The wind is shifting over at WIND Mobile. Rate plan changes are in the works and here’s the complete details for you. Axed are the names of their current “Clever”, “Smart”, “Brilliant” and “Genius” talk/text/data plans, and actually so will 2 of their plans. Effective March 1st you’ll only see what will be called the “WIND25” and the “WIND40” plan, both $25/month and $40/month respectively. We’ve been informed that those on old plans will be grandfathered and in the internal doc it states that customers “will not experience any rate increases or service changes”. In addition, there are some new add-ons pricing, WINDTab changes and Pay-Per-Use prices changes coming too, here’s the breakdown:
WIND25:
– Unlimited Calling (local and WIND-to-WIND)
– Unlimited Text & Picture Message (No US)
– Call Control (Call ID, Call Forwarding, Conference Calling, Missed Call Alerts)
– 100MB data is included
– WINDTab limit increases to $200
– No Voicemail
WIND40:
– Unlimited data
– Unlimited Calling (Canada-wide, local and WIND-to-WIND)
– Unlimited Text & Picture Message (No US or International texts)
– Call Control (Call ID, Call Forwarding, Conference Calling, Missed Call Alerts)
– WINDTab limit increases to $500
– No Voicemail
In addition, here’s the structure of the new add-ons:
– Voicemail plus is $8/month, includes ability to store 50 messages
– Unlimited US calling and text messaging is $10/month
– World Saver Talk and text: $8/month
– Preferred US Roaming rates: $5/month ($0.15/min, $0.05/text, $0.50/MB)
– Premium Data: 10GB full speed vs. 5GB without
So there you have it. Look for these March 1st. More after the break…
(Thanks tipster!)
Update: A few more fine details.
According to the internal doc it states that “Customers subscribed to the WIND25 price plan receive 100MB of data each month. In the event that they use more than 100MB in the month, they will be charged $5 for each additional 100MB that they use for the month… Of course, in order to avoid any additional monthly data charges customers can choose the WIND40 plan that includes unlimited data.”
Regarding those currently on the Smart, Brilliant, or Genius plan and want Unlimited data, WIND says that “effective March 1st, existing WIND customers that wish to add our unlimited data add-on and are also currently subscribed to a retired rate plan (such as Smart, Brilliant, or Genius) will be required to choose our new unlimited data add-on that is $15/month.”
The WindTab+ wording is basically history. “WIND will no longer be differentiating our subsidized phone prices with the terms “WINDtab” and “WINDtab+”. Effective March 1st, WIND will only communicate and promote the term “WINDtab” when referring to our subsidized phone prices… Pay After customers that choose our WIND25 plan will be able to receive a WINDtab of up to $200 and customers that choose our WIND40 plan will be able to receive a WINDtab of up to $500.”
