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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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Resolved! will i able to use data on my unlimited talk $20plan

I dont have any addon for data just the unlimited $20 plan. When i on the data its shows 3G data in network. So my question is , is data work without any addons ? if Yes that mean i have to make sure that my mobile data is off always , othewise I get...

Neha by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Questions about US add on

Hi all,My wife and daughter will be making a 10-day trip to Florida later this month. Both are technologically challenged, so I manage their Public Mobile accounts. I have a couple of questions about US addons:1. I plan to purchase the US Talk, Text,...

GreatCanadian by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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After payment last night, still no service

Hello, I paid for the renewal of my service and I cant call/text/surf.If I call, it says you don't have add ons for long distance even though its a local number I called to.Can receive /send txt msg either.  No surf. I called 611 and says my plan wil...

Roseannq by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Cannot change plan

I am currently not in the country so I would like to switch my plan to a cheaper one for the next couple months in order to keep my public mobile number. My account is currently suspended as of March 28th and will be deactivated in June. The plan I w...

Just here to say hello

So I have been with Chatr for almost 9 years; and I still like Chatr they've been really good to me over the years and $45 a month for unlimited talk/text + 1gb of data has been great, but lately my Data speed has been REALLY slow and alot of the tim...

AceInTheHole by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Data Stopped Working

Hey Guys, I maxed out my data last month, but have hit a new month, and now I can't access any data. What is going on? I did a reset, and I also took my sim card out, and put it back in. Any help is great, because I'm paying for something that I'm no...

EM_King by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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HOWTO: Create and use Macros for repetitive text

*****************************************************EDIT: As of May 2020, this feature is no longer available in the community.  You are of course welcome to read this discussion out of interest, but please note that you will not be able to make use...

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srlawren by Retired Oracle / Oracle Retraité
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My Add-On is not working

Hi, I purchased the $30 1gb add on and now that my data is over, it is still not activated and i still have no data. How does this work? Please help.

ptkleung by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Changes to my mobile plan

I signed up for Public Mobile (PM) on March 22. I created my own plan which included 500MB of data. On April 4th, I updated the data on my plan by increasing 500MB to 1G. When I made the switch, PM took a full payment, even though my payment is not d...

hcraigd by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Transparency ... or at least a heads up

It would be nice to have some transparency with what is going on regarding plans or the future of PM.  With the promos to exit left to Koodo that were offered, it left a lot of us wondering or speculating what is going on.  Always thought we were pro...

willph by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Resolved! 30 day 250mb data plan

When building your own plan why does provincial calling, texting, and 250mb (3G) of data cost the same as provincial calling, texting, and 1 GB (4G)?

jp2 by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Resolved! hi

i had a phoen unde rmy sister crystal holtby and someone try to port it out to a diffenet carreir thing it wa sthere and now my accoutn wont let me login in when i talk to tleus and got it fix told them to port it back in tell telus it was not that p...

holtby7881 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! trying out PM

Hi everyone,I'm trying PM for a month before I switch over. I have a couple easy questions about your experiences.My data hasn't worked during the summer for the last two years, has anyone had any problems here? Has anyone had problems with the preau...

taz1 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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First Month Free

Does Public still have the first month free offer and a free SIM card? Think it was available at Walmart? 

ketltecorn by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! No service on new activation

Hey @CS_AgentI signed up for Public Mobile earlier this evening and the activation process was successful for a new number and my plan was billed successfully. Everything is also showing as active in self service, and I received the activation confir...

waffleShirt by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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how to reset active greetings

i want to change my active greetings on the voicemail, but didn't find any option from the menu.need opinion.

ashhaq by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Reactivating Account

HELP!! My account was deactivated while I was travelling out of the country. How can I reactivate my account? 

phbalance by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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No voicemail or data

Since switiching to Public Mobile I have neither data, nor voicemail.  My plan includes both.  Help!

roses by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Problem with Provincial Talk Plan

I had a plan yesterday for 90 days with unlimted provincial talk however, it wont go through when I call my wifes number and the machine asks me to get adds on plan??Any help please?

mgadmour by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Billing cycle for new number

Hi, If I add another number does it follow the existing numbers billing cycle (and data renewal date)?   Thanks

dnuijens by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Issues with billing

Why have I been double billed for opening a new account.  Once on March 11th for $30.51, and then on March 15th for $25.99.  I need to pay my Visa bill tomorrow and do not wish to pay both amounts, not to mention niether one is the correct one for ma...

chaliebach by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Is This Public Mobile Survey Legit...

Have received a couple of emails over the past month from Public, asking me to take a survey via cicic.net.  I decided to do it but got partway through and came upon a really badly written question: Then it started asking for fairly personal info -- ...

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Resolved! Question regarding additional charge

Over this past weekend, I wanted to load my account with $40.  So I went through the Public Mobile website, entered my TD Visa Debit card number and then saw that my Public Mobile account had $40 in it (well, $42 to be exact as I signed up for AutoPa...

AdrianG by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Foreign credit card?

Hi, we have an international student from Vietnam living with us for three months. She plans to sign up for Public Mobile. Will her credit card based in Vietnam be accepted?

frosstman by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! No confirmation email

Hi!  I ordered a sim card online, but I did not get a confirmation e-mail. Now I don't know if it's right or not. They did charge my credit card already.. Thank you for any help. Tamara

Tamaravg by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Old $40 4 GB plan - Is it LTE?

Hi, I am on the old $40 4 GB plan from November a year ago. I didn't switch to Koodo. I can't seem to find anywhere whether I am on 3G or LTE on that plan. Does anyone know? Thanks!

frosstman by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Free Sim Card

Hello everyone, We have been in the process of renovating our basement and have misplaced the extra sim card we had.  It seems that Public Mobile charges for sim cards now.  On another thread there was the statement that you could get one free sim ca...

dnuijens by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Bought US roaming data and voice - voice calls cut off after 45 seconds

Tonight I called home 3 times (from Las Vegas to Vancouver), and each call lasted less than a minute. First cutoff was human error but the next two times, we were cut off after less than a minute (I timed the last one to 45 seconds).The same happene...

jk42 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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