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Der_Alte99
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Public Mobile may have finally broken my back.  Many years a loyal customer.  Persisted despite the end of the old rewards program.  Now I see there is a nice $29 Can-US-Mex plan.  I've read online that Public won't let people downgrade from a higher price point without going to a lower price point plan first.  Guess what!  The cheapest plan available to me is a $30 plan!

I done with feeling miserable, unvalued and screwed each Boxing Day.  Done with Public Mobile, Telus and the Oligarchs who run this all and feel totally entitled to treat people this way.  And yes, I recognize all the options are the same.  Going to vote for whoever will make the CRTC do its job and provide real competition.  You all have a cake walk in Canada.  Of course, you all buy off the politicians because you are all...Oligarchs!

It is time for people to fight back.  You are all going too far.   And you all probably laugh from your corporate offices!  It's like Squid Game.  It's all a corporate game for enrichment and you don't care. Go ahead and laugh some more at this nut.  Yet you all wonder why society is falling apart.  Yes, I realize this will get deleted under the rug for violating community standards.

I'd rather live with the cheapest most minimal cell service I can get than put up with this.  Only cell phone companies can provoke such intense rage!

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RavingRaven
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

@hTideGnow 

"You'll miss 100% of the goals you don't shoot."

How do you think consumers got the WCC in the first place? And the revised version in 2017? The CRTC may move at a snail's pace but encouraging people to sit down and keep quiet will only maintain the status quo.

DennyCrane
Mayor / Maire

Port out to Lucky for a one time charge of $15 for their smallest plan. They port back as a new customer and get access to whatever plan you want.

hTideGnow
Mayor / Maire

hi @Der_Alte99 

the complains with government won't work, many tried and their complains got rejected.  Canada has a free open market, business can set their price freely.  I suggest you instead of wasting time to put in the complains, just go with the best plans with any carrier.  Or you can port out to a better plan elsewhere, and come back PM when PM has an even better plan 

@Der_Alte99  I'd rather live with the cheapest most minimal cell service I can get than put up with this.

There might be cheaper somewhere else, but for $8.33 a month you can get unlimited Canada calling and texting with 2GB data a month (for the next year until it reverts to 400 calls and 400 texts and no data but then you could be a "new activations" somewhere else).  The downside is that you have to pay the $100 for the year upfront....but it's Telus.

RavingRaven
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

@Der_Alte99 

Indeed Public Mobile is a mere hollow shell of its former self. How the great has fallen to the bottom of barrel with the rest of providers we had happily escaped when we found Public Mobile back in the day. Send your feedback to the CRTC. They are currently accepting submissions on the following subjects:

https://applications.crtc.gc.ca/CommentForm/Default-Defaut.aspx?lang=e&EN=2024-295&ET=N&S=O&PA=A&PT=...

https://applications.crtc.gc.ca/CommentForm/Default-Defaut.aspx?lang=e&EN=2024-294&ET=N&S=O&PA=A&PT=...

https://applications.crtc.gc.ca/CommentForm/Default-Defaut.aspx?lang=e&EN=2024-293&ET=N&S=O&PA=A&PT=...

ORNGNBLK
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

@Der_Alte99 , if you don’t care about your number changing, you can get a new sim, set up a new account and get the $19 plan right away.  It is the “cheapest most minimal cell service” that you are looking for.  If you do care about your number, you can follow @Handy1 ‘s advice of porting out/in, and this to will avail you to the plan I believe you desire. Best of luck. PS you are not stuck here, but if you stay you are certainly not alone. 

Handy1
Mayor / Maire

@Der_Alte99  You. An easily port number out and back in on the desired plan you want with new sim and new email . Many way to skin that cat 

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