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[NEW] Blog Post: Phone Recycling

The Call to Recycle: Transforming Old Phones into New Opportunities In an age where technology evolves at lightning speed, most of us have old mobile phones collecting dust in drawers. But what if those forgotten handsets could help reduce waste, sav...

Top Contributors - Congratulate

Hey Community, Thank you to everyone who contributed to the great conversations this month! We'd like to encourage community members to congratulate other members and share comments under this thread. However, we will keep the Top Contributors announ...

1. Fraud & 2. greed

1. Has anyone else experienced 3rd party sales organizations selling for Telus, Bell or Rogers? I usually dismiss them before they get started, but in one case, a supposed Bell employee I was sure was fraud must have had an inside Bell contact. The r...

Stuck in an activation.

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unable to activate new public mobile sim card

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Bogus telus account

Repeated voicemail from telus claiming I owe hundreds $$ for my account. I don't have a telus account. Also submitted a ticket about this issue but cannot view the ticket. Would like the calls to stop.

Experience with changing credit card info

Just to present my experience with changing credit card info.It went without absolutely NO issues. Using ordinary computer, no VPN, not removing cookies nor clearing cache.Just went to my account, updated CC info (had to input all details - number, e...

[FIXED] MMS settings for OnePlus 11 Pro

APN: SP.MB.COMMMSC: http://aliasredirect.net/proxy/mb/mmscMMS proxy: mmscproxy.mobility.caMMS port: 8799APN type: default,ia,mms,supl,fota,hipri

Public Mobile - What a joke

So after Public Mobile took away everyones loyalty dollars, I asked them to change my plan to a lower priced plan. Below is high-level exchange:Hello again,Try to delete the cookies from your phone, log out of your Public Mobile app and then log in a...

new $34 plans. any good?

Loyalty and AutoPay rewards gone, say goodbye to my being with Public Mobile

I just saw that my loyalty and auto pay rewards have been cancelled. I went to PM because of the low monthly cost vs other providers, seems now that PM has been bought out they don't care to continue low cost service. The low cost brought me to PM a...

Email Notification Duration

My OS is Android 8.1. I have the Outlook Lite app set up to send notifications when I get a new email. A notification shows up on my home screen and a sound is played. If I don't notice the notification and don't look at my phone for a while, the ...

Anniversary Points - Is it just 10 points each anniversary year and does not accumulate like before?

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Cost and Options for Mobile Phone Service in China (July 5 - August 13, 2024)

I plan to travel to China from July 5, 2024, to August 13, 2024. I would like to know the cost of using mobile phone services during this period. What are the most affordable options for using mobile services?

Juneteenth

Remembering all those from the past who led the way to today. Thank you all.

Lobbying to have points applied against monthly bill again?

Hi folks, Many of us long-time Public Mobile people recently went through the change of our points being applied against every bill, to suddenly the points are no longer applied against the bill and we can only cash in on every 15 points acquired. Th...

Activation Fees For Other Providers

Hello Community, Just newly joined public I was wondering do you'll know about any other service provider who doesn't charge a service fee and provides an esim?I know Fido (my old provider) was charging 50 bucks for activation and most of the places ...

Nail biter🫣

They live one more game!!

CCTS complaint

Has anyone else filed a complaint with the CCTS regarding the death of the old rewards plan and the forced adoption of the points plan? My bill went from about $13 to $28. Sure I will be able to claim back about $7 month, but will still end up with a...

Pixel - June Update?

I know the Pixel updates stated rolling out around June 11. Any idea when these updates will come to Public Mobile's OTA?

Shouldn't this company belong to the public?

Is it time to petition the CRTC to force Telus to divest itself from this company? Telus seems to be slowly steering it into an iceberg by eliminating loyalty rewards and ignoring serious opperational issues like the constant dropped calls.It's a sha...

If your thinking of joining PM don't !!!

Just a warning for people thinking about joining PM. I have been a loyal customer for many many years, but will now be looking for new service. The price and service was great for many years, but now the service is terrible and so is the price. I use...

Snow in June

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/snow-in-june-parts-of-alberta-get-blast-of-wintry-weather-1.6930779

change to rewards

help me understand why i should stay with public mobile, after whats been done to rewards my plan is now 7$ more a month. help me understand why keeping 4 phone lines here is better then moving to say Fizz mobile who would allow me to atleast gift da...

One of my favourite things mixed with the Public Mobile app X iOS 18.

Locking apps. I just have to say that. Every other carrier has FaceID to unlock the app but now PM does not need to have it, works flawlessly and nice to know that I won't have someone who is acessing my device to change my plan (Didn't ever happen).

PM being a TELUS COMPANY - but NO OPTIK TV+PUREFIBRE GB INTERNET Discounts

PM being a TELUS COMPANY no DISCOUNT offers for TELUS OPTIK TV+PUREFIBRE GIGABIT INTERNET is definitely a BLACK MARK !

Re: Credit card update

@hTideGnow wrote:hi @Iranpruad wait an hour first try login My Account using Incognito/private/secret mode on your bikeDriving and using mobile device will end you up in a hospital or you will be fined by cops!

No texts getting through

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Trop cher les forfaits maintenant !

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Anybody got Questions about the new iOS 18, iPad OS 18, WatchOS 11, and or MacOS Sequoia?

Just asking, also Public Mobile eSIM works well and no Wi-Fi calling section. Carrier version got bumped up to 58.5.11 .Also revamped dark mode app icons, control centre, putting apps wherever, and being able to customize those two buttons on the Loc...

Re: Is Telus/PM having network problems today?

@eddieO wrote:that would be the Toronto areaAh, i'm near the Hammer.

Cancel my subscription and service. I have not received my Sim card yet. And can't log in to cancel.

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