topic Re: travel from Canada to US in Get Support

travel from Canada to US

jessicacjones17 — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:55:40 GMT

if you travel to US can you use your phone? And does it cost anything?

Re: travel from Canada to US

mimmo — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:52:07 GMT

To use your phone you need to buy one of the 10day USA roaming addons.

You will however receive smses at no cost but will be unable to reply with out buying one of the addons.

Edited for clarification, thanks @srlawren

Re: travel from Canada to US

will13am — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 03:01:07 GMT

@jessicacjones17 , you will need to purchase a US roaming add-on in order to use your phone in the US. These add-ons last 10 days. The cost is a few bucks a day, quite cost effective. You can do that via your self serve account. Because these add-ons start immediately on purchase, it would be advisable to buy them at the last minute. Click on the add-on in this page to expand the listing. You will see a number of available US roaming add-ons.

https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/ab/plans

Re: travel from Canada to US

sandpublic — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 04:56:15 GMT

@jessicacjones17 wrote:
if you travel to US can you use your phone? And does it cost anything?

You can find all the details regarding the US roaming add-ons here:

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Knowledge-Base/U-S-Roaming/ta-p/307883

Re: travel from Canada to US

sunflowershine — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 03:56:50 GMT

@jessicacjones17 wrote:
if you travel to US can you use your phone? And does it cost anything?

@jessicacjones17 I think it is really depends on how many days are you travelling. You can download a free calling app before you travel. You can use the calling app whenever you have wifi. It is free to call and text within North America.

Re: travel from Canada to US

srlawren — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 04:46:30 GMT

@mimmo wrote:
To use your phone you need to buy one of the 10day USA roaming addons.

You will however receive sms at no cost

@jessicacjones17 just to slightly clarify what @mimmo is saying here: he is not saying you will receive the SMS service in it's entirety at no cost; instead, he is saying that you will be able to receive incoming SMS messages at no cost. In order to reply to them however, or send any outbound SMS messages at all, you need to puchase the US Roaming Texing 10-day add-on, or one fo the bundles that includes it.

Re: travel from Canada to US

Tony8 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 04:54:28 GMT

Hi you can buy US roaming add on. U.S. Talk, Text and Data Bundle

Unlimited Talk, International Text and 250MB Data for just $20 for 10 days.

U.S. Talk and Text BundleUnlimited Talk and International Text for just $15 for 10 days.

U.S. Talk Only Unlimited Talk for just $8 for 10 days.

U.S. Text OnlyUnlimited International Text for just $8 for 10 days.

You can buy it on your phone by dialing 611, with your 4 digit sim code, if you have a credit card on your account. I am not sure if you can purchase it by dialing 611 in the US. Maybe some else knows.

Re: travel from Canada to US

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 05:02:41 GMT

@Tony8 wrote:
Hi you can buy US roaming add on. U.S. Talk, Text and Data Bundle
Unlimited Talk, International Text and 250MB Data for just $20 for 10 days.
U.S. Talk and Text BundleUnlimited Talk and International Text for just $15 for 10 days.
U.S. Talk Only Unlimited Talk for just $8 for 10 days.
U.S. Text OnlyUnlimited International Text for just $8 for 10 days.

You can buy it on your phone by dialing 611, with your 4 digit sim code, if you have a credit card on your account. I am not sure if you can purchase it by dialing 611 in the US. Maybe some else knows.

1. both the self-serve and via 611

2. 4 digit PIN - not sim code

3. you can also use a voucher

4. 1-855-4PUBLIC (18554782542)