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作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-11-19 00:16 標題: Mobility

今日行過時代坊,有間o野叫mobility, $40+稅一個月,無合約,unlimited calling, unlimited north america, unlimited data 同埋一堆service

但係唔知佢收得好唔好,仲有佢support唔到iphone

我rogers 果邊如果要cancel o既話$325+稅, 但係我依家交緊$80 一個月,700分鐘通話,unlimited browsing (用部癈電話), rogers to rogers/fido, 仲有18個月約

舊plan $80 x 18 個月 = $1440
新plan $325+hst= $364
雖然無合約,但係用18個月o既話 = 18 x $40 x 1.12 = $806.4
即係大約$1131...我點都慳o左 $308, 仲要多o左個data plan

打o左上rogers, 佢最多減到我$55 x 1.12 = $61.6, 但係又要三年約

唔知有無人試過mobility? 新工需要成日check email,好想轉埋台

作者: Vincehk 時間: 2010-11-19 00:45

你可以俾 $40 試用佢一個月, 睇下你成日去既地方收得好唔好. 還店又無 Contract, 掂既咪 Cut 左 Rogers, 唔掂咪 Stay 番響 Rogers.

作者: pkphilip 時間: 2010-11-19 21:28

It's called Mobilicity, a newly established company, originally called DAVE wireless. They came in at the same time as Globalwind and Public, of which they are using the new AWS (1700Mhz) spectrum for UMTS/HSPA service (3.5G)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobilicity

They are not GSM service provider and outside of their coverage they are relying on Rogers GSM network for a charge. At this moment, their coverage seems to be within the city limit.

This is just like Fido in 1996, they have little coverage and now bought by Rogers. If I am not mistaken, I bet that the big 4 will be buying out these companies to save $$$ when the market is ready for AWS.

Philip

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-11-20 19:09

回復 3# pkphilip

thanks for ur info...
"within city" 即係surrey, langley 收唔收到?

作者: FiChai 時間: 2010-11-20 22:29

Everything cheap is for a reason.

I also agree you may try them for a month, challenge it with underground and enclosed areas and the farthest distance you usually go, see how good or bad it is. Cuz sending and receiving calls and emails are important to you, you don't want to risk it no matter how cheap it could be.

作者: pkphilip 時間: 2010-11-21 02:10

回復 pkphilip

thanks for ur info...
"within city" 即係surrey, langley 收唔收到?
auyatyat 發表於 2010-11-20 19:09

You can check the coverage map so you know where you are:
http://mobilicity.ca/coverage/

Seems that in Richmond, east of Hwy 99 has no coverage all the way until New West. Delta and Surrey to Tsawassen has no coverage.

Philip

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-11-21 14:43

咁我多數都唔可以轉啦.一半時間唔係o係richmond vancouver...
有事上o黎想打個電話求救o既話但係又收唔到,真係比多$40 一個月我都無用....

作者: pkphilip 時間: 2010-11-21 21:51

It's not really you have no reception, just that you have to pay roaming because they are on Rogers when out of coverage.

Philip

作者: blue20ae 時間: 2010-11-22 10:59

Actually the mentioned area (in pink) is the unlimited usage area using 3.5G. Part of Richmond, NW, Delta and Surrey are covered under "National coverage", probably roaming to Roger's 2G.

"Within Mobilicity's Unlimited Coverage area you get unlimited use of all the features in your plan on a 3.5G network. And when you're in the Nationwide Coverage area you can still use your phone for talk, text and data for a low pay-per-use rate."

作者: GAClone 時間: 2010-12-11 00:59

I've been with them for about 3 weeks now. All I can say is that indoor reception isn't that great, and data is inconsistent as well.

However, when there is signal, phone call quality is like a landline and data is also very good. Obviously they've only been around for a month of so, so for people to think that their coverage will be as good as the Big 3 or 4 in the first month of their existence, those people need to get their brains checked.

I think we should support these new companies who have competitive price plans, or else we'll keep getting ripped off by Robbers, Failus, Diedo, and Fell just like the OP with his/her $80/month plan.

But then again, if iPhone is your thing, you'll need to wait for Apple to make an AWS compatible version of the iPhone or else you just need to suck it up and donate your money to Robbers.

作者: soli 時間: 2010-12-11 07:36

我用左Wind(另一間新公司)一個禮拜﹐個coverage 大過mobilicity 好多﹐但D signal 都唔係幾掂﹐長期兩2格以下﹐地底就唔洗諗一定收唔到﹐即使係P1。
不過﹐ $17.5 無限上網真係好吸引﹐而且3G上網竟然快過Fido好多(可能暫時少人用)﹐用黎做modem tether 去laptop就真係perfect.

作者: GAClone 時間: 2010-12-11 15:24

Soli, which area in the Lower Mainland are you usually around? Curious to see how Wind's coverage is. The only bad with Mobilicity is that I can barely get signal indoors (even in my own house), but when I'm outdoors, obviously there's nothing wrong with it.

作者: echicken 時間: 2010-12-12 12:32

i was considering switch to moblicity too but then they told me that most of the new customers will have to buy an AWS phone from them (or from somewhere else). I just got a N97 mini about 2 months ago and it would be costly to switch to another phone, you dont want a cheap one after using a good one rite.

作者: Nam 時間: 2010-12-12 17:22

I have been with mobilicity for few weeks now. To be fair, for $40 + HST, I dun expect superior coverage and data. So far, I don't have drop calls problem but I do notice that I have no signal in underground or concrete building. And my brother just told me he couldn't reach me a few times already....

Although it said within city limit, I did experience CDN Roaming quite often (but not for long). For example, when I'm on Deer Lake Ave, it said CDN roaming and once I'm on Canada Way. It's back to normal. When I'm in Richmond Centre, (close to Old Navy), it was CDN roaming...but once I walk toward the food court... it's fine....

As for data, it claims unlimited data but it's a joke... it's so slow........ but I dun want to complain for a $40 plan la... It's a new company and I don't expect too much. Like others said, I would like to support new company a well, so Rogers and other big companies cannot control the whole market mah...

This company remind me of Fido when it first started in the 90s. ... Fido was offering extremely cheap plan like mobilicity. ..... so I'm looking forward its improvement in the future...

作者: soli 時間: 2010-12-12 20:12

回復 12# GAClone

去Wind 既網業去check 個 coverage 囉。

作者: pkphilip 時間: 2010-12-13 18:34

I think Wind or any AWS carriers are using HSUPA or even HSPA+ on their lines of phones, verses the big 3 only offer HSUPA and HSPA+ on dedicated data line (like mobile hotspot) and limits the rest on HSDPA network.

Philip

作者: GAClone 時間: 2010-12-19 13:58

回復 15# soli

Of course I know I can do that la, but since these new companies are still building/tweaking their networks, what they say is covered might not reflect real life signal strength. So I'm curious to see what people are ACTUALLY experiencing, such as dead spots in Wind Home zones, or weak signal areas, etc. Obviously I can check their coverage map, but that's not really what I'm looking for lor.

作者: soli 時間: 2010-12-19 19:50

回復 17# GAClone
我來來去去都係Richmond + Downtown + Metrotown。
呢兩個禮拜無去過Surrey Langley 呢D﹐ 幫你唔到~

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