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Pack Your Bags – Public Mobile’s Trip to Mexico Contest is Here

Hello Community, We’re thrilled to announce an exciting contest to celebrate our new CAN/US/MEX plans. Get ready to spice up your travel plans because we’re sending a lucky winner on a trip for two to Mexico. Who’s Eligible?  New customers who purcha...

Ck_PM by Public Mobile
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[NEW] Important Update Regarding Recent Account Notifications

Hello Community, Due to a recent system issue, you may have received an email and/or text message incorrectly stating that your account is in suspended status. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. To validate your account status, plea...

Ck_PM by Public Mobile
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Important Update: eSIM QR Code Now Included in Activation Summary Emails

Hi Community, We're happy to share some news that aims to make your eSIM installation process smoother and easier. As of June 15, we've started including an eSIM QR code in our activation summary emails. Why does this matter? If you encounter any dif...

Ck_PM by Public Mobile
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Troubleshooting Login Issues: OTP, 2FA, EverSafe

Hey Community, We are working very hard to resolve errors some of you are facing when logging in or creating a new ID. For Eversafe ID specific issues, our agents are currently unable to support a fix. Please hang tight until we provide an update.  I...

A_CX_PM by Public Mobile
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add-on mobile and website problem

I purchased an 8 dollar texting add-on for the states and canada wide using the website, it did not activate on my phone. So i went on my phone topped up with 20$ and tried to purchase another texting add-on using the phone service. my 20$ disappeare...

Nic551 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Looks like I'm calling from Malaysia but I'm in Vancouver

Whoever I call doesn't pick up the phone these days because it shows on their display that I'm calling from Malaysia so it looks like spam to them. But I'm in Vancouver. Sometimes it also shows New Westminster. The country code for Malaysia is 60 and...

messmeriza by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Transferring number from Shaw Home Phone

I transferred my shaw home phone number to public mobile last night and it went through perfectly fine. But for some reason the shaw home phone is still active with the same number.  As of right now, any calls I make to that number, go to my home pho...

Hasteli by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Switching plans on renewal date

So I'm currently switching from a 90 day to a 30 day plan, set to change on my next renewal date. On my self serve overview page, it says my next payment due date is Jul 26, but on my plan & add-ons page it says my plan will switch on Jul 27th. Now I...

test11 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Interesting study - Canadians Using Less Than Half the Mobile Data

Canada ranks tenth on the list [mobile data usage], behind Australia, Italy and Brazil, with an average cellular data usage of 2.7GB per month, much behind the USA’s hefty 6.1GB. When it comes to mobile Wi-Fi data usage, a typical Canadian uses the s...

tzliu by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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'Plan Expired' on new activation with 48$ available for 47$ plan

Hello, I recently activated a new Public Mobile phone number and paid for the plan with a prepaid voucher. To my dismay, I notice that my account is 'suspended'. I have enough available funds to cover the cost of the plan, but for whatever reason its...

Csgolove by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! LTE vs. 3G

Hello everyone!What experience do you have with the 3G and LTE speeds that PM offers. I am currently on a old plan with LTE, my wife is using one of the newer 3G plans. I am considering switching to the new promo plan with 4.5GB of data at 3G speeds,...

vlladdrakk by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Service fantastique chez Walmart Lebourneuf Québec

Charles-Étienne N. m'a servi d'une façon impeccable le 4 juillet 2018.Il a transféré mon numéro de téléphone de mon ancien service prépayé à Public Mobile.Le temps que j'arrive chez moi (30 minutes) et mon téléphone (flip flop) fonctionnait parfaitem...

Jerome_Julie by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Can't transfer phone number.

Hi, I have tried to switch from Public Mobile to Bell, however there is an issue with the phone number transfer. I have been told that you guys are refusing to transfer the phone number. I'd like to know why this is happening and how we can fix this ...

zouloum by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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APN no longer works On Galaxy Note 8 Since plan change...

 Hey,  About a month ago (after using a different phone on PM for years) I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 8. Everything worked great - even data - until I updated my plan to the new promotion the other day. Calls and texts work, but no matter what sett...

Resolved! Cannot Receive MMS from a Certain Number

Hi everyone,  My public mobile plan is working fine and so far I haven't encountered any issue. However recently a friend of mine told me that she is unable to send MMS/Picture messages to me. I told her to try sending MMS to any other person and it ...

Cheetah24 by Town Hero / Héro de la Ville
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iPhone pic text doesn't work

Just arrived back from USA to Toronto & my pic text always doesn't work when I get back. Can someone please help 

Jeng2 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Question regarding previous $40 for 6gb data Koodo Promo

Is it correct that only people who were on a $40 4gb of data plan with Public Mobile were given the $40 6gb of data promo offer to move to Koodo back in February? And that people who were on any other kind of plan with Public Mobile did not receive t...

L_ by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Urgent: Need to recieve SMS while abroad

Hello, I'm currently abroad (Korea), and have an emergency which requires that I recieved an SMS code to my Canadian number. Is there anyway for me to do this? At this point it doesn't matter how much it would cost. Thanks

JP07 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Dual Sim Questions

Hey guys, I just signed up for Public Mobile today.50min / 50 msg = $10/month planSo I have a dual sim Phone, Galaxy S6 edge + Duos (SM-G9287)I am trying to use Public Mobile for calls/msg2nd sim from Fido for data only. (3gb $15/month plan) SO I ins...

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onewaylove by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Telephone outage July 4, 2018

I tried dialing a phone number today and it just went dead.  Did not connect through.  Soes anyone know of phone issues tonight?

Resolved! AutoPay and changing plan for future date

My current plan is $62, I recently elected to sign up for autopay after I paid my first month. My plan is also scheduled to change from the current one to a cheaper plan on my next billing date. However, my account portal still shows that the estimat...

chrstyles by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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New plan, very patchy signal (none in my house)

I just got a 4.5 gigs at 3G for 40 plan yesterday and I'm having all kinds of issues getting a signal. The signal is patchy for methroughout town (I am in a very heavily populated suburb of Toronto which should have strong reception, this isn't a rem...

pmorrow by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Non Canadian Credit Cards

Okay.. So it’s kind of a weird question, but here goes. MY SISTER lives in the USA, and we’ve both grown frustrated with my mom’s plan on Rogers. its fine, it’s worked for her. But we’ve run into issues... for the same same cost of loading her paygo ...

thomask by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Poor quality signal

Hello, I have only recently switched to Public Mobile and am finding the signal strength has been degrading. Initially my phone could connect to the network easily and upon enabling data the signal was reasonably strong, usually 3-4 bars under 4G or ...

ajerebic by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Porting

I was trying to help setup my friend for a PM plan, she is on a Bell Corporate Plan and Can’t log into the account. What happens when you port with an outstanding balance of your old account? Will it just not work. Also if we pay off the balance will...

2 UT 1 / 2 UT 2 - All Circuits are busy

I signed up just a couple of days ago, and now when I making a call at my wife’s cell here in Winnipeg I am getting 2UT1 all circuits are busy and after a while it’s 2UT2 all circuits are busy!!its been over 5 minuets now that I am getting this messa...

haiderkhero by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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incoming & outgoing call doesn't work

@CS_AgentHI, my plan is basic $10.00 local call plus 50 text messeges. I am calling my daughter who's also local, getting a recorded messege that I need to add on long distance to make a call. When someone tries to call me back, it automatically disc...

kakaki7574 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Can't log into my account

I know my password and email because it's the same for everything, but it's not letting me into my account. My payments due tomorrow but I am now locked out of my account. I clicked forget password twice and recieved no email back in return.

andsta by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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