Talk:Canada/@comment-107.179.216.18-20160321235036/@comment-24682153-20160322015133

Wind has national coverage through domestic roaming agreements. At the end of 2015 it sealed a network sharing agreement with a 3rd roaming partner. Now it offers coverage on over 1.5 million square kilometres across the country and reaches 99% of the population in Canada. That's why it's called a "national carrier".

But Wind has only own limited spectrum in 3 provinces (British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario) where it operates an own network. But does this make it to a regional player? It clearly is not as big as the big 3. But it's not confined to one province only.

You might argue that e.g. SaskTel in Saskatchewan and MTS in Manitoba offer Canada-wide data through roaming too and they are not mentioned any further in this article. This has two reasons. We make this survey for visitors, not locals:

1.) The regionals only have stores in their home province to buy the SIM card (or by mail to a Canadian postal address) - this applies to WIND too.

2.) The regionals are very hard to top-up outside the home province without a Canadian payment system having no recharge cards available - WIND is very easy to top up with any foreign credit card.

Furthermore Saskatchewan and Manitoba are not tourist destinations like Toronto and Vancouver, where WIND operates. I know it's hard to draw a line here and I understand your objection. That's why I add some more words about the local restriction of Wind to the Basics section.