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Travel to USA

Chrisgallenger — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:14:38 GMT

I’m travelling to the USA and I want to use my phone. is there a suitable plan on Public Mobile What are my options?

thanks

chris

Re: Travel to USA

hTideGnow — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:18:17 GMT

HI @Chrisgallenger if you just go for a short time, 15 days or less, and 3GB is enough , then you can just buy the roaming addon

if you need more data or longer time, then get the proper Canada-US plan, $39 is the cheapest

https://subscribe.publicmobile.ca/en/bc/activation/plans/60GB-5Gspeed14

Re: Travel to USA

hairbag1 — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:21:34 GMT

@Chrisgallenger

if you go to US frequently...best is to upgrade to one of the Canada / US PM plans currently available.

Re: Travel to USA

Dunkman — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:22:20 GMT

@Chrisgallenger

How long are you going for?

You can either purchase a 15 day roaming package or consider switching to a US-Canada $40 plan. Decent promo plan recently $40 plan for 60 GB.

https://subscribe.publicmobile.ca/en/ab/activation/plans/60GB-5Gspeed14

If you travel to US often, then getting the actual plan is likely more cost effective than getting 15 day roaming packages.

Unlimited U.S. Talk, Text and 3GB Data Bundle $30

Unlimited U.S. Talk and Text Bundle $15

250 MB Data $10

1 GB Data $20

3 GB Data $25

Re: Travel to USA

dwh1 — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:45:01 GMT

@Chrisgallenger You have some good responses already, but I want to to take a slightly different tact. How much data do you need on a regular basis in Canada? If you're looking at needing more than the 20 GB that the $29 plan offers, you might consider going to the $39/60 GB plan and getting US coverage (including LD from Canada to the US) thrown in.

If your data use is lower, you may want to stick with the addons that have already been mentioned - but if you want a high-data plan anyway, give the $39 plan a look.

Re: Travel to USA

Phil_Adelphus — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:49:21 GMT

@Chrisgallenger Another thing to consider is whether your phone is VoLTE capable/enabled because there is no more 3G network in the USA, thus non-VoLTE phones that work here in Canada where we still have 3G have problems in the US. A non-VoLTE phone's only option for voice calls in the USA is to hope for a 2G connection on T-Mobile where it exists.

Re: Travel to USA

Sb4u — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:35:44 GMT

Hi, can you please confirm what the US Roaming - Talk Text (15-day) add on includes?

Is it correct to say that it offers unlimited texts and calls along with 3GBs of data? I'm wondering since the add on title only says talk text with no mention of data or how much talking & texting is included. Thanks for any info

Re: Travel to USA

Phil_Adelphus — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:41:27 GMT

@Sb4u There is a $15 US roaming add-on that is unlimited talk and text only for 15 days but no data. The one with 3GB of data is $30 for 15 days.

Re: Travel to USA

hairbag1 — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:58:48 GMT

@Sb4u wrote:
Hi, can you please confirm what the US Roaming - Talk Text (15-day) add on includes?
Is it correct to say that it offers unlimited texts and calls along with 3GBs of data? I'm wondering since the add on title only says talk text with no mention of data or how much talking & texting is included. Thanks for any info

Re: Travel to USA

Chrisgallenger — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 20:11:43 GMT

Thank you to everybody for all your great answers, I now have a solution

Re: Travel to USA

Chrisgallenger — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 20:12:37 GMT

Thank you

Re: Travel to USA

Chrisgallenger — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:11:22 GMT

Thanks for the info

Re: Travel to USA

Chrisgallenger — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 02:04:24 GMT

Thank you Model Citizen. Your advice was ban on! I went with the $39/60 and it’s working fine, I changed from the ATT option and using T mobile network seems to work a bit better. Thanks again for the easy to understand explanation. Take care.