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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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Blog Post: Unlock the Power of Public Points

The More You Know: Unlock the Power of Public Points Introduction As a subscriber to Public Mobile, you're likely familiar with the variety of unique perks that come with using our service. Among them is the Public Points Rewards program, which is a...

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J_PM by Public Mobile
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Blog Post: Why 5G is the Future with Public Mobile

When it comes to technology, standing still is the same as moving backward. That's why at Public Mobile, we're not just keeping pace with change; we're leading the way with Canada's first 5G subscription phone service.  What's So Special About 5G?5G ...

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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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Retired Oracles

I noticed after being absent for a couple of days that retired oracles have been given just that the title of retired oracle. A long overdue recognition of their significant contributions to the community and a way for new members to give them the re...

Snow Birds

 Sad day for the snow birds

fdrcamb519 by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Whistle Out phone plan comparison

Does or did anyone use Whistleout to find a cheaper phone plan?  I been looking at it now for the Australian market and their MEDIUM plan has unlimited everything and 30GB of data for $30 which equates to $1.00 per Gigabit. Even public mobile on a li...

brettster99 by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Going Public

I've just become a Public customer. I had trouble changing from my old provider to Public, until I realized the old provider had locked my phone. I called them and they were quick to give me a number that would unlock my phone. Easy then to get on wi...

8792 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Town Hero

Okay I want to understand but my brain is boggled. How am I already a Town Hero? Like for real? I don’t feel I have participated enough to reach this status. Or is it because I’m having too much fun and/ or joy doing this I haven’t realized. Either w...

brettster99 by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Self Serve Idea.

Public doesn't have an idea lab so im posting my idea here.  It would be great for Public Mobile to be a little stricter on security. For example i can input my email address and a password into a website and i have full access to a Public Mobile acc...

BearFBI by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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ENJOY THE SUN

I hope you all are enjoying your Saturday, any awesome landscape shots you all have of the weather today? Portabackyarda...   

Naepalm by Mayor / Maire
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Freedom and Lucky mobile 3 GB - 35$ Promo

Hello, guys.I just would like to upgrade my data plan in Public Mobile but Freedom and Lucky mobile 3 GB with unlimited call and text is 35$ at the moment.It is very tempting actually and wondering if PM has the plan for it??If they don't have it bet...

sidinikim01 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Re: Top Contributors - April 2020

@Eliza5 I foresee you being really rich in the near future! my suggestion is to read through posts and bravo solutions and replies that you may think have helped the original poster. and that alone can net you the top 10%

gpixel by Mayor / Maire
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May Promotions

Are there any new promotions available?

laucoin by New in Town / Nouveau en Ville
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All by Myself

I am literally all by myself in the hospital, my wife is with our son who may or may not have brain damage from his birth and I am on here as if I am a Public mobile employee. So actually thank you Public mobile for this space as it is keeping my min...

Naepalm by Mayor / Maire
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Using textnow

@gblackma  I just had a brilliant idea. For anyone who uses phone number for 2FA you could use the textnow number. Just don’t give that out to anyone (I’m not smart. Just used textnow trying to do the heck voicemail but didn’t work but the time bough...

brettster99 by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Having a Baby!

I figure this fit into rewards  Wanted this to show up on the board. We are at the hospital right now baby number 10 is on its way. Wife is 5cm, and labour started an hour ago.  Thank you all! Oracles feel free to lounge this when you see fit.  

Naepalm by Mayor / Maire
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MOD SQUAD!

Wow Moderators are on in full force right now! Lots of new customers lately must be because of the free month promotion.  

Naepalm by Mayor / Maire
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Using an outdated Android phone

Your phone could be venerable to security flaws and could be hacked. Also you could lose personal info. https://www.cnet.com/news/that-old-android-phone-might-not-be-safe-use-things-consider/

Triguy by Mayor / Maire
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First 10% badge

 Yay my very first participation badge. And quite a high one at that. I knew it was coming sooner or later when I saw the community rewards saying $5

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brettster99 by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Repeating answers for bravos

Hi fellow members, a few weeks ago, we had a discussion, where community is going, how community, is doing, I still see the same answers repeated, 6, 7, times, to gain bravos, members discussed this already, my self as of today, i will only post, if ...

fdrcamb519 by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Does anyone have Sales tax rates plans

I’m looking for the sales tax rate for all provinces and territories to share to my mother. Was trying to search for it in google but was unsuccessful. 

brettster99 by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Thank You PM

I would like to thank PM for the hugh amount of savings it has given me and my mom. Truly is a great service with better customer service then I ever had at the BIG 3 because we are all customers.  I want to thank all community members who contribute...

brettster99 by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Happy Mothers day

To all you mother's, mothers to be and mothers at heart. You know who you are. Well you know who you are. Go give your mom is a big hug if you can. And give them an even bigger virtual hug if you can't do it in person. Stay safe.  

gblackma by Mayor / Maire
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Re: Picture Texting

@Anonymous well sooorry my Huawei forces me to enter my bank account number first and my social insurance number then I can switch to data, btw it asking me all those questions is legit right..... ***Do not Bravo this Post*** This is for Z

Naepalm by Mayor / Maire
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Playing with the big 3

I was going though live chat to "See" how far the big 3 would go to get me as a customer.  I have only done rogers and bell at this point and we all know they wont be public but I wanted to see how low they actually go.  Bells Best Offer was $25 for ...

brettster99 by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Community rewards information

Is there any information on how much community participation corresponds with rewards? I've made a few posts here and there since activating my account and received $1 in rewards. I'm wondering how to receive the higher tiers.

Yukon1 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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