The problem is largely but not completely fixed.
The solution was to (1) remove the SIM card from my old phone (which I still use as a portable FM radio) (2) add the 613-808 # to the message number in the message settings area of Android 14.
The one area that is not fixed is when Public SMS's me a verification code as part of 2-factor confirmation. I get neither a message to the 613-808# or to the phone's 343-324 SIM phone #, both of which I can receive SMS messages to.
The fact that the 613-808 # could sent & receive SMS messages on my old phone after I cancelled service with my previous service provider (Telus), and with my new phone, registered with Public, can receive SMS messages to both the 613 and 343 #'s from everyone BUT Public suggest that SMS is treated differently in the code - and that the test for, or actual # translation Public does from the SIM card's # to the phone # registered to the account has subtly differences in (1) how voice and SMS are handled by the phone/network and (2) when Public sends an SMS to a two-factor a two factor authentication code to a customer the software path is different than the path a regular SMS uses.
As I'm on the network I just request an email of the verification code, not really an issue, but the 'glitch' is likely a software issue tied to how SMS is handled by the network.
