I had strong intentions of switching to Mobilicity this January, because their plans are just plain cheaper, but never pulled the trigger. I’m still on Wind, but am still conflicted about porting vs not porting. What has changed that prevented me from switching to Mobilicity?

1. In December, I switched to the 50MB data add-on (+$10/mth), and surprisingly I survived and didn’t go over the limit. Sure I was gone for 2 weeks, but I have a fairly large buffer until my limit. If I can continue with this add-on, then my monthly bill will only be $25 + tax, which is actually a slightly lower price compared to what I would pay on Mobilicity
2. I looked at the cell phone tower map for Mobilicity, and the closest tower at work is pretty far away (close to Hwy 404/Hwy 7). The closest Wind tower is much closer and I still only get one or two bars of signal, so if I switch to Mobilicity I believe that I won’t get signal at work (a lot of people complain about their Mobilicity signal indoors anyways). What’s the point of a phone/data plan if you don’t get signal?
3. Wind has expanded their home zone all the way up through Aurora and into Newmarket (ok I will probably never go up there…)

I am also fairly comfortable within my minutes and text limits, so eventually it will come down to whether 50MB of data is enough vs unlimited (or Wind can shift their rates!).

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: cellphones, competition, windmobile