
it's almost certainly the cheapest, especially if you use data.

Darcy.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
>
>> > I know Bob uses Wind for the unlimited data but has poor coverage.
>>
>> To be clear, I only have poor coverage from Wind where I live, in Emira.
>> Coverage in KW and TO is fine.
>>
>
> Not all of KW. The Laurelwood area in north west Waterloo has bad coverage.
>
> Also, when you are outside metro areas, e.g. the shores of lake Huron and
> Erie, you are "roaming", and pay per minute.
>
> Apart from that, Wind Mobile is really good. My daughters had/have it.
>
>
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