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$15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

dwdrajesh — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:21:44 GMT

Hi Guys, I am thinking of switching from Rogers to Public Mobile. I am based in Ottawa, ON. My questions are as follows: (Sorry about asking too many :))
1. Does Public mobile have good coverage in Ottawa and the suburbs?

2. For the $15 plan, how do you get the bonus 250MB data? It says on the website, it is a bonus with "Autopay", what is it about and how to get it?

3. I assume this $15 plan does not have any contract, so I should be able to upgrade or change the plan whenever I need, is this correct?

Thanks,
Rajesh

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

gblackma — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 18:57:58 GMT

@dwdrajesh 1. Yes 2. You need to add a credit card to your account. 3. Yes.

@dwdrajesh wrote:
Hi Guys, I am thinking of switching from Rogers to Public Mobile. I am based in Ottawa, ON. My questions are as follows: (Sorry about asking too many :))
1. Does Public mobile have good coverage in Ottawa and the suburbs?
2. For the $15 plan, how do you get the bonus 250MB data? It says on the website, it is a bonus with "Autopay", what is it about and how to get it?
3. I assume this $15 plan does not have any contract, so I should be able to upgrade or change the plan whenever I need, is this correct?

Thanks,
Rajesh

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

Jb456 — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:02:28 GMT

@dwdrajesh wrote:
Hi Guys, I am thinking of switching from Rogers to Public Mobile. I am based in Ottawa, ON. My questions are as follows: (Sorry about asking too many :))
1. Does Public mobile have good coverage in Ottawa and the suburbs?
2. For the $15 plan, how do you get the bonus 250MB data? It says on the website, it is a bonus with "Autopay", what is it about and how to get it?
3. I assume this $15 plan does not have any contract, so I should be able to upgrade or change the plan whenever I need, is this correct?

Thanks,
Rajesh

1- pm is owned by Telus so it's on Telus and bell network.

2 it will actually be $13 plan if you add auto-pay (credit card to your account,) and that's how you get the 250mb

3- remember $13 plan if you add autopay...and yes you can change but one you will loose money

There is change now -- which new plan starts right away and your charged and you loose what you paid for for current plan as there is no refunds..

There also is change at next renewal...which is the one you want to pick...your new plan will start at next renewal and you will be charged for new plan..

Don't forget to enter a referral code at sign up for an extra $10 bonus..

Welcome to Public Mobile 🙂

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

dwdrajesh — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:04:03 GMT

Hi, Thanks for the reply. What is the referral code that you mentioned will get me $10 bonus? Also, when I change plans, I understand I should pay for that month's charge for my current plan and for the new plan as well. Other than that, do they charge some extra fee for changing the plan also?

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

Triguy — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:06:52 GMT

Setting up AutoPay means that you earn $2 every 30 days!To set up AutoPay, sign in to your Self-Serve account, select the ‘Payment’ tab, then ‘Register for AutoPay’. From here, you can sign up for AutoPay or remove the feature, if you no longer want payments to automatically occur. If you would like to change the card that is automatically charged, scroll to the bottom of the ‘Payment’ tab, then select ‘Manage my card’. This will allow you to update or remove your credit or Visa Debit card.

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

gblackma — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:08:02 GMT

@dwdrajesh If you require a referral code, private message someone and ask for theirs. When and if you would like to change your plan, do it from within my account and there is an option to change it in on your renewal date. There are no extra fees.

@dwdrajesh wrote:
Hi, Thanks for the reply. What is the referral code that you mentioned will get me $10 bonus? Also, when I change plans, I understand I should pay for that month's charge for my current plan and for the new plan as well. Other than that, do they charge some extra fee for changing the plan also?

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

Jb456 — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 20:27:24 GMT

@dwdrajesh wrote:
Hi, Thanks for the reply. What is the referral code that you mentioned will get me $10 bonus? Also, when I change plans, I understand I should pay for that month's charge for my current plan and for the new plan as well. Other than that, do they charge some extra fee for changing the plan also?

A referral code is when a person refers you could be friend/family/someone here or you got a code online. You get $10 sign up bonus for new client and the person that referred you gets $1 off per 30 days as long as your account is in good standing.

no here is an example of changing a plan.

If you pay plan today and in 2 weeks you want to change...you can change right away and you loose your plan you just paid which you have 30 days of service and you will be charged new plan

Or you select change at next renewal so you keep using current plan you paid for and at renewal date you will be charged new plan and new plan will start

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

Daps — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:43:39 GMT

PM works well in Ottawa and surrounding area. PM uses the towers shared by telus and bell.

Autopay means adding your credit card to your account to register for preauthorized payment. PM will give you $2 off every renewal and some bonus data.

PM is prepaid. There are no contracts but also no refunds. You prepay for 30 days of service. If you choose to change your plan, you can do it immediately (pay again!) or have it changed at your next renewal date.

If you decide to switch, make sure your phone is compatible and it is unlocked. Any recent phone sold in canada should work.

There are no activation or extra charges besides $10 for the sim card.

There was a promotion that just finished 2 days ago. It's up to you if you want to wait for another promo or if you want to sign up now and start saving right away.

Using the referral code when you activate, you will earn $10 to be applied towards your first renewal.

