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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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Moving from PM to Koodo

Hello everyone,Today, after being with PM for 8 years, I decided to move to Koodo as the plan downgrade is no more available. In a Koodo store, they are asking 20$ for a SIM card and 60$ for activation!!They told me it is cheaper to buy the SIM from ...

Feedo90 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Purchasing a phone plan

Is activating a phone plan considered an online purchase?Cut and pasting the following—>>The rules are different when shopping online – you DO have a legal right to change your mind. For most items, you have up to 14 days to notify them of a return, ...

Immune by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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New Telus plan for low income seniors

I see that Telus has changed there offers for limited low income seniors.They will receive a preowned Samsung S22 with plans starting at $25 with unlimited calling & texting and 5gb of data in 5G.https://www.telus.com/en/social-impact/connecting-cana...

BKNS27 by Mayor / Maire
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Re: Peterborough, ON service

I'm was advise by Oracle on this forum that if one pays for 5G with up to 250 mbps speeds -- even set to  LTE you would still get speeds up to 250MBPS.  HOWEVER according to a google search this may not be the case -- cut and pasting -->Speed: 5G can...

Immune by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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mobile klinik offers free second hand phone with $29(20G) koodo

Get an iPhone 13 Pro & Pro Max for iPhone 13 / Samsung S22 Plus & Ultra for Samsung S22 p,- starting at $0/mon, 2 years contract.I am currently on $29 with 40G (dont need this much data),should I switch? does koodo increases rate within two years, su...

yyjyyj by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Black Friday @ BestBuy

The phone section at my local Best Buy was crazy busy (The Area was closed off and made appointment only.) But then BestBuy and Visions are the only electronics stores in my city. How was your shopping and  / or local stores busyness?

fixin1 by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Black Friday Shopping

I wasn’t planning to go out to the malls during the Black Friday zoo but unfortunately the battery on my Samsung tablet battery swelled up and forced the screen to bulge.So I had to go to the local Samsung store at the mall. Good thing there was a $2...

BKNS27 by Mayor / Maire
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How is this company in business?

With customer service this bad, the phone plans should be bargain basement, but they are not. The only thing that works is their payment system. They have my money, I have nothing. I just want my phone numbers back so I can go back to a system that w...

Suestreet by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Great election night in Nova Scotia

Conservatives with a majority government and NDP having there best showing ever I think . Love how the liberals are being silenced. And I’m sure the turd will delay the federal election now knowing his time is coming to an end … bye bye Justin the wr...

Handy1 by Mayor / Maire
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Verizon

Moved to Support

Dunkman by Oracle
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New plans are awful.

I was a customer just a few months ago. Let it expire unfortunately.Used to get 34 a month unlimited calling 50gb then reduced speeds.Why are these plans now suddenly gone? No more unlimited reduced data? These new plans aren't useful. What's up with...

Fiel6280 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Traveling to UK from Ontario - What to use for Roaming?

Anyone have any recommendations for using my phone in the UK as public mobile only does roaming for usa.I've heard of e-sims not sure how they work.I've used in the past a sim card i got on amazon but was a bit of a hassle and with postal strikes wai...

JONMILLS by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Here's what I think Public should do in regards with the Plans

They really should consider Only the 5G Plans, as the 4G LTE is practically default backupThey also should consider having 90-150 Day Cycle in their More Pricier Plans so that the savings would be worth that kinda investingStarting off:$15 500 Can-Wi...

makkahn28 by Mayor / Maire
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Telus Limited Time Offer Nationwide Talk & Text 100

I'm currently on the PM $19 plan. I'm thinking of going for this Telus promotion and porting over. It works out to $8.33 per month. It seems like a no-brainer but since it's $100 up front I'm looking for some opinions before I commit. Are there any g...

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Joe_G by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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611

Moved to Support

Dunkman by Oracle
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Getting tired of PM's targeted deals

Whose the pm bean counter who thought up the idea of not allowing their customers to downgrade to cheaper plans or similar priced plans with different features? I only have 4 plans to choose from in my account and can't even select the $35 can/us/mex...

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shabby by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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How do I get Weather on Lock Screen Android Widget?

I have been trying add weather updates directly on my lock screen on Android. I heard there’s some widget thing you can use but I’m not sure how to set it up or even where to find it. Is it something I need to download or is it already there on my ph...

Viralsweet by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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cant activate asian esim

I ordered an sim from Hollowly but says qr code cant be activated. Is there a code from Public Mobile?

wendy4me by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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