topic Does PM work with an Overseas eSIM?? in Get Support

Does PM work with an Overseas eSIM??

jamesmx21 — Wed, 04 May 2022 03:45:24 GMT

Going to South Africa for 2 months and want to try using an eSIM so I still receive text messages from my PM Canada number. Will PM work overseas with eSIM? Will it work in USA with eSIM?? thanks so much

Re: Does PM work with an Overseas eSIM??

JL9 — Wed, 04 May 2022 03:48:12 GMT

PM doesn't have eSIM as an option currently, and probably won't any time soon. (if at all)

Re: Does PM work with an Overseas eSIM??

DennyCrane — Wed, 04 May 2022 04:07:23 GMT

Can't you leave your PM physical SIM in and get an esim in South Africa from a local carrier? Or Ubigi? They have e-sim plans from $10 USD for 1GB.

Re: Does PM work with an Overseas eSIM??

Camera4617 — Wed, 04 May 2022 04:09:00 GMT

And even if it does have eSim, it wouldn't work (overseas).

Re: Does PM work with an Overseas eSIM??

darlicious — Thu, 05 May 2022 21:45:13 GMT

@jamesmx21

Public Mobile does not support e-SIM. They also only offer roaming in the US. You can get a text forwarding app but it's rather erroneous to set up. It's easier to set up call forwarding of your pm phone # to a voip app like textnow or fongo. Choose a Canadian phone #. Before you leave call forward your pm # to your voip #. Make sure your pm sim card does not connect to a US tower in case you transit thru the US. Now you receive your incoming pm calling to your voip # while on WiFi or with a local SIM card using mobile data.

If you are not on a promotional plan or have plan specific promotions that you can lose if you change plans then schedule a change plan on next renewal to the $15 plan to keep your plan costs low while you are away.

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