Freedom Promo: I have an ON number but live in BC.

[msoriano]

with Freedom I have Canada-wide calling so it's not a problem for me to call and be called from establishments in BC. 

However, I'm wanting to switch over to PM and I'd like to retain my number- would it be possible to retain my number and have BC-wide calling or would I be restricted to ON-wide calling since my number is technically based in Toronto? 

Would appreciate a quick response as I'm looking to switch over pronto 🙂 

[computergeek541]

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@msoriano wrote:

with Freedom I have Canada-wide calling so it's not a problem for me to call and be called from establishments in BC. 

However, I'm wanting to switch over to PM and I'd like to retain my number- would it be possible to retain my number and have BC-wide calling or would I be restricted to ON-wide calling since my number is technically based in Toronto? 

Would appreciate a quick response as I'm looking to switch over pronto 🙂 

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If signing up to a plan with only pronvincial voice calling included, you'd have BC-wide outgoing calls, but incoming calls wouldn't work at all.

Public Mobile does offer plans with Canada-wide calling, but the pricing is different, and unfortuantely, there is no unlimited Canada-wide voice add-on that can be stacked on top of a provincial calling plan.

[WearySky]

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@Luddite wrote:

No luck for you today. Province wide calling is determined by the area code of the phone number. You would be condemned to purchasing long distance add-ons; $15 for 400 minutes. You cannot receive calls to your Ontario based number when outside Ontario without a long distance add-on, or some other workaround.

For example, forwarding your Ontario Public Mobile number to voip from Fongo.com, using an Ontario number, and answered in BC on wifi or cellular data. 

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Of course, outgoing calls to BC would be fine, when located in BC.

It should be noted, however, that MANY people have reported being able to receive calls when out-of-province, even without having any long distance addon minutes.  So while it's technically the policy that province-wide calling plans require long distance add-ons to receive calls when out of province, it appears to be somewhat glitchy in its execution.

[skifan]

There is an excellent article explaining this at the following link.  Many people simply add on an appropriate long distance package to get around some of these problems.

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Knowledge-Base/Province-wide-Canada-wide-and-Long-Dis...

[Luddite]

No luck for you today. Province wide calling is determined by the area code of the phone number. You would be condemned to purchasing long distance add-ons; $15 for 400 minutes. You cannot receive calls to your Ontario based number when outside Ontario without a long distance add-on, or some other workaround.

For example, forwarding your Ontario Public Mobile number to voip from Fongo.com, using an Ontario number, and answered in BC on wifi or cellular data. 

[ShawnC13]

@msoriano, my thoughts are you would require a BC number as it is based on area codes fro the Province wide calling. I would private message a mod to clarify though.  You can find out how to do that here https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Knowledge-Base/Updated-Contacting-our-Community-Moder...