A test of Wind:

I retested my N900 at a WIND store today. For those not in the know - WIND just started operations one month ago, but has been plagued by network problems. Canadian N900 owners are very interested in them since they are operating under the correct 3G frequencies for the N900 (the only one presently in Canada to do so).

It came to light that they were port-blocking on the data plan, so many services were not working. I wrote a letter to their Chief Customer Officer, detailing the situation, and he promptly replied. 48 hours later, a fix was announced on their blog! He even mentioned me in on of his posts on the subject (look at comment #1 - it is my 3 seconds of fame).

My test was successful! The one I performed last week was not.

1. Google Talk registered immediately
2. SIP (Gizmo) registered immediately
3. SSH from the CLI to my server worked
4. Call from store's line to my Gizmo rang immediately, and voice worked.
5. Call from N900 to store - rang, but N900 did not indicate the call had picked up on the other end. This may be due to a bug in F/W PR1.01 that I was running at the time related to high latency between SIP UI and SIP events being sent (bug 5523 ). I updated my F/W to PR1.1 that was released today after visiting the store, and I believe that will solve this issue.
6. Google Talk IM to a contact of mine worked both ways.

Pretty impressed! I did not have my N800 with me, otherwise I would have also tried BT tethering. Waiting a bit for coverage in my area to improve now before switching carriers.