$35 Plan includes Mexico, Canada and the US calling

[PrettyPrincess1]

Hi,

I just joined PM yesterday and bought the $35 Boxing Week Plan which includes calling the US, Mexico and Canada.  I live in Canada.  Can someone call me from the United States and I wonmt be charged?  Or will I get charged because they are calling me from out of country?

[DennyCrane]

@dwh1 Yup. The only thing I'd add to that is that you as the one answering the phone can be charged long distance if you accept an incoming call from outside of your local calling area. That's not as much of an issue now that we seem to have nation wide calling on most plans, but if you go back decades that was common practice to charge long distance when answering a call away from home, as your home tower essentially needs to go locate you elsewhere in the country (it's not that simple, but for illustrative purposes). For example, in the past if I had a Vancouver number and went to Calgary, I'd be charged long distance for answering my phone in Calgary. However I could call Calgary numbers free of charge while I was in Calgary as that location was local to me.

Again, mostly irrelevant with nationwide plans, but this was common back in the day.

[dwh1]

To add to the other answers more generally, for all cell plans for all carriers there are two possible costs - air time and long distance.  Your plan has unlimited minutes for the US, Canada, and Mexico, so there will never be air time costs when you’re in those countries.  I’f you’re in another country, you’ll have no service from PM.  

Long distance is always paid by the person making the call (assuming they don’t have a plan that includes LD calls), not the person receiving it, so there is no way someone calling you can result in long distance charges for you.  This is the way the phone system has always worked going back many decades

[DennyCrane]

Your plan has nothing to do with whether someone is able to call you for no additional charges at their end. Your plan covers you, but the person in the US may incur long distance charges if they don't already have it included with their plan (though AFAIK most US plans include Canada for free).

[hairbag1]

@PrettyPrincess1 

you can receives calls from anywhere on planet Earth for free...you won't pay anything extra. The person calling you might have tolls...but not you.

[BKNS27]

@PrettyPrincess1

The person making the call to you while in Canada, USA or Mexico will be charged for the call. Not you.

[Yummy]

When YOU call somebody in those countries or FROM those countries - there will be no charges to you.

When you receive calls - no charges either. People calling you might get charged depending on their plans in those countries.

[hTideGnow]

hi @PrettyPrincess1 , when you are in Canada-US-Mexico and you got calls, no matter where the friends call you from, it is free

and you use the data voice and text service in US and Mex for free like you are home