topic Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans in Announcements

Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

Alan_K — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:00:16 GMT

Hey Community,

We’re excited to share with you that effective July 24th, 2018, we are lowering the prices for the following plans:

Plan Calculator Details	Now
30-day plan 6 GB + 500 MB BONUS data at 3G speed (per 30 days) Unlimited Talk to Canada-wide and U.S. Unlimited International Text and Picture Messaging	~~$55~~ $50
90-day plan 18 GB + 1.5 GB BONUS data at 3G speed (per 90 days) Unlimited Talk to Canada-wide and U.S. Unlimited International Text and Picture Messaging	~~$165~~ $150

That’s a $5 price reduction per 30 days for both plans! Totally sweet right?

How to get this offer:

New customers

Current customers

Purchase a SIM Card: Click here to order online or locate a participating retailer to purchase a SIM card.
Visit activate.publicmobile.ca and follow the instructions to activate your SIM card. If purchasing from a participating retailer, the retail associate can assist you with the activation.
During the activation process, select the the ‘Build your own plan’ option and choose the plan length, talk, text, and data options outlined above.

Log in on Self Serve
Go to ‘Plan and Add-ons’
Select ‘Change Plan’
Select the ‘Build your own plan’ option and choose the plan length, talk, text, and data options outlined above. You will have the option of changing your plan immediately or upon the next renewal date.
To confirm you have the plan you want, go to Self Serve, Select the “Overview” tab and view your plan details under “My Plan” to see how much you pay per month.

To learn more about Public Mobile, click here.

-Public Mobile Community Team

FAQs

Question	Answer
Will I keep the same plan forever? Will my plan change?	Please refer to our Terms of Service for more information about our plans.
I already purchased one of these plans. Will my plan’s price automatically change?	No, the plan price will not update automatically. To take advantage of the new price, you will need to follow the instructions outlined above in “How to get this offer” and read the “Current customer” section.
I chose to switch to one of these plans on my next renewal date. Will my plan’s price automatically change?	If you had requested to change your plan to one of these plans before this new pricing was announced, you will continue to pay $55 per 30 days /$165 per 90 days. The plan price will not update automatically. To take advantage of the new price, you will need to follow the instructions outlined above in “How to get this offer” and read the “Current customer” section.
I am an existing customer. What is the difference between changing my plan immediately and changing my plan on the next renewal date?	When changing your plan, you have 2 options: (1) change your plan immediately or (2) change on your next renewal date. We recommend changing your plan on your next renewal date because it allows you to use the services you have already paid for, making your money go further. To learn more about the differences between these options, click here.

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

RobertQc — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:07:30 GMT

Wow this is great news, hopefully now we can get some more referrals in with these better priced plans!

Thanks Alan & Public Mobile

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

dna2016 — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:06:59 GMT

Wow, nice @Alan_K. very rare to see providers lower their prices. Awesome PM is looking to remain competitive in the marketplace. Always have to make the necessary adjustments to prices and plans to increase subscriber base. Great job.

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

Dunkman — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:14:07 GMT

@Alan_K Awesome news. That might attract more of my friends to migrate over. Another possiblity for future plans is maybe a cheaper plan to compete with the Freedoom Mobile $15 plan for unlimited text, 100 minutes and 250 MB plan (an excellent budget plan for teenagers). That plan seems be getting a lot of attention on RFD these days.

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

will13am — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:37:08 GMT

@Dunkman wrote:
@Alan_K Awesome news. That might attract more of my friends to migrate over. Another possiblity for future plans is maybe a cheaper plan to compete with the Freedoom Mobile $15 plan for unlimited text, 100 minutes and 250 MB plan (an excellent budget plan for teenagers). That plan seems be getting a lot of attention on RFD these days.

Hey I like the creative spelling, Freedoom. A matching offer would be lava hot. Realistically, there is a premium to be paid to be on a real network. That said, lowering the price of the $30 talk/text/data package a bit would be a good counter measure.

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

Orz — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:40:50 GMT

Nice!

Now I'm torn between $40/4.5GB vs $50/6.5GB....decision decision.

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

David01 — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:43:51 GMT

Curious... I'm on the 6GB+500MB plan already and am already getting it for $50. Is this lowering to $45 or just staying at $50?

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

youbme — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:44:17 GMT

Great to see PM get more competitive for higher data plans on 3G. I know several people who will consider switching to PM with these lower prices.

