Moroccan Long Distance.

[Priority]

Would this include Public Mobile considering its also a Telus Network? Figured I'd ask and share here. 

'Our hearts are with those impacted by the tragic earthquakes in Morocco. Along with waiving all long distance charges made to Morocco until Sept. 30, @FriendlyFuture has also activated its text-to-donate campaign in support of relief efforts. You can join us in supporting by texting the word DONATE to 41010 to give $20.'

Bell is doing the same thing. 

[hTideGnow]

Great workarounds @Priority .. thanks

[Priority]

@hTideGnow Globfone also works well, it's an online Website which you can call to anywhere in the world for free. 

Great for international calls, has a limit of 10 minutes per 24 hours I believe.

[esjliv]

@hTideGnow Yeah, i remember something about that too. Similar requests were around with Ukraine. 

[hTideGnow]

HI @esjliv 

I am not sure if PM has done free calling to overseas because of earthquake or other natural disasters before.  (Fiona or wild fire is different, it is local)

There was once (I forgot the country) that people said they can call for free, but it could be just a loophole cos PM never announced and it wasn't working again right after

To call the love ones in Morocco, instead of waiting for PM, get a $5 calling call for 2.5+hours 

[esjliv]

I'd never say never @Chalupa_Batman . Public has done similar things. Customers affected by hurricane Fiona last year got some data due to long power outages.

And if Telus has the networking available already in Morocco, then it could be a matter of just adding a temporary calling promo for this location. But I can't say for sure, of course.

[Chalupa_Batman]

Yo @Priority 

I hate to say it, but because Public Mobile is prepaid, they will never have anything like this ever. Look at the wildfires here in Canada. Both Telus and Koodo helped out but Public Mobile did not.  Maybe it has to do with the program of different systems? Just guessing. However, if they REALLY wanted to, which they don't, they could easily provide a routing number to call then add the number in Morocco as a temporary fix then close it when then needed to. 

[hTideGnow]

hi @Priority  sometimes the error 'can't be completed'  or  'No Available Minutes' does not really mean much other than just no, you cannot call the number you called

[will13am]

It is one of the limitation of a tier 3 brand.  The long distance and roaming options are limited.  Unfortunately, Morocco is not included in the small footprint covered by Public Mobile, with the exception of text which international.  

[Priority]

I tried calling a Moroccan Number to see what happens and instead of saying I don't have any minutes, it says 'Public Mobile here, sorry your call cannot be completed as dialed. Please check the number and try again.'

I assume the only way Public Mobile could do this is to add a free Add-on which would expire on September 19th for everyone regardless of what day you apply it.

Edit: @hTideGnow that would make more sense as to why it says 'can't be completed' instead of 'No Available Minutes'.

[hTideGnow]

HI @Priority 

sad to say, I don't see it happeningWe cannot even call Morocco using PM network.  i doubt they will open it up now and let us call for free

Also, until you see pressure from Lucky and Chatr and Freedom, I don't see it will come here

[DennyCrane]

No, not unless Public Mobile comes out with a similar offer. It's different on prepaid because because they'd have to load minutes for us to use, whereas on Telus postpaid they just waive the charges if you make a call.