topic Re: International roaming in Get Support

International roaming

ryanmi — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 10:28:39 GMT

Hi there,

I'm going to China for couple weeks. Just wondering will my phone have signal there? I probably need my cell to receive some sms. Thanks.

Re: International roaming

Someone_here — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 04:18:58 GMT

@ryanmi, with PM there is no roaming except in USA.

You can use a free Internet app to receive SMS (you'll need to notifiy your contacts to use your temporary number instead), make sure to chose one that is available and working (not blocked) in China.

Here is a second option: https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Discussions/TRAVELING-Can-I-Forward-my-SMS-to-another-number-or-Email/m-p/197799/highlight/true#M58037

And finally a third option, similar to the second one: ~~https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/19/17479554/android-messages-how-to-text-from-web-feature~~

EDIT: this link highlights both Android and iOS solutions, instead of Android only (the other link is still good though): https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-send-free-text-messages-online/

A fourth option: as mentioned by others, getting a local SIM. You'll have to make sure your phone bands are comptable with the ones available there.

Re: International roaming

popping — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 06:52:23 GMT

PM does not have international add-on.

You can get local SIM card when you arrive.

Setup WhatsApp for communication back to Canada on WiFi.

Re: International roaming

krazykiwi — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 06:53:09 GMT

@ryanmi wrote:
Hi there,
I'm going to China for couple weeks. Just wondering will my phone have signal there? I probably need my cell to receive some sms. Thanks.

No, PM does not have an agreement outside Canada/US.

Try something like Someone_here suggested or maybe get a cheap local sim while you are in China and give your contacts the number.

Re: International roaming

hocuspocus — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 07:45:55 GMT

The best way to do this is to get a local sim card in China.

Re: International roaming

Luddite — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:19:58 GMT

If you have forwarded your PM number to a fongo.com number and installed an SMS forwarding app http://supportz.com/5-sms-forwarding-apps-for-your-android-device/ then PM has free international roaming wherever you connect to free wifi.

Re: International roaming

piggykiller — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 18:47:09 GMT

i have to say it in chinese.lol

回去买张天神卡月租5元/一个月。 800M/元一天，不用不要钱，联通的很好用。PM除了美加什么信号都没有。我都用中国的号做国际漫游。

Re: International roaming

srlawren — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:26:54 GMT

@piggykiller wrote:
i have to say it in chinese.lol
回去买张天神卡月租5元/一个月。 800M/元一天，不用不要钱，联通的很好用。PM除了美加什么信号都没有。我都用中国的号做国际漫游。

For anyone interestered in what this says but not already familiar with Google Translate, here's the translation into English:

Go back and buy a Zhang Tianshen card for 5 yuan / month. 800M / yuan a day, do not need money, Unicom is very useful. PM has no signal other than the United States and Canada. I use the Chinese number for international roaming.