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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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CRTC admits that we have high wireless prices !

I think this is worth a read https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/05/20/crtc-chair-says-its-hard-to-sustain-low-wireless-internet-prices-in-long-term.html “If you’re asking me if rates should be lower for wireless in Canada, the answer is yes,” Scot...

BearFBI by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Sad to Leave but there is a great offer outthere for same money!

Hello guys, I wanted to thank the community and PM. I was one of those Fall Promo plans 40$ 4gb LTE a few years ago. While for that time the PM offer was the best value for the money, it saddens me to say that at present time, it has fallen behind al...

EltonB by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Re: Cancel my plan for temporary

@esjliv wrote:@WenjieYu wrote:Hi, I would like to cancel my plan from May to August, because I have a trip outside Canada. Best wishes, Wenjie @WenjieYu You can always go into suspended status then reactivate under the cheapest plan - $15 Plan so you...

China Mobile Canada.

Has anyone ever heard of China Mobile Canada ? China Mobile is a popular cell carrier in China but it looks like they have Canadian plans. I just found out about it today.  There was one plan that caught my eye and another plan that may catch someone...

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BearFBI by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Re: Flip phone

Edit: I did not start this thread.And now I'm feeling a little put-out by this abyss-ment a la darlicious. Come on. Being friendly to a new customer cheering them on. Jeez  @Benni2021 : Great news. Now you're the go-to techy person for all your frien...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Get outside!

Well I got outside with my best friend for a good old bike ride with a general destination of Deer Lake Park. After a couple of wrong turns and a general wander we did find our way to the Burnaby Lake Rowing Centre....put in 30km round trip!

Re: Top Contributors – April 2021

@HALIMACS wrote:Anyway folks - enjoy the coming months - get outside - be well - live life!!!I disagree... stay inside, stay home, stop this pandemic!  Okay, so I'm only half-serious about that.  I've seen more irresponsible behaviour, but alas, bein...

BlueB by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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February, March and April stats and stuff

Since it's been a bit of thumb twiddling around the communty of late I thought I would compile the stats of the top contributors for anyone interested in the participation of these 20 or so contributors.If I get really bored I will add in the top 10%...

Textnow - how to keep a number

To keep a number, instead of paying $6.99/year , anyone has any trick to keep a particular number for free?  I read something it was asking to make an outgoing call or text every day or two or it will expire, is it really that quick?  

hTideGnow by Mayor / Maire
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4G LTE on plan builder

So I have some things configured on my FF browser. I stumbled across a funny thing when the now gone provincial plans came out (it was the easter egg I mentioned back then). When I selected the last plan and it opens out, if I press the down arrow ke...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Re: Walmart SIM card purchase

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WoozyPolarBear by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Re: Love PM

You have "some" complaints.... c'mon now, @darlicious .   

HALIMACS by Mayor / Maire
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Re: Beginner’s Guide to the Community

@Anonymous wrote:@HALIMACS wrote:It's been commonly said around here that you'd make much more spending the time collecting and returning bottles for refund, than you would trying to earn money on this Community.  However, you wouldn't get the satisf...

HALIMACS by Mayor / Maire
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Community

Can I answer questions or am I only able to ask my own on the Community?  

JodyBatsford by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Re: Bullying in the forums

@Anonymous haha deep down you know that is not my intent.  But if it makes you happy to keep posting things against me, be happy and may the force be with you. 

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RosieR by Mayor / Maire
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Re: EXTRA FUNDS ARE BEING ADDED

@darlicious wrote:.... After a worthy fight the fisherman reels in their exhausted catch only to have a sneaky bear bound out of the forest and snatch an easy prize! C'est la vie! But I will always want to be the fisherman not the opportunistic bear....

dabr by Mayor / Maire
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Public Mobile online banking (tl;dr unsuccessful)

So the recent thread asking whether we can pay via online banking like adding this place as a payee twigged the experimenter in me (yes after these couple years).I found Telus Communications - nopeTelus Integrated Communications - nopeTelus Mobility ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Can I mount the iPhone 8 on my wall (joke)

If you’re looking for a quick smile, have a look at the iPhone 8 specs, particularly the 44.7 inch screen on the public mobile used iPhones.  I was just wondering if I can mount it on my wall because it won’t fit in my pocket  if you’re not being sil...

moonmack by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Rogers Outages

It seems that Rogers Mobile experience outage across Canada (BC to PEI) on data and voice calling. https://twitter.com/RogersHelps/status/1384116658810146826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1384116658810146826%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5...

BKNS27 by Mayor / Maire
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