Apparently, Toronto-based tech blog rgbFilter met up with this random kid claiming to be me, Angry Chinese Driver, to film a brief podcast discussing the progress of WIND Mobile after a month in service.

I actually had the pleasure of meeting Alex from rgbFilter at the official WIND launch last month, and he’s good friends with WIND’s first official customer — hopefully they’ll get a chance to nab Chris soon when he’s not super-busy developing a slick campaign for his Canadian touring team. You can watch rgbFilter’s review of WIND’s launch in Toronto here and here. Now that Alex has received his glorious Google Nexus One, it’ll be interesting to hear his thoughts on WIND’s network and data service.

Hit the jump for blasphemous activity!

Last night, while searching for signs of outrage that Telus has decided, in the spirit of competition, to raise plan pricing and fees by 9-30% and up the price of the BlackBerry Bold 9700 by $200 (only to drop it again and misleadingly call it a “promotion“), I stumbled across Young And Thrifty, a blog hailing from the best city in Canada (as in, Vancouver), and the author’s post about WIND Mobile not being “what it’s cracked up to be.”

While skimming her words, I was going to post a quick response, until I noticed that the friendly Mary from Rogers made some pretty misleading comments regarding WIND in trying to promote Rogers. I respect and appreciate her enthusiasm in defending her carrier, but I felt it was only necessary for me to defend mine. Unreasonable attacks should never be ignored if they’re not made in a trollish manner, and Mary is certainly no troll.

Thus, refining the comment I posted on YAT, I present a lengthy post on rebutting just about every single criticism hurled at WIND in comparison to the Big Three of Rogers, Bell, and Telus, the direct competition of WIND (not discount carriers such as Fido, Virgin, and Koodo). It doesn’t mean that WIND is the perfect carrier (adopting such an attitude = doing it wrong), but rather both sides of the story should be presented to best inform readers. If you can think of a new criticism without resorting to trolling, or if I’ve missed a rebuttal/should improve one, shoot me a comment below.

Hit the jump for the entire list of talking points!

One month ago on this day, I excitedly attended the official, triumphant launch of WIND Mobile. Easily getting caught up in all the hype of being the one of the first ever customers of a brand-new national wireless carrier promising unrivalled customer service, I focused mainly on how WIND is the “good guy” trying to win an uphill battle of network coverage, stability, and subscriber base against an established Big Three oligarchy by heavily promoting the merits of customer support reps who actually listen and care. What I neglected to touch upon was the real golden egg in WIND’s nest: their revolutionary plan offerings which can potentially be expanded to grab a massive chunk of the future wireless market.

Keep reading about the potential future of WIND!

Well, friends, the power of democracy is something that I’m proud to announce WIND is also eager to embrace.

Instead of ignoring our protest, deleting our posts, and banning vocal members, WIND’s very own Chris Robbins, Chief Customer Officer (and a good one at that, he’s got a consistent track record from what I see), has responded personally to our awareness campaign of having individual users re-post the same appeal to acknowledge that ports are being blocked and to put an end to it.

Hit the jump for Chris’ response!

The following is what I’ve posted to the WIND Community (and more) and I will be doing so every day until WIND stops unfairly blocking ports. I encourage all of you to do the same (especially if you’re a potential subscriber – copy my message if you want, but post only once a day!) and to remain professional in doing so — it’s not trolling or spamming, it’s an effective and civilized method of protesting.

(Also feel free to let me know if I should make any changes.)

Hit the jump for the entire appeal!