topic Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province in Get Support

Incoming calls when traveling outside province

Ooops — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:53:42 GMT

Hello Mods:

I have searched this threads and most posts indicate that incoming will not work without add-on if you are traveling outside home Provine.

I have experienced otherwise.

I have PM province-wide plan and live in Ontario (Ontario number with 613 area code). I was traveling to Calgary, Alberta in April for three weeks and was able to receive incoming calls on my PM Ontario number - (No add-on for long distance); the incoming calls mostly were from my home - Ontario and also local calls. My outgoing worked for only within Alberta calls.

So can the members WHO HAVE USED province-wide plan WITHOUT add-on outside home province please share and shed some light if we do not need long-distance add-on for INCOMING calls when traveling outside home-province

Appreciate the community helping each other.

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

skifan — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 16:07:57 GMT

Please check this link out, it explains the calling situation between provinces very well.

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Knowledge-Base/Province-wide-Canada-wide-and-Long-Distance-Add-ons/ta-p/81459

I was recently travelling outside of my home province and did not receive any calls. I was, however, able to forward my number to a Fongo line I use, and was able to receive calls via my data plan, that way.

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

ShawnC13 — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 16:12:38 GMT

@skifan, that is a good thread but this member says he is still able to receive calls from his home province even while out of province yet the chart says you can't receive any calls. Receiving calls from your home province without the addon makes total sense to me as way back when I first had a cell phone and I travelled I was able to recieve calls from my home province as they weren't considered calling long distance to me but I did require long distance to call them.

So receiving calls from your home province while out of it without a long distance addon makes perfect sense. Next time I am out of province I will have to have my wife call me and not me call her to see if it deducts from my long distance minutes.

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

skifan — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 16:18:25 GMT

On a similar note..........I was recently in the US and had purchased the roaming data package but did not opt for the voice or text option. During this time, I noticed that I was able to receive texts although I could not respond of course. I did not receive any voice calls so that question remains to be answered

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

will13am — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 16:32:17 GMT

It would be great news if this is how province wide talk works. I suppose we do need a few data points to prove that it is not an account glitch.

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

ShawnC13 — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 16:39:41 GMT

My thought on it is your phone is just receiving the call while receiving a call it won't differentiate between area codes if it has service it will ring. Now calling out it will know what area codes are now"local"calls so you would need a ld plan to call out of province

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

SD08 — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 16:48:37 GMT

I'm interested in the answer to this too. (Subscribed for replies.)

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

zhadj030 — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:13:48 GMT

@ShawnC13 wrote:
Next time I am out of province I will have to have my wife call me and not me call her to see if it deducts from my long distance minutes.

@ShawnC13

or just call yourself using Fongo when out of province for extra fun XD

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

ShawnC13 — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:25:51 GMT

, i talk to myself enough it is nice to hear other voices once in a while lol 😁

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

zhadj030 — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:31:12 GMT

@ShawnC13 wrote:
, i talk to myself enough it is nice to hear other voices once in a while lol 😁

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

Ooops — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:31:53 GMT

So I am not the only one who enjoys conversation with myself the most 🙂

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

mech9t5 — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:36:36 GMT

Theoretically, you shouldn't receive calls because it is prepaid. Receiving a call while out of province is considered long distance for you regardless of who is calling.

On a post paid system you would recieve the call and simply be billed for the long distance. On prepaid, the call shouldn't complete if you have no LD add-on

If it does complete, you got away with a free long distance call and is not how the system should be working.

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

Luddite — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:40:58 GMT

Let's think of it as well intentioned bug. Enjoy while it exits.

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

Ooops — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:45:11 GMT

I agree,

All the discussions and interpretation of province-wide indicate that it should not work, that was the reason of this thread (I took along another Canada-wide sim - which I never used bcos PM worked.)

I and many othes would be glad if, in practice the incoming is working without add-on for those who have traveled/tried it outside home provine.

Hence,

Inviting experiences of member who have traveled outside province.

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

zhadj030 — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:42:55 GMT

@mech9t5 wrote:
Theoretically, you shouldn't receive calls because it is prepaid. Receiving a call while out of province is considered long distance for you regardless of who is calling.

On a post paid system you would recieve the call and simply be billed for the long distance. On prepaid, the call shouldn't complete if you have no LD add-on

If it does complete, you got away with a free long distance call and is not how the system should be working.

If it works, then use it, and don't complain. XD

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

Ooops — Sun, 18 Jun 2017 00:37:15 GMT

Not complaining dear 🙂

So far no one has replied that thier incoming on PM did not work outside province,

So it might very well work for ALL,
Only attempting to validate it.

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

zhadj030 — Sun, 18 Jun 2017 00:39:58 GMT

It will be something to test.

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

ute1978 — Sun, 18 Jun 2017 06:17:53 GMT

@Ooops wrote:
Not complaining dear 🙂

So far no one has replied that thier incoming on PM did not work outside province,

So it might very well work for ALL,
Only attempting to validate it.

There are many positive glitches in the system that benefit the members. Mine for example.

I benefit from the "free incoming call glitch" which btw is similar to yours.

I have the long distance add on but all incoming calls no matter from where in the world are free. In my over 1 year of membership with PM no minutes have ever been nor will be deducted from my add on for incoming calls. Even if I travel to other provinces....

So your glitch might work only for you.

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

SD08 — Sun, 18 Jun 2017 06:32:35 GMT

@ute1978 wrote:
I benefit from the "free incoming call glitch" which btw is similar to yours.
I have the long distance add on but all incoming calls no matter from where in the world are free. In my over 1 year of membership with PM no minutes have ever been nor will be deducted from my add on for incoming calls. Even if I travel to other provinces....

So your glitch might work only for you.

It's the Half-Canada-wide talk plan. The incoming half.

Re: Incoming calls when traveling outside province

Ooops — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:02:39 GMT

This seems to be mojo 🙂

"Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks,

it was called witchcraft;

today it's called golf."