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[NEW] Blog Post: Phone Recycling

The Call to Recycle: Transforming Old Phones into New Opportunities In an age where technology evolves at lightning speed, most of us have old mobile phones collecting dust in drawers. But what if those forgotten handsets could help reduce waste, sav...

J_PM by Public Mobile
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Blog Post: Unlock the Power of Public Points

The More You Know: Unlock the Power of Public Points Introduction As a subscriber to Public Mobile, you're likely familiar with the variety of unique perks that come with using our service. Among them is the Public Points Rewards program, which is a...

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J_PM by Public Mobile
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Blog Post: Why 5G is the Future with Public Mobile

When it comes to technology, standing still is the same as moving backward. That's why at Public Mobile, we're not just keeping pace with change; we're leading the way with Canada's first 5G subscription phone service.  What's So Special About 5G?5G ...

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J_PM by Public Mobile
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Top Contributors 2023

Hey Community,    Thank you to everyone who contributed to the great conversations this month!    We'd like to encourage community members to congratulate other members and share comments under this thread. However, we will keep the Top Contributors ...

J_PM by Public Mobile
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Bravo showing selected and unselected?

Hi All, When i have Bravoed a post it is coloured in now...was this like this before, or am I just noticing it?    Here is what it looks like when I have not bravoed a post. 

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esjliv by Mayor / Maire
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Do you customize your phone?

I'm really not sure where to ask this  I know the general idea of customizing a phone is changing icon packages, changing fonts, adding widgets (who does this? I know no one), and making your home screens look whatever way that strikes your fancy. I ...

B12 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Does 10-10-620 long distance work for us?

Hi everyone, I found this long distance service that works with various cell providers including Telus.  It's only $1 per call to the United States and was wondering if it works for us.  I'm thinking yes because it works for Telus (which is our backb...

Cosmos411 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Comet Neowise

Went to look at the comet Neowise tonight. I could barely make it out underneath the Big Dipper. If you have a chance go see it, as it will be close to 6800 years before it comes by again. Here is one of the pictures I took.

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JoyLuck by Mayor / Maire
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What cellphone do you have?

What cell phone did you choose & why? I have the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+. My wife lost her phone so I gave her my old phone, then bought this one for myself. It was on sale & heavily discounted as it's a refurbished model. Working well so far. I want...

bluejaywpg by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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The Fast and The Boring

Am I the only one who can't stand to watch this franchise? It is just so boring. The best part of the entire franchise is that CinemaSins from YouTube "sins" it and even that can be hard to watch. https://youtu.be/1gElet5V6jQ How in the heck is there...

B12 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Why is Canada so expensive for cell service?

I hate that I visited Iceland, New Zealand, & Australia in the last 2 years & for $30-35 CAD I got 5 GB of 4G data plus nationwide phone service in each of those 3 countries. In fact, the Australian provider gave a bonus 30 GB! We sure don't get the ...

bluejaywpg by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Service Passes

I accidentally erased/deleted my text message links for a service pass for more data. The only way you can get a data service pass it seems is by a direct link from Lucky Mobile?

lonniecc by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Koodo ditched their call center for Callback support ?

I was browsing around koodo's site and I went to the support page. The support page only showed an option to chat with "Q" (Basically SIMON but for Koodo).  There was no option to call Koodo or live chat with them. If you talk to Q and ask to speak t...

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BearFBI by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Humour and other misc. stuff

It's gotten a bit stale around here, so I thought maybe we could use some humour, so post your funny pics, your jokes, anecdotes, or even some nice vintage phone pics( I'm lookin' at you @AE_Collector  ), or whatever else floats yer boat.

CFPartDeux by Town Hero / Héro de la Ville
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How do I know what games I can run on my laptop?

I started playing Halo 2 as an example, my specs:i5-3317U @1.7GHzRAM 6GBIntel HD Graphics 4000 Video RAM 32MB Do not meet the minimum requirments, yet the game runs smoothly on it's highest graphic settings, so how do I really know what games I can p...

sahands by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Luddite's 5 years with the community!

 @Luddite Amazing!!! I can't imagine how many people he helped over the course of 5 years including myself watched and learned a lot of things from him and others (RIP @Martin). On top of this, he continuously engaged with the PM team as part of the ...

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NDesai by Oracle
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How do I port over to Koodo?

Hey guys, I am pretty new at this, and I apologize if this had been asked already. I am currently with Public Mobile for the really old promo plan ($120/3mths for 12GB total), however now I am looking to switch over to Koodo as I am finding that an a...

cyhoiii by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Three year anniversary

I finally hit the three year anniversary at Public Mobile. Whoohoo! To kick things off, I poured myself a glass of brandy, and pocket the extra savings of $3 bucks in my pocket...all kidding aside, I raise my glass to Public Mobile, the only company ...

mpcdesign by Mayor / Maire
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Patch Tuesday

What will Microsoft break this month with tomorrow Patch Tuesday update.I paused updates for 14 days. Wait for clear signal before update.

popping by Retired Oracle / Oracle Retraité
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Favourite Useful Apps

I'm looking for a few apps to kit out my new android phone.What are your top 2 or 3  favourite useful apps that I should consider?Thanks

DanAR by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Finding your PUK code

The search engines hit all sorts of results for this question, but (like this example) they invariably boil down to just three options:1) Look for the PUK code written somewhere on the SIM card or its packaging.2) Look for the PUK code written somewh...

Korth by Mayor / Maire
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Calgary Bell Fireworks Spectacular tonight at 11 pm MT

https://stampede2020.calgarystampede.com/bell-fireworks-spectacular/ Update: Link to CTV Calgary live at 11 PM MT tonighthttps://calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=68597&jwsource=emIf you missed live show, enjoy the youtube version If you click on that ...

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popping by Retired Oracle / Oracle Retraité
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Bummer

Its been two weeks since I rolled my ankle inward and heard a pop.  called my GP and said its most likely a torn ligament.. now i have a long recovery road ahead since not a lot of blood goes to the ligaments thus slower healing process..... #rant

rhbcc by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Re: Where is my $1

C`mon I know that. Can`t connect to moderator. Bot is stupid "If you stay with Public Mobile, you will save $1 every 30 days after your first year.After staying with us for 2 years, you will save $2 every 30 days and so on to a maximum of $5 every 30...

telemonster by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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What’s up

Hey everyone  I am back on here finally. Been too crazy busy with lots of crazy stuff that happened that’s all been sorted out for the most part. What has everyone been up to these days where I been basically gone for the last month and a half. Hope ...

brettster99 by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Unlimited Data Plans

Will there ever be a day when Public Mobile is able to have unlimited data plans? 

Rw by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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VPN

What are the best VPN services and are any of them free?

gpixel by Mayor / Maire
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