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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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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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Re: calls breaking up

@darlicious wrote:@Meow Lol....that area is fairly flat for Vancouver and mostly single family home residential neighbourhood. The more I thought about this if it isnt just a small geographical area of poor coverage then it could be a device antenna ...

Meow by Mayor / Maire
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What can one do with half (1/2) point ?

Just noticed that I have xxxx.5 points. How does one earn or spent 1/2 point? Your Public Points Balance: 35.5 pts.Browse CatalogueTo make a payment, change your plan or check your usage, head over to  

BEER by Town Hero / Héro de la Ville
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Samsung ahead of Google.. in terms of OS and security update

https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-vs-google-updates-3104089/?fbclid=IwAR07T-Ld5Z7-tk_BMKJHWv9KEHo_3n-0R47y40I3UmB7akhoY44lsDG9XQo Samsung going with four years worth of OS updates and five years of security patches.Google only three OS and giv...

softech by Oracle
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Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day my friends.  So, everyone got steaks and wine for dinner tonight?  

Community_QA by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Advice from Drivers loving gizmos needed!

I assume there are at least few of technology lover's car drivers here.I am looking for advice regarding dashcam. I have one, but it is cheap walmart stuff; even though it says 1080p resolution I doubt it is even 480. Licence plates can be recognized...

Meow by Mayor / Maire
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TurboTax

If anybody needs 'free' tax filing, let me know. I will have few available slots at TurboTax.

Yummy by Mayor / Maire
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Phone number registered to someone else

I've been trying to sign up for Air BNB and they keep telling me my phone number is registered to someone else. I need documentation proving its registered to me. 

Tarasteeves by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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So, let's do a recap re the Bravo's situation

I was kinda surprised to see the reward level I received for January.  I'm not complaining (thanks Public Mobile!!!) and I won't post it, but let's just say it's enough for a medium double/double at Timmy's.   I posted almost exclusively in the Loung...

crustylady by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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FaceTime calls drop…

FaceTime calls keeping shutting down.. is there any updates that I’ve missed? My internet carrier is thinking maybe that’s the cause..

Spir9193 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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It's time for PM to step their game up.

I think it's time PM should step their game up. Lucky mobile is offering E-SIM activations now, it's even advertised on their website. Lucky also has unlimited data.  For only about a dollar more (because of the new garbage reward system) you can jus...

BearFBI by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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3G shutdown will affect EV charging stations

Interesting when 3G will shutdown at the end of 2022 will affect charging stations for EV vehicles.I didn’t realize that charging stations utilizes 3G frequencies.https://carbuzz.com/news/3g-shutdown-will-leave-ev-owners-with-nowhere-to-charge  

BKNS27 by Mayor / Maire
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What is a smart phone with data and ear buds good for?

So I bought some economically priced Bluetooth ear buds at Canadian Tire before Christmas. Just wanted to see how they worked but did not want to buy the more expensive Apple brand.  So I fired them up just a few days ago and called my brother in Nan...

Second of $5×6 months $30 bonus referral credit applied.

Today Friday February 4th 2022. Earlier today the second of the 6/$5 bonus referral credits from the "More is Merrier" campaign's $30 bonus referral credit promotion was applied and a text message was sent out to eligible accounts denoting that the c...

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3HK 30GB 365 days $45 CAD

I found something incredible but it may not last forever. 3HK (A Hong Kong carrier) is offering 365 day Canada/USA/Mexico data plans for $45 CAD. The 365 day plan includes 30GB of regular data and an extra 5 GB of data for social media.  If you divid...

BearFBI by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone reading this note!

alagrove by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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恭喜發財

恭喜發財新年快樂Happy New Years!!!

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TheGx by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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