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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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Internet

Does anyone on PM know any cheap internet providers ?:)

Savebig2 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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CRTC to fine Telus

Apparently Telus (in retaliation) has been blocking customers from dialing 867  area code and as such violated the Telecommunications Act. Fine of up to 1.2 million is possible. Anyone know if Public and Koodo also engaged in blocking? Anyone have an...

kav2001c by Mayor / Maire
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Welcome Aboard

Welcome board new members for joining the community We have excellent Moderators helping us , Whogo an extra mile solving issues Bravo

pankajjoshi by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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AT&T operates in Canada ?

I just got an email from AT&T a few days ago. "We are writing to advise you that, effective September 1, 2020, AT&T Mobility Canada Co. will be combining its business with AT&T Global Services Canada Co., another wholly-owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc.,...

BearFBI by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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srlawren by Retired Oracle / Oracle Retraité
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Hey, how are ya doing?

Would anyone like to take some time away from this busy world and just chat in here? I'll start. I'm Jesse from Ontario. I like nature and heavy music, lately and somewhat starkly I've been listening to soft music like Jazz, Opera and even just white...

B12 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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how do you do this?

how do you report someone for having multiple accounts and bravoing themselves constant;y and other numerous infractions? asking for a friend

jib_tech by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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Physical Phone Protection (PPP)

Survey Type of Question -- What type of case/shell/screen protector do you use? And why? Not necessarily brand recommendations but more style, material, construction.  My phone came with a clear soft silicone type case but I wonder if there is someth...

DanAR by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Over 1000 Guests.

 Wow. Ive never seen over 1000 guests. I wonder how many of them actually join Public and how many get turned off by the issues that people post about in the community.  I would be curious to see how many SIM activations happen in a day.

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BearFBI by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Employer corporate plan

Hi,I'd like to know if it's possible to allow my employer to take over my phone number and move to a corporate plan.Thanks.

alciuvar by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Just a general “heads up” regarding home WIFI.

Just a general “heads up” regarding home WIFI. Rogers and Cogeco do advertise decent WIFI speeds and some of their adds target students, (because of the Covid 19 situation,) most do online classes. Their download speeds are decent HOWEVER they neglec...

BEER by Town Hero / Héro de la Ville
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Where do you bank?

With which financial institution(s) do you do your banking?I often think that the retail banking industry is similar to the cell service industry - in that most people deal with 1 or more of the big 5 (that almost became the big 3 over 20 years ago),...

bluejaywpg by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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The big data questions

Hi !I'm not very familiar with data plans.So here is a big question :How much data does it take to look a webpage ? How much to find a destination on google map ?

Plop by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Amazon Prime phone sale

if anybody is looking to purchase a new device, Amazon Prime is having a sale on August 6-7th https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/amazon-prime-day-sale-top-smartphone-accessories-deals-offers-discounts-price-preview-apple-samsung-2273478

gpixel by Mayor / Maire
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Email setup

How do you setup your email? I know that you go to setting but how or why do you arrange it.

andlock by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Anyone else using a GrapheneOS?

Just curious if there's anyone else out there. Which version (Android/malloc vs linux-hardened) do you prefer, and why? Which device did you run it on? How did it affect app compatibilities, synthetic benchmarks, real performances? Have you found any...

Korth by Mayor / Maire
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Going on.... Rewards are great 😊

The reason many of us stick with Public Mobile is due to the 4 reward systems. August 3rd is my next renewal which will make 14 months for a zero out of pocket bill. Need to earn $18 from the community forums to be covered till 2021. Just curious on ...

Jb456 by Mayor / Maire
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Humour and other misc. stuff - TAKE TWO

Quote from the now closed Topic - Humour and other misc. stuff:“The topic will be closed as well due to the fact that bravos, that are used for our internal bonuses to our customers, are being earned for jokes that are not related to giving cellphone...

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