You might have all read my Mobilicity Review for Vancouver which was over a year ago now. With all the comments on that post I figured it was time to try a cheap network again. I have been with Bell since my terrible experience with Mobilicity but some of you have been telling me how much better they have become. I couldn't face them again but the latest advertising campaign from Wind Mobile in Vancouver made me think that my expensive plan with Bell could be beaten by a $30 plan from Wind and that they were a more robust network. May I start this by saying my attitude was positive and I wanted the best from this experience. I support any efforts by any network to challenge the big 3, and I outline at the end how these networks, Wind and Mobilicity, might work for you.

So, the connection. The experience was good. Although I went into the Willowbrook Mall location in Langley and the first agent was quite rude to another customer as I waited which was disappointing. However, the guy I spoke to was brilliant. Friendly, helpful and he knew his way around my Samsung Galaxy (Vibrant) incredibly well. A good start, I was confident and expectant.

The problem with being an early adopter is working through the issue that come with new things. My initial review of the Mobilicity network was fair, however they just dropped the ball big time - the network is down, no phone, no data, no nothing. It has been over 36 hours and still I sit here with no mobile connectivity. The connection I did have which was using Rogers towers has stopped so nothing is working. I occaisionaly get data connection but over all the Mobilicity phone network is down. Spent over 1 hour on the phone waiting to talk to Mobilicity Support last night only to be told we are fine tuning the network and know there is a problem...right...

So if you are thinking of switching to mobilicity then you might want to wait until they get their shizz sorted. Plenty of cheap mobile phone companies will also take your money. They might get mine soon.

Rising new entrant delivers BlackBerry 6 operating system
for BlackBerry smartphone lineup
 
 
Toronto, ON – January 12, 2011 – Hot on the heels of launching Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry® Bold™9780 smartphone, Mobilicity today released BlackBerry® 6 operating system (OS6) upgrades for its existing BlackBerry customers.
 
As Canada’s first carrier to offer the BlackBerry operating system upgrade, Mobilicity has reaffirmed its leadership position, delivering a quality wireless experience – featuring the latest contract-free handsets and smartphones on its state-of-the-art 3.5G network – without billing customers outrageous extra fees and surprise charges like Canada’s incumbent carriers.
 
Mobilicity customers using the BlackBerry Bold 9700 and the BlackBerry®Curve™3G smartphones can now benefit from a wide range of significant BlackBerry 6 enhancements, including a rich new user interface, a fast and powerful WebKit-based browser and an incredibly useful Universal Search feature.