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

NDesai — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:00:11 GMT

@David01 wrote:
Curious... I'm on the 6GB+500MB plan already and am already getting it for $50. Is this lowering to $45 or just staying at $50?

The one you have was probably a limited time promo where as the new one seems to be a regular price from now on. There is really no changes require on your part because both plans are exactly the same. The 90 days option will give you flexibility on your data usage compare to data on 30 days.

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

Lg85 — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:03:14 GMT

This is fantastic! Great way to attract more new customers! One comment I have on this is that I think there should be a mini incentive to sign a 90 day plan over a 30 day plan. The 90 day vs 30 day plan are technically the same price.

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

ShawnC13 — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:05:04 GMT

Always great to see pricing being lowered!! I still beleive we need a bit better pricing for the 90 day plan, as people are fronting PM money on a longer term there should be a little reward for them doing this.

As well, all promo's have been on 3G plans anything coming for the LTE plans?

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

cork99 — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:14:12 GMT

Big al. bring some lte promos pretty pretty please with a cherry on top make that 2 cherrys

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

stonechucker — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:00:24 GMT

@ShawnC13, I agree with you, need unthrottled LTE plans on 90-day cycles that are priced better.

I would consider this 90-day plan if it was $15 cheaper. I feel compared to the Fall 2016 Promo which is what I'm currently on, the differences in calling and data costs is currently too high. If someone is paying for the same thing on a 30-day cycle at $50, those on a 90-day cycle should have a discount.

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

mtfolks — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:22:16 GMT

I second (or is it third? fourth? FIFTH?!) the call for better LTE and also 90 day pricing. This is a nice move in the right direction but the whole notion of 3G plans (useable for most or not) is a big psychological hurdle to overcome to get many people to switch over.

Now if you offered a $40 for 6GB 3G promo you might be on to

something.

Oh well. Baby steps, I guess.

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

sbreakin — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:25:37 GMT

@Dunkman wrote:
@Alan_K Awesome news. That might attract more of my friends to migrate over. Another possiblity for future plans is maybe a cheaper plan to compete with the Freedoom Mobile $15 plan for unlimited text, 100 minutes and 250 MB plan (an excellent budget plan for teenagers). That plan seems be getting a lot of attention on RFD these days.

I second the suggestion for a teenager/ low used targeted plan with unlimited text and small amount of voice and data.

I noticed freedom's plan also.

Just recently set up daughters first plan as PM low use one (50/50 $10) but think the text might be too low. She's cool with using WiFi and doesn't make many calls. My second choice was to move to Koodo's $15-10% prepaid text only with some voice data add-ons but noticed freedom's plan.

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

sbreakin — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:29:34 GMT

@Dunkman wrote:
@Alan_K Awesome news. That might attract more of my friends to migrate over. Another possiblity for
uture plans is maybe a cheaper plan to compete with the Freedoom Mobile $15 plan for unlimited text, 100 minutes and 250 MB plan (an excellent budget plan for teenagers). That plan seems be getting a lot of attention on RFD these days.

I second the suggestion for a teenager/ low used targeted plan with unlimited text and small amount of voice and data.

I noticed freedom's plan also.

PS. Great to see some plan and price adjustments to attract different markets.

I think the 3g speed is good option to keep price lower. I don't use speed intensive apps much unless on wifi.

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

youbme — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:31:48 GMT

@ShawnC13 wrote:
Always great to see pricing being lowered!! I still beleive we need a bit better pricing for the 90 day plan, as people are fronting PM money on a longer term there should be a little reward for them doing this.

As well, all promo's have been on 3G plans anything coming for the LTE plans?

The move away from discounting 90-day plans was disheartning to say the least. It only makes sense to offer a discount on 90-day plans - as the prepaid committment is longer, hopefully PM will rethink their strategy here.

As for LTE, I think PM has become quite clear that LTE is a low-priority, instead encouraging those looking for faster data to migrate to Koodo or Telus... However, could we see a bump up in data transfer rates in the future - something between 3G and LTE?

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

chrisceecam — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:53:39 GMT

I'd love to get this plan (my previous one ended yesterday) but I have not received the several password reset emails I've requested in the last 24 hours. Can you please get a moderator to respond to one of my several messages? Thankyou.

Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

mimmo — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:59:33 GMT

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Re: Updated pricing on select 6 GB plans

chrisceecam — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 16:00:46 GMT

If you read my message, I said I already did. I have sent three messages over the last 24 hours and no reply. Thanks for copying and pasting information that's available everywhere tho.