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

dwdrajesh — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:47:34 GMT

Hi thanks for the reply. what was the promotion 2 days ago? I am thinking of starting my plan this Saturday since my current Rogers plan expires Friday.

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

gblackma — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:53:14 GMT

The promotion was called the Lunar promotion . Are you porting your number over from Rogers? To do that you need a Valid Rogers account @dwdrajesh . So, you would need your account activated and port before Friday. Also remove your credit card from your Rogers account. Actually the port would cancel the Rogers account. Lol.

@dwdrajesh wrote:
Hi thanks for the reply. what was the promotion 2 days ago? I am thinking of starting my plan this Saturday since my current Rogers plan expires Friday.

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

kselmak — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:51:02 GMT

Welcome to public mobile

The coverage is good as telus or bell, the only difference use that you need 3g towers present to talk as volte is not supported. But you should be fine in any bigger City.

The price is low enough and there are no ties to hold you so you can just try it with temporary phone number and port your Rogers number when you are ready.

Make sure that your phone will work on the network. Need umts 850 and 1900 MHz for talk and LTE l2,4,7... The more the better.

Also you phone though unlicked could have kicked itself to Rogers, no worries Rogers will have to give you the unlock code for free, if they can't the manufacturer can.

Make sure your Rogers account is in good standing and you are free from tab.

Go for autopay, you can turn your 13 plan into unlimited North America with TextNow or hangouts. Don't really on autopay pay manually you still get the benefits.

Call Walmart to see if they give free sim

Don't forget about referral.

Welcome to the community

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

CannonFodder — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:51:44 GMT

@dwdrajesh And just to clarify what others have said, you can enable Autopay by inputting a credit card(Visa, Mastercard, or American Express), or Visa Debit, when you sign up. If you choose to pay via vouchers, obtained from any number of sources, you won't have Autopay, which means you won't get a $2 credit to your account every 30 days, nor will you get the 250MB of data.

Another thing to keep in mind, is that the $15 plan is unlimted incoming calls, but only 100 minutes of outgoing calls, and any calls to your voicemail are considered outgoing calls, UNLESS you call voicemail from another phone(either cell, or landline).

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

Daps — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:59:51 GMT

You can see the annoucements including promos here

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Announcements/bd-p/Announcements

the last promo that ended is now 5th on the list.

You can sign up for deal alerts to your email.

Go here https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/bc/plans

and scroll down, then type in your email address to sign up.

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

Jb456 — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:54:11 GMT

@dwdrajesh wrote:
Hi thanks for the reply. what was the promotion 2 days ago? I am thinking of starting my plan this Saturday since my current Rogers plan expires Friday.

the lunar promo ran from Jan 20 to Feb 3rd... It was a discount $5 off for pay periods 2 to 9 for $15 and $25 plans and $10 off the higher plans..

The link to that promotion is below

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Announcements/Limited-time-offer-Get-up-to-10-off-for-8-months-when-you/m-p/488182#M39597

It has expired now and you would not be eligible...

IMPORTANT DO NOT LET ROGERS ACCOUNT EXPIRE..You will loose your phone number if you wanted to transfer your Rogers number to Public Mobile...the Rogers account must be active and in good standing to be able to keep your number and have it transferred to public mobile...

Unless you don't care about the number and are ok with getting a new number

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

kselmak — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 20:10:02 GMT

@dwdrajesh

Unlimited incoming are gold, especially with a little data. Family member had an old phone used only for calling though it's Android, will not support TextNow or fongo. I installed hangouts dialer and set their number as outbound caller ID. Truelly feels like unlimited USA and Canada

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

kselmak — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 20:07:43 GMT

@dwdrajesh wrote:
Hi thanks for the reply. what was the promotion 2 days ago? I am thinking of starting my plan this Saturday since my current Rogers plan expires Friday.

@dwdrajesh

If you want to keep your old number your account must be in good standing and active, so you have to port out before it expires.

If you walk into a Walmart you may be able to get free sim if you activate there, in that case they would help you open the account and port of you wish, ort you can try it out for couple of days and port if you are ready. Just make sure you do it while your Rogers account is still active

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

Luddite — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 20:30:56 GMT

@dwdrajesh If you do wish to use private messaging here's how: https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Getting-Started/Private-Messages-viewing-and-creating/m-p/56161#M9215

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

Ckyaimee — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 20:32:28 GMT

Yes they do have good coverage as they use Telus towers (you can also use their coverage map here https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/bc/coverage )

if you sign up for auto pay with a visa debit or a credit card you get the data coverage which is so easy, plus you save $2 a month by signing up for auto pay.

there are no contacts with public mobile at all so you can always switch back and forth from plans! Hurray

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

dwdrajesh — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 21:25:21 GMT

Hi, thanks for the reply. Could you give me the referral code? Also, do you think Walmart canada might have free sim offers? Thanks

Re: $15 plan for Ontario (Ottawa)

gblackma — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 21:27:21 GMT

@dwdrajesh they may have them, if you activate it there.

@dwdrajesh wrote:
Hi, thanks for the reply. Could you give me the referral code? Also, do you think Walmart canada might have free sim offers? Thanks