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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...

J_PM by Public Mobile
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Blog Post: Unlock the Power of Public Points

The More You Know: Unlock the Power of Public Points Introduction As a subscriber to Public Mobile, you're likely familiar with the variety of unique perks that come with using our service. Among them is the Public Points Rewards program, which is a...

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J_PM by Public Mobile
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Blog Post: Why 5G is the Future with Public Mobile

When it comes to technology, standing still is the same as moving backward. That's why at Public Mobile, we're not just keeping pace with change; we're leading the way with Canada's first 5G subscription phone service.  What's So Special About 5G?5G ...

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J_PM by Public Mobile
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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...

J_PM by Public Mobile
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Thank you!

Thank you Alex for answering my question so quickly! Ticket #211378-716

Susan4 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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New Credit Card Fee - How else can we pay?

Telus asks CRTC permission to add 1.5% credit card surcharge to customer bills https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/telus-credit-card-bill-1.6548325 Is there a way we can pay via debit card instead of credit card? I understand the article above is talkin...

KamWest by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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First year at PM!

Let's celebrate with a cake! I got my first year loyalty rewards of $1!

LeePublic by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Koodo is now offering annual prepaid options

Koodo now has yearly (360 day) prepaid options, and it's available to not only new activations but also existing prepaid users!  Not sure if this is more trying to nudge users over or to counter Freedom Mobile's annual prepaid Either way, you get 2 m...

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Kristowhy by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Possible Telus credit card payment fee

Just a heads-up - an article on Mobilesyrup states that Telus wants to add a credit card processing fee of 1.5%, so we might get it at PM. Link to article - https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/08/09/telus-crtc-request-credit-card-processing-fee/

marcnoel by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Potential New Telus Credit Card Processing Fee

Just read this  https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/08/09/telus-crtc-request-credit-card-processing-fee/ I'm hoping that if the CRTC allows this it will only be for Telus and not trickle down to Koodo and PM too, although I could definitely see that being t...

JL9 by Mayor / Maire
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Getting high speed Internet at your off grid location or your cottage

Since the COVID, people are working at home.  With the home price at sky high, you had purchase a house which is far away from major city and your phone cannot pickup any cellular signal.  I came across this video using an outdoor antenna to pickup f...

popping by Retired Oracle / Oracle Retraité
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Re: Facebook verification text

People still use facebook? Facebook is a government controlled propaganda machine, made to create hysteria, and promote things like fake pandemics, and fooling people into giving up their rights. It's made for suckers, and morons...the types of peopl...

WoozyPolarBear by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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How much of your data plan do you typically use?

Hi all, I am doing a survey to see what percent of their data people usually use (regardless of their service provider). For example, one of my friends uses 500 MB from her monthly 4 GB plan, because she mainly uses Wi-Fi. Another friend of mine uses...

sskl by Good Neighbour / Bon Voisin
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$10 plan

Know someone who needs minimal data and would like PM's old $10 plan? Then consider this:Check out Fongo account with Fongo wireless Unlimited Canada calling/SMS/MMS; works with wifi and cellular data 300 mb/ month LTE Data Data Plans: https://www.fo...

Luddite by Oracle
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Tinfoil hat paranoia!

Edward Snowden (the "alleged" ex-NSA WikiLeaks guy) disables the microphone in his phone. He physically snips the mic wires, removes the mic component, or extracts the mic logic chip from his phone before using it. He just plugs in a wired headset wh...

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Korth by Mayor / Maire
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Rewards for BRAVOS given/received

Cut and pasted from past post -- is that how bravo rewards are given?  kav2001cMayor / MaireIn response to Raven_Jet If you want to get rewards I've noticed those who GIVE bravos actually tend to do better than those who just RECEIVE bravos There are...

BEER by Town Hero / Héro de la Ville
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Can a community account be closed?

(1)Can a community account be closed? (2)If yes what would be the consequences other than the helping others reward.NOTE:Why was this simple question moved to the lounge? From what I gather from responses community accounts can not be closed --------...

BEER by Town Hero / Héro de la Ville
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Upgrading account plans.

I know that I should know the answer but because things constantly change I just want to make sure.—(1)— If I upgrade my $15 on rewards plan to the $40 4G plan would it automatically be switched to the points system?—(2)— Would I have the option to s...

Tsawwassen by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Koodo - price increase

HI All,  Koodo emailing customers about $5/mo bill increase starting in August (msn.com) I will it will hit us sooner or later 

hTideGnow by Mayor / Maire
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