CANADA-US

[Hywrd]

Going to be traveling from Ontario, Canada to the US for a month. If I switch carriers (from Virgin to Public) and choose the current CANADA-US plan for $65 (https://subscribe.publicmobile.ca/en/on/activation/plans/60GB-5Gspeed1), knowing I need to turn Data Roaming on and choose either AT&T or T-MOBILE, since I won't be connecting to 5G as I have an iPhone 6 Plus, I'm assuming I'll be connecting to 4G/LTE then?

[Verbal]

That's what it will usually roam on yes. I lived in the states for four months using a Iphone 7 and it used LTE most of the time.

[Cannonman631]

Got the Canada USA plan pixel 5 works great LTE works better then 5 g it cuts in and out with 5g I'm in Arizona 

[Robynesar]

• If voice calls are the issue you can try using WhatsApp calls or another app that makes wifi calls not regular calls. 

[DennyCrane]

You'll be fine for data and text, but you're going to have issues making phone calls due to the lack of VoLTE support for the iPhone 6 at Public Mobile.

But if you're changing providers anyway, why don't you consider Freedom Mobile? They have much cheaper Canada/US plans.

[Dunkman]

@Hywrd 

A potential issue is the iPhone 6 is not on the whitelist for VoLTE compatbile phones with Public mobile:

https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/ab/get-help/articles/volte

Having VoLTE compatbility is important for Voice calling in the United states since 3G network is decommissioned.  T mobile has 2G network for talk, but the coverage is spotty depending on location.  

https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/ab/get-help/articles/us-roaming-troubleshooting

[Phil_Adelphus · Accepted solution]

@Hywrd   iPhone 6 is not on Public Mobile's VoLTE list (which starts at iPhone 8 and newer) so you may have problems with voice calls.  Do you know if your phone is VoLTE enabled?  If not you would need to be able to connect to T-Mobile on 2G (there is no more 3G network in the USA and even 2G will be shutting down April 2).

[hTideGnow]

HI @Hywrd 

yes, you can access the 4G or LTE networks with T-Mobile & AT&T with your Canada-US plan on iPhone 6+

[Chalupa_Batman]

It really depends. You could be connected to 2G 4G or 5G. It just depends where you're going. But that's more for data speeds.