911 tax affects the NWT and all provinces except BC, Manitoba & Ontario

[colleeno]

From Public Mobile’s help articles.

https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/get-help/articles/911services

[pagurus]

The 911 tax has been around for a long time . I was paying on my Bell landline here in New Brunswick for years before I ported my number to PM - and I wondered why I wasn't paying it when I came to Public. My guess either Public was not collecting it (unlikely) or it was just part of the bill and now instead of raising our monthly subscription rates they are now "charging " it. 

[cellphoneuser1]

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@Grinch wrote:

Are you sure? I had to pay for 911 on my VoIP account in BC but not with PM. 
Or is it because PM has e911? 

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These fee have been around forever. Nothing changes but Public Mobile wanting to charge it on top now.

[Grinch]

Are you sure? I had to pay for 911 on my VoIP account in BC but not with PM. 
Or is it because PM has e911? 

[hTideGnow]

hi @golfball it has been around for sometimes.  Many carriers ask their subscribers to pay for them on top of the plan cost long time ago and PM is in fact follow this trend late

[golfball]

Is this fee new or is PM only implementing it now?

[hTideGnow]

hi @colleeno 

yes, blame the provincial govts for this fancy fees