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the marketing ho's are on this one.... Be ware written by marketing dept...like the rest of the major companies. They have their drones grinding away....
"Wind has dubbed its calling zones "Wind Home" and "Wind Away", its own network and its roaming networks respectively.
In Canada, Wind Mobile has negotiated with Rogers Wireless to provide roaming services (on their EDGE network), at rates of: - 25¢ per minute for incoming and outgoing calls - 10¢ per 25KB of data usage - 15¢ per outgoing text.
Wind roaming in the United States is done with T-Mobile as of February 12, 2010, at these same rates. This is notably the cheapest US roaming rate available to Canadian subscribers.[22]
For comparison, Rogers, Bell, and Telus all charge $1.45/m (as of May 2010) for voice calls when roaming in the U.S.[23]" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.10.167.113 ( talk) 06:34, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
I am not entirely sure if I would be allowed to add this to the article, but WIND has a store open in Ottawa now, inside a blockbuster on Rideau street. I can't find any proof of it other than the fact that I've been there.
How would I go about adding this information? Tecywiz121 ( talk) 01:11, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
They have one on Rideau St and one on Carling. The launch was today at the Rideau location. I already went ahead and added the info. | source Skootles ( talk) 04:37, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
I know, this is a very brief article. I'm hoping that over the next few weeks, people will come and help make this a top-notch encyclopedic page, and if it's deleted or changed, that can't happen. Please, give it a few weeks to be made better!
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Thanks for making this page! I think you actually made it just as I changed my search query, great timing :P --
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This page should redirect from 'WIND mobile'. I'm not sure how to do that, I'm also a wiki newbie. -- Pwnage97 ( talk) 06:22, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
I think that phone compatibility will be a major source of confusion for consumers who want to switch to WIND mobile, so we should have more information about that here.
I think there should be two sections:(1) a section listing the phones that WIND will carry (this section will be empty as nothing definitive has been announced yet), and (2) a section listing the phones and devices that are compatible with the WIND network. This section will list all the 3G AWS phones, which isn't very many yet but includes some very prominent phones such as the N900 and the Google Nexus One.
While I understand the excitment over WIND Mobile, I added the peacecock tag in the Services section because of that line:
"their plans also introduced pricing never before seen in the Canadian wireless market, offering essentially unlimited service for a fraction of the cost of their competitors comparable plans at the time of launch. [9]"
The source is WIND Mobile's website itself, which is anything but a 3rd party, independent source. In my opinion, this line should either be quoted from an independent news source, or deleted. -- Gapagos ( talk) 17:32, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
I just had this addition rolled back on grounds that it was poorly sourced and unencyclopaedic. The paragraph about port blocking is covered and cited by respected legal professor and commentator Michael Geist, who refers back to a Wind blog entry. I would like to know how more authoritative one can get than a law professor.
The bit about poor customer service is more anecdotal but it is corroborated by customers on Wind's own website. Rather than simply rolling back the change, please discuss how it can be reinforced short of a CRTC inquiry. BordenRhodes ( talk) 02:03, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
Based on the conversation from Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Michael_Geist I think an option is to tag the section appropriately and keep the trends in customer satisfaction and net neutrality. Engaging the community to source and refine them will improve the article. I fail to see why reporting these issues will compromise the integrity of the article. BordenRhodes ( talk) 06:18, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
I see that my previous edit has been reverted, so I will post here. Why are Wind's plans listed here in such detail when the plans of other companies are not, such as Rogers or AT&T? It seems more like having the plans listed so extensively only clutters the page and adds little to the public record about this company. 70.71.167.232 ( talk) 07:29, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Posting once again to query as to why the page for Wind is different from all other major carriers. I don't see what value the plan listings contribute to an encyclopedia listing. Their relevance is fleeting and nobody has addressed my points for deletion. Katiker ( talk) 06:16, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
spy 06:17, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
Right now we are sure that Wind runs a UMTS network on UMTS Band IV, also called 1700. We can also be sure that they us HSPA on the data side. But do we know which version of HSDPA/HSUPA it is? As a comparison, Rogers is claiming 21 Mbps down on their network on their website, is Wind at 7.2 Mbps down? Their USB data stick gives specs of 7.2 down, 2.0 up. Rogers only lists 21 Mbps down for their USB networking devices.
Does anyone have information about the data side of Wind's network? Cheers — fudoreaper ( talk) 06:42, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Wind have been actively upgrading their infrastructure to implement HSDPA and HSUPA, and are in trials of LTE 69.196.165.20 ( talk) 22:55, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
This article still reads like a giant advertisement for the company's offerings. If a person wants to shop around, let them visit the corporation's website. Also, it just adds to the housekeeping of the article as the company adds/drops phones/plans.
I propose a massive rewrite of devices/services that emphasizes two points - no term contracts (with mention of windtab) and their low cost services compared to the competition. These are likely going to be the things that Wind will be known for. The specific costs associated with their plans or the devices they offered (unless it was very significant, like the iphone and AT&T) aren't likely to be of historical significance.
