topic Re: Phone number transfer. Keep QC area code although In BC in Get Support

Phone number transfer. Keep QC area code although In BC

JuliMax — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:53:42 GMT

Hi, when I transfer my old number that has a QC area Code (438) to my new plan at Public Mobile in BC, can I keep my old number with the old QC area code?

Thank you

Re: Phone number transfer. Keep QC area code although In BC

slusagm — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:44:41 GMT

yes you can,. But remember PM charges tax by the area code of the phone number. So, keeping a QC number means you will be charged QC rate and not BC rate

Re: Phone number transfer. Keep QC area code although In BC

eddieO — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:44:34 GMT

@JuliMax I don't think it will work and will likely cause problems. When moving to another province you should using the area codes associated with the province

Re: Phone number transfer. Keep QC area code although In BC

JuliMax — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:46:51 GMT

Thank you!

Re: Phone number transfer. Keep QC area code although In BC

hTideGnow — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:47:16 GMT

HI @JuliMax

in PM, it does not matter your number and your location. So, you can have a QC number ported in to your BC account

But sometimes, it is the number itself that has some limitation to be ported, check here to confirm

https://secure.koodomobile.com/checktransfereligibilityparrot/checkSingle.do

Re: Phone number transfer. Keep QC area code although In BC

RavingRaven — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:32:53 GMT

@JuliMax

As long as your phone # is portable after checking with the above link the only difference is the tax rate (Quebec=14.75% vs BC=12%). If you purchase Public Mobile payment vouchers in BC to pay for your services you will save the additional 2.75% over the Quebec tax rate.

More info on vouchers here....

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Get-Support/Can-t-Make-a-Payment-or-Update-Your-Card-How-to-use-a-Voucher/td-p/846594

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Get-Support/Online-Top-Up-Payments-Muskbird-com/td-p/928724

Muskbird charges the tax rate based on your credit card billing address or payment method address (to the best of my knowledge).