Only live in Canada 6 months a year.

[Oldgringo]

I only live 6 months of the year in Canada. If I switch from Telus to a Public Mobile account and put it on auto pay is it easy for me to change the plan to pay a minimum amount for the 6 months I'm out of the country to keep my phone number?

[Anonymous]

 @Oldgringo 

And coincidentally...savvy is a bastardization/anglicization from the Spanish "saber" = to know. The b is often pronounced like a v in Mexican Spanish and so gringos took that and anglicized it to savvy.

(or French 🙂 )

[Oldgringo]

Thanks mimmo

You have answered the question perfectly for me!

Yes I'm getting older for sure. I took the handle oldgringo after seeing the movie "the old gringo" in Mexico almost 30 years ago...Way before everything was politically correct. I live 6 months in Mexico the second greatest country in the world (-:  and 6 months in the greatest country in the world Canada. I am new to changing my cell phone service after being with Telus for years so I need to be able to ask a few questions on the community forum since you can't talk to a human and get answeres. Normally I'M very savy.

Thanks for the help everyone...Oldgringo

[Anonymous]

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@Luddite wrote:

@Anonymous My concern with his/her current post is that it contains no information not suggested hours earlier, nor does it explain how to make changes. But you are correct that no particular factual errors are present this time even though written as a 10 year old child condescending the help an adult.

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 @Luddite 

Many people arrive on a thread and repeat what has been said already well after the fact. Even in those threads marked as solved. I'm well aware of his posting ways but I understand that that could be for the broader audience. I just scroll through his posts without reading them.

[Luddite]

@Anonymous My concern with his/her current post is that it contains no information not suggested hours earlier, nor does it explain how to make changes. But you are correct that no particular factual errors are present this time even though written as a 10 year old child condescending the help an adult.

[Anonymous]

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@mimmo wrote:

@slash407what give you the right to assume things about people.  Once again your advice is totally misinformed. 

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I have little interest in defending the guy but using the word "right" is a bit of a trigger. The username is Oldgringo. Old = self explanatory. Gringo being the slang for white folks in Mexico (maybe more specifically Americans). Oldgringo says he's out of Canada for 6 months. I think it's a reasonable assumption to think that he's probably a retired older person. But yes technically an assumption.

We all try to interpret and read-in-to when someone is posting something that doesn't use all the correct terminology. Other than the assumption...none of his post is factually incorrect. Maybe poor advice but not incorrect. The style on the other hand... 🙂

[mimmo]

@Oldgringo  this is a good read on your options.

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Paying-for-your-service/Extended-Absence/m-p/142735#M...

@slash407what give you the right to assume things about people.  Once again your advice is totally misinformed. 

[cavemantoronto]

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@smp99 wrote:

To answer your question, yes you can switch to a lower price plan when you are away and then switch to any current in-market plan upon your return. 

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Another way, send phone number to a other carrier like Speakout who has 1 year expiry on $25 top up.  Then port back to Public when you come back.

[bridonca]

Keep in mind that when you decide to change plans, you can only change to a plan that is available at the time you want to change.  If you currently have a really good plan, if the plan is not available at the time you want to switch, you cannot get that plan back, unless it is offered again, which is not guaranteed. 

[smp99]

To answer your question, yes you can switch to a lower price plan when you are away and then switch to any current in-market plan upon your return. 

[Alex888 · Accepted solution]

@Oldgringo Yes, you can change your plan whenever you want and choose to have it switch on your next auto renew date or immediately.

[Triguy]

If you do not pay by the 90th day after your plan expires, your status as a paying customer is wiped from the computer system. You will lose your number, and any money that you may have on your account.