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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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Cheap watch phone

Got my son a PM sim, but at the age of 11, apparently he doesnt want to carry a phone around... Fair enough... Anyone know if any of these watches will work from Amazon.com, or .ca?http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_p_36_1?rnid=386442011&keywo...

po by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Resolved! Acer Z410 MMS Picture Fix in APN settings

Just figured this out, so i thought i would share if you are having trouble. These are the APN settings I have seen most often for setting up data on PM: Name: Public MobileAPN: sp.mb.com Proxy: Leave blank Port: Leave blank Username: Leave blank Pas...

jsfx3 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Resolved! Re: How do I contact Public Mobile?

I have received a sim card.  But when I go to activate the sim card and it is time to make payment the VISA debit card is unable to be processed.  But the bank tells me there has been no attempted transactions.  Now what? Judi654

Judi654 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Thank you Public Mobile!

I have just signed up for Public Mobile and I can say I am the happiest new customer ever.It took me literally 5 minutes to activate the SIM and transfer my phone number. The service worked right away. Now I can start saving.  

ute1978 by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Keeping my phone number

I will be leaving Canada for around 3 to 4 months, and I will not be choosing any phone plans. What can I do in order to keep my phone number?

reynold334 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Doogee 5x Pro wont Register on Public Mobile Network

Have a Valid Sim and old phone Doogee 2014 turbo works with Sim card inserted my new phone Doogee 5X pro Sees sim & phone number in network operator sees public mobile 4G (old phone sees public mobile 3G ) When trying to register phone on the network...

Hotpoint by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! CCTS @ ccts-cprst.ca text message

I just got the following text... Public Mobile here. Visit our Community for issues with your service. If we can't solve your issue you can also contact the CCTS @ ccts-cprst.ca or 1-888-221-1687  Is there an issue with Public Mobile or was this more...

spoolinx86 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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International Text vs Canada-Wide

Hello, In my plan i have Unlimited international text.Why the messages don't receice outside of Canada? The note means that i pay for international but doesn't work?"Includes text and picture messaging. Premium and subscription-based messages, and me...

Resolved! Refer a friend problems

I just now ran into the same problem someone else did recently. Someone signed up, put my number as a referral and I get a message saying:Public Mobile here. So sorry, your Refer a Friend reward will be less on your next payment as one of your friend...

IWIK by Town Hero / Héro de la Ville
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Signature Option On Forum For Non Mobile Users?

Before somebody asks me to put this in Public Lab, not too many of those ideas get either noticed or dealt with as well as they should so I'm putting it here because his can't be that hard of a thing to implement. Is it possible to enable a signature...

kutzki by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Resolved! Just To Be Clear

So I've been using PM for a while and I'm still on a monthly plan. Anyways I've decided to take the leap and upgrade to a 3 month plan as well as having Data. I'm just curious, the My Account page says that my payment due on the 22nd is $28 and when ...

kutzki by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Additional Rewards question with credit cards

Hi i was wondering I'm with tangerine, and i know a lot of users have a credit card registered to prepaid their bills. Could public mobile put themselves as a registered billing payment occurence with this credit card companies so i could recieve a l...

marcmasters by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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No Taxes on PLans

I was wondering if plans will be offerred that are currently lower than now with Taxes paid on the service.  It seems the low tax areas like Alberta are subsidizing provinces with much higher PST or HSTs.  on a $40 bill a PST of 7% adds $2.80 to the ...

csayers by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! SOLVED: Cant access self serve.

@Mary_M helped me get the phone up and running yesterday, there was a technical issue with the port from telus, so it took a little longer than expected. This morning phone is up and running calling and texting. Im just having issues trying to get in...

EvilPeanut by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! How long does it take to port a number?

Hello all, I am wanting to sign up for PM service... just curious though, how long does it take to port a number? Would it be a good idea to start this process at a time when I am not expecting an important call....i.e., does it take a long time? Tha...

Goku by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Resolved! Data usage tracking app

Hi, does Public Mobile have a data usage tracking app or can someone recommend a good data usage tracking app? I am on a 90 day plan but the built in app on my phone only allows 30 day tracking. It would be nice to be able to track my data usage with...

danette77 by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Call forward to US numbers.

Hi @Mary_M,I wish to clarify matters with you.I have unlimited Canada-wide calling, but I can't forward to U.S numbers. With your tool, can you forward, for example, my incoming calls to American numbers?I look forward to your reply.

Martin by Legend
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Resolved! Dropped calls (Ottawa)

Hi, I've been with PM for about 5 months now without any issues except today.  I've been experiencing dropped calls all day.   Some calls last 15 mins, but others are dropped after 2-3 mins.  I'm in Ottawa and I've tried called different people, in O...

ammdas by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! I keep recieving the same txt msg from PM

Hi, I just completed the activation and everything works fine exept one thing... I keep on receiving the same text message about sorry... not offering text messaging outside Canada for the moment. got 4 of these messages in the last 2 hours and I am ...

phleva by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! setting up voice mail message

hello all, i would like to know how do we set up a voice mail? It does give me an option to record the voice mail, but i do not want a recorded voicemail.  I want it to say "you have reached the voice mail number (647-999-9999)" as an example. How do...

Saddal82 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Constantly Dropping Signal - Dual SIM phone - OnePlus X

Hello Guys,  I just noticed this happening to me during the weekend.  It happened several times on Saturday and Sunday.  My Public Mobile SIM would just drop the signal!  ( My Speakout SIM is fine )   What I have tried that doesn't work: Turning "Air...

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jairolevi by Town Hero / Héro de la Ville
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Resolved! Mediterranean services

Does anyone have experience with purchasing foreign sim cards/cell plans that will work in Turkey, Italy, Greece and Malta? I'm currently researching to have an emergency line if it babysitter needs to contact us for an upcoming trip and would like s...

CET_GUY27 by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Telus now has VoLTE

Since Public Mobile runs off the Telus network, I thought it would be relevant to post this bit of news: http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/04/18/telus-launches-voice-over-lte-in-lower-mainland-b-c-canada/ Basically, Telus has now launched Voice over LTE in...

ckl by Town Hero / Héro de la Ville
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Resolved! How many customers PM has?

Hi, I am just curious, how many customers PM has? It might be a confidential information but a ball park figure would be fine. 

BAL by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Resolved! meid

i cant seemo find out my meid # The # it gave me did not come up on this site. Please can someone help me with this?Thanks     How can i find my meid #?

sage60 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Resolved! Fido/Rogers iPhone Unlock

http://protechparts.ca/collections/sale-items is unlocking these for just $17 during April. 

Luddite by Oracle
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Visa debit won't register

Hello, I've tried time and time again to register my Visa Debit card for autopay but every time it doesn't go through. I know it's not a problem with my card, I've used it on a wide variety of other websites and never had any problems, except with Pu...

JakeM by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Text message caller ID spoofing

I recently received an email from someone in the community. I won't name the person, but they are welcome to come join this conversation and identify themselves if they like. Here's the message, and then my public response:  SpoilerHello 7789849803, ...

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