Friday, September 3, 2010


WIND Mobile Roaming Charges are FANTASTIC!

Thoughts Written by: Darren Humphries on Monday, December 21, 2009 1:36pm

wind_logoWIND is a brand new cellular carrier in Canada and is now live. Rather than just fitting in with the other Canadian carriers WIND is going all out to differentiate themselves and we as consumers are the beneficiaries.

We have already mentioned WIND’s plans but I wanted to clarify their roaming policy because it is VERY different and wonderful.

Obviously, as a new network WIND has a long way to go with coverage, and they know it. They will be focusing on major cities first and will build out as they are able. The solution they have for coverage outside of their network is to allow you to roam on other networks. Well, you can roam on other networks with other phones but are seriously scalped when you do!

When you are on the WIND network they call it “WIND Home Zone” and when you roam you are “WIND Away”. Your Home Zone if not at all limited to just the area you are in. Anytime you are connected to WIND, even if you are in a different city you are in the WIND Home Zone and get all of the features on your plan. WOW! It gets better though!

When you are “WIND Away” or are roaming on another network you will be paying a roaming charge of $.25 per minute…even if you are in the US! Told ya it gets better!

Currently when you go to the US you are dinged for $1 a minute and even with just a few calls you can come back from a vacation with a bill inflated by $50 to $100 or much worse. With WIND you will be 1/4th that cost, or $12.50 to $25. That makes a VERY big difference!

While it may sounds way too clichéd I would have to say that WIND is certainly the breath of fresh air we needed in Canadian cellular!
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2 Responses to “WIND Mobile Roaming Charges are FANTASTIC!”

  1. quest on March 30th, 2010 5:34 pm
    quest

    Wind is definitely a breath of fresh air and it stiffens competition up here since all the other networks are siphoning money from their customers…
    I had a question regarding the roaming charges in general… If i was in the away zone and had my phone on but didn’t pick up any calls (just checked caller id and called later from a land line phone) would they charge me per minute for being on the away network or charge me only when i used the away network(picked up the call and talked)!! thanks a lot

  2. Darren Humphries on March 30th, 2010 11:25 pm
    Darren Humphries

    There aren’t bound to be charges for simple letting your phone ring. You should double check with them but I highly doubt they would charge for that.

    The trickier one is with data. If you opt for a data plan and don’t want to pay data charges be sure to disable data while roaming. Most phones have a setting to shut off all data services while roaming so be sure to check for that.

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