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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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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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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...

Shaw Mobile ?

What. https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/07/27/shaw-mobile-wireless-brand-july-30th/ Soo.. R they just gonna forget about Freedom.

BearFBI by Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire
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Refer a friend credit.

Hi. Could anyone recommend some good sites to post reference codes to get the 'refer a friend' credit? Thanks. 

Alexbear by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Need my password pin

Hey there I just need my pin password I was trying to move to chatr with my old phone number they said I have to have my pin password and I don’t my pin password   plz call me back this is my phone number *********** Edited by ShawnC to remove number

Sacdiyo123 by Great Neighbour / Super Voisin
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Switching over

Today I finally took the step of signing up for public Mobile!! Off to a great start and going to enjoy half the price phone bill. Excited to sign up friends and family  

Savebig2 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Bravo showing selected and unselected?

Hi All, When i have Bravoed a post it is coloured in now...was this like this before, or am I just noticing it?    Here is what it looks like when I have not bravoed a post. 

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esjliv by Mayor / Maire
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Do you customize your phone?

I'm really not sure where to ask this  I know the general idea of customizing a phone is changing icon packages, changing fonts, adding widgets (who does this? I know no one), and making your home screens look whatever way that strikes your fancy. I ...

B12 by Great Citizen / Super Citoyen
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Does 10-10-620 long distance work for us?

Hi everyone, I found this long distance service that works with various cell providers including Telus.  It's only $1 per call to the United States and was wondering if it works for us.  I'm thinking yes because it works for Telus (which is our backb...

Cosmos411 by Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen
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Comet Neowise

Went to look at the comet Neowise tonight. I could barely make it out underneath the Big Dipper. If you have a chance go see it, as it will be close to 6800 years before it comes by again. Here is one of the pictures I took.

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JoyLuck by Mayor / Maire
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What cellphone do you have?

What cell phone did you choose & why? I have the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+. My wife lost her phone so I gave her my old phone, then bought this one for myself. It was on sale & heavily discounted as it's a refurbished model. Working well so far. I want...

bluejaywpg by Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle
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