Mobilicity vs. WIND Mobile - The Great Debate!

[hothead]

thought so thanks.

[michty6]

I was on Mobilicity for over a year. No problems with anything - great prices, service and all. However, their Achilles heel is their data speed. I don't really care about quantity of data, more the quality (speed) for running certain apps (like Skype) that require a decent speed.

When they brought out their '4G' (I used the term laughingly) speeds were still slow. I added the $20 'Premium' (again, I used the term laughingly) and speeds were still slow. Finally I ported to Wind for a deal almost identical to Mobilicitys and now get speeds of, on average, 3-4 times faster (I tested both sitting at my desk at work and couch at home in downtown Toronto) - sometimes as much as 8-10 times faster. And this is without 'Premium' added on, so I'm actually paying less.

I recommend both Mobilicity or Wind though. If data speed is not an issue, Mobilicity just pips Wind; if data speed is an issue for you then it's not even close - Wind by a country mile.

[BigBrother0]

Just a heads up, In the "Services Terms and Conditions" under Section 4 (3).

Usage that exceeds reasonable personal usage or average usage
patterns may be deemed misuse of the unlimited Service(s) and Mobilicity may, at its sole
and absolute discretion deny, suspend and / or terminate your Service without
reimbursement.

I guess "what you see isn't always what you get".

[sajidbutt]

Which has better reception and quality in the markham area?

Mobilicity

[thechampion116]

Hi

I need some assistance as Mobilicity is not being clear cut (at least the service reps in store) but I am looking to move from Mobilicity to Wind. I have the $25 promo plan at half off and that ends in May. Mobilicity has already setup automatic payments which occurs on the 19th of every month. So my May bill will be $25+ tax. I want to port over to WIND mobile for their $20 talk and text plan.
I am currently using the Samsung Galaxy Mini.

I talked to Mobilicity about stopping the preauthorized payments so that they won't charge me and then port over but the customer rep was saying if I cancelled it, I would lose my current number and not be able to port over. I do understand that my phone will need to †o be unlocked. Any assistance would be appreciated.

*Just for those interested. Mobilicity service is as described. It varies but for the most part it isn't great (I don't have expectations that WIND will be much better) but when they have a shop at Scarborough Town Centre and then you walk over to The Bay and you lose service, that's just not good enough for me).

[icemasta]

Hi

I need some assistance as Mobilicity is not being clear cut (at least the service reps in store) but I am looking to move from Mobilicity to Wind. I have the $25 promo plan at half off and that ends in May. Mobilicity has already setup automatic payments which occurs on the 19th of every month. So my May bill will be $25+ tax. I want to port over to WIND mobile for their $20 talk and text plan.
I am currently using the Samsung Galaxy Mini.

I talked to Mobilicity about stopping the preauthorized payments so that they won't charge me and then port over but the customer rep was saying if I cancelled it, I would lose my current number and not be able to port over. I do understand that my phone will need to †o be unlocked. Any assistance would be appreciated.

*Just for those interested. Mobilicity service is as described. It varies but for the most part it isn't great (I don't have expectations that WIND will be much better) but when they have a shop at Scarborough Town Centre and then you walk over to The Bay and you lose service, that's just not good enough for me).

If I remember correctly Mobi charges your CC 2 or 3 days in advance of your top-up date. So I'd advise you to sign up and port your number 4-5 days or more before the 19th to Wind. In that case, as soon as the port is done, which can range from 15 minutes to 24 hours which is why I recommend to initiate the port several days in advance, your Mobilicity account will be cancelled which shouldn't cause your CC getting charged.

[will888]

Hi

I need some assistance as Mobilicity is not being clear cut (at least the service reps in store) but I am looking to move from Mobilicity to Wind. I have the $25 promo plan at half off and that ends in May. Mobilicity has already setup automatic payments which occurs on the 19th of every month. So my May bill will be $25+ tax. I want to port over to WIND mobile for their $20 talk and text plan.
I am currently using the Samsung Galaxy Mini.

I talked to Mobilicity about stopping the preauthorized payments so that they won't charge me and then port over but the customer rep was saying if I cancelled it, I would lose my current number and not be able to port over. I do understand that my phone will need to †o be unlocked. Any assistance would be appreciated.

*Just for those interested. Mobilicity service is as described. It varies but for the most part it isn't great (I don't have expectations that WIND will be much better) but when they have a shop at Scarborough Town Centre and then you walk over to The Bay and you lose service, that's just not good enough for me).

@icemasta is correct, you don't need to do anything to an existing account that you want to port out. Porting out will cancel the account. As for your concern about Wind being the same, I can tell you that you will find coverage to be way better than Mobilicity. That is not to say Wind is anywhere near perfect.

[wilsonlam97]

I'm on Wind now but I was using Mobilicity for 2+ years. I can say that Mobilicity has much better voice quality but Wind is miles ahead in data quality and coverage. Overall Wind wins.

Mobilicity Pros
Best Billing System (My Wallet feature was pretty good)
Cheapest Prices
Great Voice Quality

Wind Pros
Great Coverage
Great Data Speeds
Great Account Portal

[thechampion116]

thanks to everyone for the assistance. it is my moms phone so i will port out. she finds the voice quality good on mobilicity but doesn't like that the service cuts in random places within Scarborough and Toronto. It will probably happen for WIND but right now everything comes down to price and Mobilicity had a good promo plan (1/2 half so about 12.50) per month for a year but its now 28.50 after taxes and I ain't saving much going to wind ($20+tax for talk/text) but it should be good enough.

[ilapastel]

I don't understand the windtab. lets say a phone costs 500 bucks, they say you can save some money by putting the balance on the wind tab. How much do you save?