@aliaksar2000
Well I would decide on what plan you think suits you best and that would determine where I would get my sim card and whether I would do a retail activation (soon to be eliminated) or an online activation at home.
If you are not a large data user and the $15 or $25 plan would suit your needs then I recommend ordering an activation bundle from Canadian Cell supplies. Until July 10th they are offering 30% off your first month and a free sim card ($25 - $7.50 (30% off)=$17.50+tax) or their pm sim cards are $4.99+tax. Sim cards are shipped free via Canada Post and arrive in 5 business days.
Find out if any of your friends or family members are public mobile customers so you can ask for their referral code to recieve the $10 bonus referral credit. If not just make a new friend here and send them a private message and ask your new friend for their referral code. Members who send you an unsolicited referral codes are not your friends and are breaking the terms of service by doing so....
If you want to keep your current phone number then if you have a prepaid plan then you must port out from an active account (preferably with a few days left in your 30 day cycle in case you encounter a problem) unless its telus or koodo then your account doesnt need to be active. Postpaid accounts will be prorated so when you port out doesn't really matter. Just don't cancel your account....porting will do that for you.
When you do port out either at activation or after once your sim card and account are set up and services all working and you can port in yourself thru your self serve account be sure to leave your old sim card in your phone to reply YES to the PAT (porting authorization text) within 90 minutes of recieving it. All you need to port is the full name on your account, phone number and account number. Add an alternate phone number(optional) just in case....your mom, partner, work....any number you could be reached at or left a message will do.
"Billing" starts the day you activate but pm is prepaid so you pay before you get service but your 30 day cycle starts at activation. So if you ordered from CCS (above) the activation bundle then you pay when you order it but your first 30 days of service starts once your sim card arrives and you contact CCS to activate your sim card or if you just purchase a sim card then when you activate the sim card and choose and pay for your plan.
