topic Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message" in Get Support

Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

ShacharWeis — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 13:57:31 GMT

Starting yesterday I can't make any calls on one of the three lines that I own.

This is my plan:

100 Minutes Canada-Wide Talk + Unlimited Incoming Minutes

Any number I try to call, local or otherwise, gets an error message saying that I don't have a long distance addon. Looking at the usage log for the past 30 days, there were 32 minutes outgoing calls and 72 minutes incoming. It seems that it's erroneously grouping together outgoing and incoming, despite having "unlimited incoming" in my plan.

What do I do now?

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

dabr — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 20:42:25 GMT

@ShacharWeis wrote:
Starting yesterday I can't make any calls on one of the three lines that I own.

This is my plan:
100 Minutes Canada-Wide Talk + Unlimited Incoming Minutes
Any number I try to call, local or otherwise, gets an error message saying that I don't have a long distance addon. Looking at the usage log for the past 30 days, there were 32 minutes outgoing calls and 72 minutes incoming. It seems that it's erroneously grouping together outgoing and incoming, despite having "unlimited incoming" in my plan.

What do I do now?

You need to sign into your account and on the overview page, halfway down under 'my add-ons' if the 100 mins line is missing then you have fully consumed your plan minutes and that may be the reason why you cannot make any further calls. You can add the $5/500 Canada wide mins to your plan, these mins will only be consumed when you've used up your plan mins and any remaining minutes will roll over every month until fully consumed.

Also if you have been checking voicemail, that will also consume your plan minuttes.

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

geopublic — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 20:43:57 GMT

@ShacharWeis wrote:
Starting yesterday I can't make any calls on one of the three lines that I own.

This is my plan:
100 Minutes Canada-Wide Talk + Unlimited Incoming Minutes
Any number I try to call, local or otherwise, gets an error message saying that I don't have a long distance addon. Looking at the usage log for the past 30 days, there were 32 minutes outgoing calls and 72 minutes incoming. It seems that it's erroneously grouping together outgoing and incoming, despite having "unlimited incoming" in my plan.

What do I do now?

@ShacharWeis When you access your selfserve on the first page does it show your minutes counter? If not, that means you have used up your outgoing minute allotment. Best to purchase the 500 minute add-on for $5.00.

The minute counter is very accurate but if you think that there was an error then submit a ticke to PM.

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Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

CannonFodder — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 20:48:53 GMT

@dabr wrote:
@ShacharWeis wrote:
Starting yesterday I can't make any calls on one of the three lines that I own.

This is my plan:
100 Minutes Canada-Wide Talk + Unlimited Incoming Minutes
Any number I try to call, local or otherwise, gets an error message saying that I don't have a long distance addon. Looking at the usage log for the past 30 days, there were 32 minutes outgoing calls and 72 minutes incoming. It seems that it's erroneously grouping together outgoing and incoming, despite having "unlimited incoming" in my plan.

What do I do now?
You need to sign into your account and on the overview page, halfway down under 'my add-ons' if the 100 mins line is missing then you have fully consumed your plan minutes and that may be the reason why you cannot make any further calls. You can add the $5/500 Canada wide mins to your plan, these mins will only be consumed when you've used up your plan mins and any remaining minutes will roll over every month until fully consumed.

Also if you have been checking voicemail, that will also consume your plan minuttes.

But @dabr , the OP DID say the part in bold above, so how could the 100 mins. outgoing calls have been consumed if the usage log shows only 32 minutes usage? Only way I see it, is if, as you said, the OP didn't realize voicemail checking counts as outgoing minutes.....

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

dabr — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 20:54:59 GMT

@ShacharWeis Another thing to keep in mind is that your minutes are all round up to the nearest mins, so a call lasting one minute and 10 seconds would use up 2 mins of your 100 plan mins.

@CannonFodder users sometimes mistake the number of mins they've used, so we don't know for sure until we get a more detailed usage report.

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

kselmak — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:00:39 GMT

Is that the phone usage log or selfserve usage log?

Was the sim used in another phone?

When did you get the plan?

I can't see the whole line is it 100 Canada talk+ unlimited text?

That is an old plan that doesn't include unlimited incoming. You must switch to the new 15 plan manually.

In a meantime you can either but add-on for talk, or you can use fongo/TextNow. If you would prefer to switch to 15 plan immediately, you have that option too, but you will lose the service that though paid for by the end of the cycle

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

dabr — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:00:12 GMT

@kselmak wrote:
Is that the phone usage log or selfserve usage log?
Was the sim used in another phone?
When did you get the plan?
I can't see the whole line is it 100 Canada talk+ unlimited text?
That is an old plan that doesn't include unlimited incoming. You must switch to the new 15 plan manually.

@kselmak I see 100 outgoing mins + unlimited incoming, sounds like OP has the newer version of the $15 plan.

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

ShacharWeis — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:04:54 GMT

Yes, it seems my minutes are all gone.

This is an error, the usage log is very clear. There were exactly two calls in the past 30 days. Outgoing call for 32 minutes and incoming for 72 minutes.

Incoming should be unlimited, so this is an error.

I went through the virtual assistant until I got to the option of opening a ticket, and the link gave me a 404 error.

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

dabr — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:08:45 GMT

@ShacharWeis wrote:
Yes, it seems my minutes are all gone.

This is an error, the usage log is very clear. There were exactly two calls in the past 30 days. Outgoing call for 32 minutes and incoming for 72 minutes.

