02-17-2022 07:13 PM
Hi everyone,
Good day. Please do permit this dump question. I got public mobile sims for my aged parents. It does appear though that the numbers may have been deactivated as I tried to make payments today and find that their usernames and passwords do not work anymore. Attempts to call their numbers also return a message that the numbers are not assigned. It does appear that payments have not been made within the last 90 days and they may have been deactivated. I am not sure.
I am wondering if there is a chance that I can have them reactivate those numbers....or even that if I buy new sims for them I might be able to still have them use the same numbers. Or are those lost PERMANENTLY?
I will appreciate any insights as how this might be possible, even if really remote.
Thanks a lot
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02-17-2022 09:07 PM
@VIP_Tech wrote:Hi @ChijiokeE
Reactivate a suspended plan (publicmobile.ca)
Edit: try call *611 or 1855 4PUBLIC for the status ?
As the OP has stated, the phone numbers are both out of service. A phone number that isn't provisioned to the customer can't be reactivated on that account.
02-17-2022 08:58 PM
Carriers can only hold onto a number for 90 days before it is available for anyone to grab the number.
It is slim to none chance to get the number back for your parents if their account has been closed.
02-17-2022 08:17 PM
@ChijiokeE, if there is any chance that the last payment was made less than 90 days ago, then you can reactivate their plans still either by calling 611 with their account pin, the 4-digit pin that you created when activating their SIM cards online or online via "My Account" by making a one-time payment. If your last payment was made more than 90 days ago, their accounts are deactivated and their phone numbers are released and no longer be available. Once the phone numbers are released due to account deactivation, they cannot be retrieved back. You will have to start anew with new SIM cards and with new phone numbers. The previous phone numbers are gone permanently. There is very little that the customer service of Public Mobile can do as the deactivation process is an automatic process.
If you would still like to contact the customer service, the best way to reach them is to send them a private message by clicking on the icon that looks like an envelope that says "Messages" when you hover your mouse over it. And then click on an icon that looks like a pen inside a box to compose the private message and write "CS_Agent" in the "Send to" field and the issue as well as the details of your issue in the "Message subject" and "Message box" text boxes respectively. This is the only way to reach them as they cannot be reached via phone or email and you should receive an answer from them shortly.
Hope this helps.
02-17-2022 07:53 PM
I am sorry to hear that the accounts went unpaid for more than 90 days and the numbers have been lost. Which provider did their numbers originate from? If they originally came from pm/koodo/telus then it may be possible to get a CSA willing to retrieve them via the hold number pool if it has not been more than 60 days since the accounts were deactivated and cancelled.
Otherwise you would have to contact the original provider of the numbers and activate with that provider to retrieve the phone numbers.
To contact customer support click below:
https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/notes/composepage/note-to-user-id/22437
To pre-verify your account include your full name, address, email, phone # and 4 digit acct pin #.
02-17-2022 07:20 PM
@ChijiokeE After 90 days of non payment accounts are deleted and numbers go back to the pool of available numbers for anyone to pick.
Try contacting support see what they say. Maybe they can help you get the numbers back if they are not taken already.
Contact customer service agents.
Open a ticket via:
https://widget.telus.tiia.ai/publicmobile/publicmobile.html (faster response time)
Type "ticket" > Click "Contact Us" > Select your issue > "Click here to submit a ticket↗"
or send a private message to:
https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/notes/composepage/note-to-user-id/22437
and describe your issue. Include your name,phone #, account #, Email address,4-digit PIN to speed up authentication process.
02-17-2022 07:17 PM - edited 02-17-2022 07:20 PM
Hi @ChijiokeE
Reactivate a suspended plan (publicmobile.ca)
Edit: try call *611 or 1855 4PUBLIC for the status ?