We can sum up their product/service offerings like the pages on MetroPCS and USCellular do, ie:
"MetroPCS offers unlimited talk, text, and Web service and 411 directory assistance services on four flat-rate plans priced at $40, $45, $50, and $60 - additional options and features vary depending on the rate plan." (modify to remove that abominable matrix)
"The company offers phones manufactured by LG, Samsung, HTC, RIM, Motorola, and Pantech." (modify for the manufacturers that Wind offers devices from)
If no objections are raised, I'll start rewriting the relevant sections.
Acco Grayfox ( talk) 04:43, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Someone mentioned: "I'm sure that other companies pages DO NOT have plan or headset prices/lists."
Well, for prices, WP:NOPRICES says that price mentions should be omitted, unless there is a valid reason to mention the price. So the following opinions of mine will concern the listing of Products and Services, a style that i've adapted to many articles such as Chatr, Mobilicity, Public Mobile and Telus Mobility.
For products: launch and exclusive devices are certainly notable, even if the exclusivity is temporary, such as for Bell and Virgin with the Google Galaxy Nexus. Non-launch and non-exclusive devices don't bear much weight to me, nor do they pollute the article, so since they're not much trouble, it's fair to include them. In any case, if the device is non-notable, then it will still be included, but without a wikilink or a paragraph about it. Simple as that. Also, if a certain type of once-notable device(s) becomes discontinued in almost or all markets, such as CDMA2000 devices for Telus, then this is certainly mentioned.
For services: Mobilicity is a good example. Prices are mentioned only for the voice plans, simply because they have no name. However, there isn't an explicit definition of what the plans include, except for the lowest-tier plan. Information is summarized and up to the point.
That's all i'll say for now. Let me know what you think! :D -- True Tech Talk Time ( talk) 21:03, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
The company's legal name is now WIND Mobile Corporation, so shouldn't the article be moved to the title "WIND Mobile"? 129.97.39.187 ( talk) 18:44, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
This article mentions AWS several times, but doesn't seem to offer any explanation of that acronym. 184.147.177.230 ( talk) 03:36, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
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the marketing ho's are on this one.... Be ware written by marketing dept...like the rest of the major companies. They have their drones grinding away....
"Wind has dubbed its calling zones "Wind Home" and "Wind Away", its own network and its roaming networks respectively.
In Canada, Wind Mobile has negotiated with Rogers Wireless to provide roaming services (on their EDGE network), at rates of: - 25¢ per minute for incoming and outgoing calls - 10¢ per 25KB of data usage - 15¢ per outgoing text.
Wind roaming in the United States is done with T-Mobile as of February 12, 2010, at these same rates. This is notably the cheapest US roaming rate available to Canadian subscribers.[22]
For comparison, Rogers, Bell, and Telus all charge $1.45/m (as of May 2010) for voice calls when roaming in the U.S.[23]" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.10.167.113 ( talk) 06:34, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
I am not entirely sure if I would be allowed to add this to the article, but WIND has a store open in Ottawa now, inside a blockbuster on Rideau street. I can't find any proof of it other than the fact that I've been there.
How would I go about adding this information? Tecywiz121 ( talk) 01:11, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
They have one on Rideau St and one on Carling. The launch was today at the Rideau location. I already went ahead and added the info. | source Skootles ( talk) 04:37, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
I know, this is a very brief article. I'm hoping that over the next few weeks, people will come and help make this a top-notch encyclopedic page, and if it's deleted or changed, that can't happen. Please, give it a few weeks to be made better!
AllanVS
talk
contribs 03:34, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for making this page! I think you actually made it just as I changed my search query, great timing :P --
Pwnage97 (
talk) 06:22, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
This page should redirect from 'WIND mobile'. I'm not sure how to do that, I'm also a wiki newbie. -- Pwnage97 ( talk) 06:22, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
I think that phone compatibility will be a major source of confusion for consumers who want to switch to WIND mobile, so we should have more information about that here.
I think there should be two sections:(1) a section listing the phones that WIND will carry (this section will be empty as nothing definitive has been announced yet), and (2) a section listing the phones and devices that are compatible with the WIND network. This section will list all the 3G AWS phones, which isn't very many yet but includes some very prominent phones such as the N900 and the Google Nexus One.
While I understand the excitment over WIND Mobile, I added the peacecock tag in the Services section because of that line:
"their plans also introduced pricing never before seen in the Canadian wireless market, offering essentially unlimited service for a fraction of the cost of their competitors comparable plans at the time of launch. [9]"
The source is WIND Mobile's website itself, which is anything but a 3rd party, independent source. In my opinion, this line should either be quoted from an independent news source, or deleted. -- Gapagos ( talk) 17:32, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
I just had this addition rolled back on grounds that it was poorly sourced and unencyclopaedic. The paragraph about port blocking is covered and cited by respected legal professor and commentator Michael Geist, who refers back to a Wind blog entry. I would like to know how more authoritative one can get than a law professor.
