Not receiving calls in the US

[acatabian]

Hi all,

Currently in the US and just setup my account and ported my old number. I am receiving text messages fine, however I cannot receive calls.

Do I need to have a US roaming package to receive calls as well?

[acatabian]

I am here for a while on a work visa. That’s why I chose the $10 plan to just maintain my number. 

[geopublic]

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@acatabian wrote:

@ShawnC13 Yes I activated the plan here to keep my 403 number alive. I am currently in the US working for a bit, so I activated the sim here for the mean time. 

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@acatabian Depending on how long you are in the US maybe it would be feasible to switch to the $60 plan as suggested because it includes unlimited call and texting US/Canada and 2GB of data in the US and 8GB of data in Canada per 30 days.

[geopublic]

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@acatabian wrote:

Sorry for another reply, but do you know if you get notified when port is complete?

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@acatabian Yes, once the port is completed Public Mobile send a text notifying you that the port was successful. 

[Anonymous]

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@ShawnC13 wrote:

@Anonymous  I didn't know you were able to receive calls as well.  Good to know.

@acatabian  so you activated while you are in the US?

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 @ShawnC13 

I was last in the states this past January. I connected to AT&T, got the PM welcome to the US text inviting me to buy add-ons, didn't, got test texts and calls from Canada.

But it being unofficial I would say it could stop doing that anytime.

Next time, I'll tinker with data.

[acatabian]

@ShawnC13 Yes I activated the plan here to keep my 403 number alive. I am currently in the US working for a bit, so I activated the sim here for the mean time. 

[ShawnC13]

@Anonymous  I didn't know you were able to receive calls as well.  Good to know.

@acatabian  so you activated while you are in the US?

[ShawnC13]

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@acatabian wrote:

Hi all,

Currently in the US and just setup my account and ported my old number. I am receiving text messages fine, however I cannot receive calls.

Do I need to have a US roaming package to receive calls as well?

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Yes you do need a roaming add-on to receive calls while in the US unless you have the $60 Canada US plan.  I have heard you are able to receive texts but won't be able to send any without the roaming package

[Anonymous]

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@acatabian wrote:

It might be because the port is new... I'll give it some time. 

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Could be. For usual ports activating in-network that seems to be the thing. iirc texts wouldn't come in though.

I've not heard of successful notifications. Nor have I ever ported a number...so there's that.

Curious to see the end result of this.

[acatabian]

Sorry for another reply, but do you know if you get notified when port is complete?

[acatabian]

It might be because the port is new... I'll give it some time. 

[Anonymous]

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@acatabian wrote:

Hi all,

Currently in the US and just setup my account and ported my old number. I am receiving text messages fine, however I cannot receive calls.

Do I need to have a US roaming package to receive calls as well?

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I would think it would be technically required to do initial activation when able to connect to actual Telus/Bell towers.

I was able to receive calls without roaming. Maybe that has changed.

But I was already activated.