Incoming should be unlimited, so this is an error.

I went through the virtual assistant until I got to the option of opening a ticket, and the link gave me a 404 error.

You can also send moderators a private message via the envelope icon top right of the screen next to your avatar. Address the message to Moderator_Team.

It is suggested the response time to hear back this way can be a little longer than submitting a ticket via the chatbot.

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

kselmak — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:08:14 GMT

@ShacharWeis wrote:
Starting yesterday I can't make any calls on one of the three lines that I own.

This is my plan:
100 Minutes Canada-Wide Talk + Unlimited Incoming Minutes
Any number I try to call, local or otherwise, gets an error message saying that I don't have a long distance addon. Looking at the usage log for the past 30 days, there were 32 minutes outgoing calls and 72 minutes incoming. It seems that it's erroneously grouping together outgoing and incoming, despite having "unlimited incoming" in my plan.

What do I do now?

@dabr

Thanks for pointing that out

I can't scroll unless I quote it.

@ShacharWeis forget about that old planned mentioned.

If the sim card was only in that phone and especially if your selfserve history says same/similar, then the counter must be wrong

Then you will need to contact moderators by clicking on the little question mark

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

pmmobile — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:18:35 GMT

@ShacharWeis Considering your usage log only contains 32 minutes outoing: a) issue network coutning minutes, b) the number you're calling is not a Canadian number, or c) Canadian number roaming outside of Canada and carrier is making you play the LD minutes?

Best to contact the moderators directly with this link (if not already done):

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/notes/composepage/note-to-user-id/22437

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

ShacharWeis — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:23:15 GMT

All calls are in-province.

It just seems that the "unlimited incoming" part of my plan was ignored. I've messaged the mods. Thanks

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

dabr — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:28:28 GMT

@pmmobile wrote:
@ShacharWeis Considering your usage log only contains 32 minutes outoing: a) issue network coutning minutes, b) the number you're calling is not a Canadian number, or c) Canadian number roaming outside of Canada and carrier is making you play the LD minutes?

Best to contact the moderators directly with this link (if not already done):
https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/notes/composepage/note-to-user-id/22437

@pmmobile PM is prepaid and all current plans have Canada wide calling, barring the data only plan. PM doesn't have any roaming or overage charges as you will only get to use what your have already paid for here.

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

pmmobile — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:38:50 GMT

@dabr wrote:
@pmmobile wrote:
@ShacharWeis Considering your usage log only contains 32 minutes outoing: a) issue network coutning minutes, b) the number you're calling is not a Canadian number, or c) Canadian number roaming outside of Canada and carrier is making you play the LD minutes?

Best to contact the moderators directly with this link (if not already done):
https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/notes/composepage/note-to-user-id/22437
@pmmobile PM is prepaid and all current plans have Canada wide calling, barring the data only plan. PM doesn't have any roaming or overage charges as you will only get to use what your have already paid for here.

@dabr Thanks, please let me rephrase: if c) is the scenario, which is odd, that the caller is forced to pay for LD when calling a Canadian number that @ShacharWeis is calling, is roaming outside of Canada, and @ShacharWeis does not have a LD add-on to outside of Canada, then it could explain why he cannot make the call and of course will not be charged by PM. This could be a possible (but unlikely scenario) with some of the various prepaid providers these days?

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

dabr — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:51:16 GMT

@pmmobile wrote:
@dabr wrote:
@pmmobile wrote:
@ShacharWeis Considering your usage log only contains 32 minutes outoing: a) issue network coutning minutes, b) the number you're calling is not a Canadian number, or c) Canadian number roaming outside of Canada and carrier is making you play the LD minutes?

Best to contact the moderators directly with this link (if not already done):
https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/notes/composepage/note-to-user-id/22437
@pmmobile PM is prepaid and all current plans have Canada wide calling, barring the data only plan. PM doesn't have any roaming or overage charges as you will only get to use what your have already paid for here.
@dabr Thanks, please let me rephrase: if c) is the scenario, which is odd, that the caller is forced to pay for LD when calling a Canadian number that @ShacharWeis is calling, is roaming outside of Canada, and @ShacharWeis does not have a LD add-on to outside of Canada, then it could explain why he cannot make the call and of course will not be charged by PM. This could be a possible (but unlikely scenario) with some of the various prepaid providers these days?

@pmmobile Good point and yes you're right @ShacharWeis didn't actually say if he was calling LD internationally and maybe he can clarify if all calling was within Canada.

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

ShacharWeis — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:53:05 GMT

I mentioned this before, all calls were inin Ontario.

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

dabr — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:54:39 GMT

@ShacharWeis wrote:
I mentioned this before, all calls were inin Ontario.

Thanks for clarifying, sometimes information gets missed when there's been a lot of responses:)

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

Aakash1703 — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:54:56 GMT

Try to check your online self serve account! It might be lack of balance. It might happen when you recharge it and it do not go through properly.

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

PAULRANG18 — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 22:17:00 GMT

Best to contact a moderator to reverse this issue and restore the correct usage minutes. Click ?, bottom right, and follow instructions to submit a ticket. Moderator wait times can be within a few hours or sooner, or within the day, from my experience.

Re: Can't call local numbers - "No Long distance add-on message"

CannonFodder — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 01:25:58 GMT

@ShacharWeis Let us know how this ends up getting fixed.....