I received an email from a moderator about the porting phone number. Not sure if it was sent to me in error but they mentioned the Telus porting phone# is for internal use only and should not be posted in the community forum.
Retailers are suppose to sell you the sim. Dealers get a commission when they activate a sim card for a customer. It is hard for Public mobile to control retailers.
If it is a recognized toll free number then it should not count towards your minutes.See this previous thread.https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Using-Your-Service/Does-calling-toll-free-numbers-use-up-my-minutes/m-p/656304#M130650
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