I was with Wind Mobile for about 4 years.
I had the US roaming plan which included unlimited data (5GB full speed, throttled after that), unlimited calls and texting within Canada, Voicemail, call waiting, etc. and unlimited US Roaming for about $39/month. My wife had the Holiday Miracle Plan which included unlimited data and text, North America wide calling, voicemail, call waiting, etc. for the same price.
While those plans are unheard of from any other carrier, I found that I really didn't need those features. I don't think my wife used the North America calling feature once in 4 years. I used the US roaming option probably only once. My wife's data consumption was less than 1GB per month on average and mine is about 2 on average.
But, what made me switch was the problem that I had no coverage inside my house. At first, I thought Wind would expand and eventually cover my area, but after 4 years and still no coverage (after repeated emails with no response), I finally figured out why. There are not enough people living in my area to make it worth their time.
Then there were the little things that eventually made me look elsewhere. Many times when I go shopping, I use the phone to look up items and prices and check reviews. Probably about 90% of the time, I spend 10 minutes or so waiting for the abysmally slow data (due to poor indoor coverage) to provide the results. Latency issues were in the seconds... not milliseconds. With PM, I don't even have to wait, LTE is like WiFi fast and very responsive.
While my original intention when joining Wind was to save money as well as foster new competition, the end result was that Mobilicity and eventually Wind got bought out by the incumbents. So, in effect, when ShWind starts rolling out LTE on band 66, I'll probably need to new phone and, as a former Shaw customer, I know they will rejig their plans so you end up paying more and get less.
In highsight, if I had heard of Public Mobile sooner, I would have switched earlier.
