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Travelling

Duder531 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 23:01:20 GMT

I'm travelling to BC Interior next week from southern Alberta. This is my first time leaving my coverage area for another province. What do I need to do to maintain my phone and data coverage as I travel?

Re: Travelling

Handy1 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:10:04 GMT

@Duder531 Nothing your phone and plan should work all across Canada like you were Still at home

Re: Travelling

Yummy — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:10:09 GMT

Nothing if you have Canada wide plan.

Your phone should work wherever you are in Canada (but it will depend on cell towers in your vicinity).

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softech — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:10:24 GMT

@Duder531

your data will work national-wide

your voice should, too, unless you are on a Provincial calling plan

Re: Travelling

Duder531 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:22:07 GMT

Thx Yummy. I thought PM only worked in your home province, that you need to buy an add-on if you travel. Am I wrong on that? Also, should I leave roaming in or off while traveling?

Re: Travelling

LitlLdy — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:24:17 GMT

@Duder531 wrote:
I'm travelling to BC Interior next week from southern Alberta. This is my first time leaving my coverage area for another province. What do I need to do to maintain my phone and data coverage as I travel?

@Duder531 , you could go in your Settings, Cellular, Network Selection set it to Public Mobile not Automatic. I don’t think it is necessary though. You shouldn’t have any issues.

Re: Travelling

Handy1 — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:26:03 GMT

@Duder531 No need to change a thing leave your phone settings the way you have them now . And enjoy your trip 🙂

Re: Travelling

hTideGnow — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:56:48 GMT

hey @MetaMorpheusMob

why don't you use a PM coverage map?

https://publicmobile.ca/en/bc/coverage

Re: Travelling

esjliv — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:58:46 GMT

@Duder531 wrote:
Thx Yummy. I thought PM only worked in your home province, that you need to buy an add-on if you travel. Am I wrong on that? Also, should I leave roaming in or off while traveling?

@Duder531 roaming is for outside of Canada.

As for the setting on your phone I would suggest you keep Roaming on (perhaps living near a US boarder town may ping US towers, but in this case you can manually select public as your network provider), there are no charges for Roaming as you won't get charged for something you did not already pay for here at public, due to being paid.

Re: Travelling

BKNS27 — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:41:16 GMT

@Duder531

PM is Canada wide calling and texting.

My friend recently travelled from Vancouver to Toronto on the $15 plan. The only issue was getting data, he could only get WiFi at train stations stops.