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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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Long line at drug stores

We ran out of toilet papers last March...  What will be OOS this time...   People line up at drug store at -32°C in AB. It is not for the Christmas flash sale.  No cheap big screen tv... They are getting the COVID quick test kits before OOS.  

popping by Retired Oracle / Oracle Retraité
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Which Telus network

I have a new phone and to set it up, asks which wifi network will we be using. Telus is the general answer, but specifically, is it Telus2596, 5017 or 3E87, 6635; or maybe another one? Would you be so kind to let me know which one to choose for Vanco...

MissJ by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Prepaid vs. postpaid

Hey, this is just a random question that suddenly came to mind, but I am genuinely curious: what is your reason for choosing prepaid over postpaid?

411 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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New to the Community

Hey Public Mobile community! I’m new here, so comment some of the most positive interactions you’ve had here  Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! 

acheung16 by New in Town / Nouveau en Ville
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Internet plans

Okay this isn't phone stuff.Isn't it about overdue that PM / Telus offer a low-end user high-speed internet for us PM folks? Perhaps just up to 25 Mbps internet speed (or less) / 1 Mbps upload. Use PM's plan/bundling as an example. Any votes for this...

jojo9 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Re: Meet our New Oracles

@Anonymous wrote: @sdthenc : Oracles are appointed out of customers like us either by nomination or some kind of application process. It's a bit of a misnomer to "sell" it like they do.They then get a set $20 each term. Unlike everybody else who have...

srlawren by Retired Oracle / Oracle Retraité
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Bonus Chaos..

With the chaos since Day 1.5 (the first half of the day was in fact ok...), is PM ready to announce they are stopping to give out the bonus yet?     

softech by Oracle
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Slim Case

It looks very likely I'll be picking up the Samsung Galaxy A52 5G.  $441 seems like a good price (unless one of you stops me in dramatic fashion while screaming "Nooooooooo!") I hate the fact it's black.  Sooooo, that was my long winded way of asking...

rossputin by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Re: More is Merrier is back!

@CountyDownIeUk wrote:It would be interesting to know the criteria of the order of texts. LocationYears of loyaltyPhone numberAlphabetical order   ??Maybe the old univac 500 can figure it out when its all said and done  ...

barndoor by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Did not get message yet

I don’t why I still didn’t get text message yet for gift, my friends already got it, just cannot wait LOL  

Lehaha by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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SPAM Calls

"Up to one-quarter of all calls on mobile networks in Canada are spam right now" The excerpt above from CBC news today, Nov 30, 2021. Could this be true, or is PM/TELUS doing a good job filtering such calls? Fortunately, I don't happen to receive mor...

sa7375 by Town Hero / Héro de la Ville
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Canadian cell "deals" (ha!)

As seems to be usual, based on what I've seen, the only "good" deals to be had for cell service are the ones involving getting a brand new phone for $0 (or some really low price) this past Black Friday / Cyber Monday if you're willing to pay for a pr...

bluejaywpg by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Re: Best sound with headphones

@darlicious wrote:@rossputin I am pretty sure I bought about 5 new pairs since then@darlicious and of course, that would be its own special form of indecision....

srlawren by Retired Oracle / Oracle Retraité
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Re: International texting

@Anonymous wrote: @softech : I always get a kick out of the use of the term "free". No. The feature is included in the plan price. Are you a Virgo?

Thought

Don’t want to offend the Americans ( god forbid) anyone ever notice that marks work wear world clothing and boots used to be very good? Well my father told me Recently that they were bought out by Canadian tire ( a Canadian company right ?) WRONG!!! ...

Deano53 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Stuff

Good morning, this is not really a question but more of a statement: does anyone notice that most stuff we buy in todays world is total garbage? Not meant to last and not good at all? Ex(1) appliances ( look shiny and beautiful but not made to last) ...

Deano53 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Egregious activity - AGAIN...but different members

 Anyone see what I see?  Facts I know:159 out of the 167 bravos were given last night to the SAME member between 9:30PM to 12:00 ESTthe one giving the bravos has never given out more than 11 bravos to anyone before last night since his joining on May...

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softech by Oracle
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Cars

I have a 2008 Ford Taurus I like a lot 

droc39 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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