cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

cannot call home

bushliving
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

Hi

I activated my phone last night, have the $25 plan with unlimited talk and unlimited text ... but when I tried to call my house phone with the cell phone an automated message comes on and says I don't have long distance add-on ... what have I done wrong?

12 REPLIES 12

CS_Agent
Customer Support Agent

Hey Bushliving, if you're still experiencing this issue you could send us a private message :D.

bushliving
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

I did not...thanks for the tip, I will try that

bushliving
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

thanks for the tip, I will try that

^^^ this, or just wait for the automated message to end and then your call should proceed. It happens whenever you call out of your local area code, even if in the same province. 


@bushliving wrote:

thanks


Did you put 1-in front of the number before dialing.  You could have multiple area codes that don't require it but then you could have the area code and the prefix that require the 1.  It needs to be dialed as a long distance number but you won't have to purchase a long distance addon for it.

 


I am happy to help, but I am not a Customer Support Agent please do not include any personal info in a message to me. Click HERE to create a trouble ticket through SIMon the Chatbot *

bushliving
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

thanks

bushliving
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

yes, unlimited province wide talk, but both area codes are in the same province

bushliving
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

ok, thanks

meocon
Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire

@bushliving I got that issue before and sent a private message to MODS they got that fix for me right away. You cannot fix by yourself as it’s system error. 

 

send a private message to the moderator team and ask them to investigate.  include your account# or phone#, as well as your account PIN (if know) to help speed up the identification process.

Click here to send the moderator team a private message.

You can find information regarding the moderator team by following this link.

 

How long until a moderator replies?:

  • Office Hours: Mon-Friday 9am to 9pm, and Saturday & Sunday from 9am to 7:30pm [Toronto Time].
  • Messages are replied to during office hours, in the order in which they are received
  • Typical response time is between 1-3 hours, depending on message queue, but can be up to 48 hours.
  • There is no need to send multiple messages.

How can I view my private messages between myself and a Community Moderator?

LEGO
Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire

@bushliving 

You will need to send a private message to a Moderator_Team, so that they check provisioning on your account!
Here is the link: click here
In your message, please provide your name, Public Mobile account number or phone number and PIN.
Good luck! Woman Happy

Contact Support hours of operation:
Monday - Friday 9AM (EDT) - 9PM (EDT) Saturday - Sunday 9AM (EDT) - 7:30PM (EDT)

You will receive a response within an hour, if you are lucky OR it might take up to 48 hours, if your luck is run out! Woman Wink

bushliving
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

no they are not the same, home is 587 cell is 780

 

RobertQc
Mayor / Maire

@bushliving wrote:

Hi

I activated my phone last night, have the $25 plan with unlimited talk and unlimited text ... but when I tried to call my house phone with the cell phone an automated message comes on and says I don't have long distance add-on ... what have I done wrong?


Are the area codes the same? What area code are you, and what area code is your home? You likely have unlimited province-wide talk, not unlimited canada talk

 

$25 Unlimited Talk and Text Details Plan Details:
Unlimited Province-wide Talk

 

 

Edit- Seeing that you are trying to call within your home province, as @LEGO and @meocon has suggested you will need to contact @CS_Agent to fix you up 🙂

 

For a temporary solution to be able to make the call till the mods fix your account, you can use a free service (app) such as Fongo to make your calls.

Need Help? Let's chat.