The bit about poor customer service is more anecdotal but it is corroborated by customers on Wind's own website. Rather than simply rolling back the change, please discuss how it can be reinforced short of a CRTC inquiry. BordenRhodes ( talk) 02:03, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
Based on the conversation from Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Michael_Geist I think an option is to tag the section appropriately and keep the trends in customer satisfaction and net neutrality. Engaging the community to source and refine them will improve the article. I fail to see why reporting these issues will compromise the integrity of the article. BordenRhodes ( talk) 06:18, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
I see that my previous edit has been reverted, so I will post here. Why are Wind's plans listed here in such detail when the plans of other companies are not, such as Rogers or AT&T? It seems more like having the plans listed so extensively only clutters the page and adds little to the public record about this company. 70.71.167.232 ( talk) 07:29, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Posting once again to query as to why the page for Wind is different from all other major carriers. I don't see what value the plan listings contribute to an encyclopedia listing. Their relevance is fleeting and nobody has addressed my points for deletion. Katiker ( talk) 06:16, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
spy 06:17, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
Right now we are sure that Wind runs a UMTS network on UMTS Band IV, also called 1700. We can also be sure that they us HSPA on the data side. But do we know which version of HSDPA/HSUPA it is? As a comparison, Rogers is claiming 21 Mbps down on their network on their website, is Wind at 7.2 Mbps down? Their USB data stick gives specs of 7.2 down, 2.0 up. Rogers only lists 21 Mbps down for their USB networking devices.
Does anyone have information about the data side of Wind's network? Cheers — fudoreaper ( talk) 06:42, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Wind have been actively upgrading their infrastructure to implement HSDPA and HSUPA, and are in trials of LTE 69.196.165.20 ( talk) 22:55, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
This article still reads like a giant advertisement for the company's offerings. If a person wants to shop around, let them visit the corporation's website. Also, it just adds to the housekeeping of the article as the company adds/drops phones/plans.
I propose a massive rewrite of devices/services that emphasizes two points - no term contracts (with mention of windtab) and their low cost services compared to the competition. These are likely going to be the things that Wind will be known for. The specific costs associated with their plans or the devices they offered (unless it was very significant, like the iphone and AT&T) aren't likely to be of historical significance.
We can sum up their product/service offerings like the pages on MetroPCS and USCellular do, ie:
"MetroPCS offers unlimited talk, text, and Web service and 411 directory assistance services on four flat-rate plans priced at $40, $45, $50, and $60 - additional options and features vary depending on the rate plan." (modify to remove that abominable matrix)
"The company offers phones manufactured by LG, Samsung, HTC, RIM, Motorola, and Pantech." (modify for the manufacturers that Wind offers devices from)
If no objections are raised, I'll start rewriting the relevant sections.
Acco Grayfox ( talk) 04:43, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Someone mentioned: "I'm sure that other companies pages DO NOT have plan or headset prices/lists."
Well, for prices, WP:NOPRICES says that price mentions should be omitted, unless there is a valid reason to mention the price. So the following opinions of mine will concern the listing of Products and Services, a style that i've adapted to many articles such as Chatr, Mobilicity, Public Mobile and Telus Mobility.
For products: launch and exclusive devices are certainly notable, even if the exclusivity is temporary, such as for Bell and Virgin with the Google Galaxy Nexus. Non-launch and non-exclusive devices don't bear much weight to me, nor do they pollute the article, so since they're not much trouble, it's fair to include them. In any case, if the device is non-notable, then it will still be included, but without a wikilink or a paragraph about it. Simple as that. Also, if a certain type of once-notable device(s) becomes discontinued in almost or all markets, such as CDMA2000 devices for Telus, then this is certainly mentioned.
For services: Mobilicity is a good example. Prices are mentioned only for the voice plans, simply because they have no name. However, there isn't an explicit definition of what the plans include, except for the lowest-tier plan. Information is summarized and up to the point.
That's all i'll say for now. Let me know what you think! :D -- True Tech Talk Time ( talk) 21:03, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
The company's legal name is now WIND Mobile Corporation, so shouldn't the article be moved to the title "WIND Mobile"? 129.97.39.187 ( talk) 18:44, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
This article mentions AWS several times, but doesn't seem to offer any explanation of that acronym. 184.147.177.230 ( talk) 03:36, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
I don't know who anonymous 64.229.113.174 is but to delete an important section, loaded with citations, (with no explanation or alternate edit to include this topic) is not acceptable. Fortunately, I kept a copy of that section and will insert it again. Delete it again and I will file for Dispute Resolution. The explanation Anonymous gave when deleting the entire section was: (this is already addressed) ... Yeah, I addressed it very, very briefly in the lede. But a significant change like this deserves its own section. Peter K Burian 01:06, 17 December 2015 (UTC) /info/en/?search=User:Peter_K_Burian
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