Telus-owned Public Mobile is ramping up its $34/50GB 5G Canada-US plan, now making it available for existing customers as well, instead of just new activations. Public Mobile runs on the Telus nationwide 5G network.
Numerous iPhone in Canada readers have let us know existing Public Mobile customers can log into their accounts and be able to switch to the $34/50GB plan with 5G speeds and Canada/US talk, text and data. We can confirm this is possible based on screenshots we’ve obtained.
The change occurred on Tuesday and as of today, it should still be possible to switch to this $34/50GB 5G Canada-US plan that matches Freedom Mobile.
How to switch over to the $34/50GB plan? Just log into your Public Mobile account, go to “Subscriptions & Add-Ons” and then click “Change Subscription”.
You should then see the $34/50GB 5G Canada-US promotion available to switch to. Just click it and change it “now” or at “renewal”. But since we don’t know when this promo will end, you might want to switch right away to lock down the plan.
Other plans to consider right now that match Freedom Mobile:
Also new: Public Mobile also just made physical SIM cards $0 on promotion (normally $10), like eSIM (normally $5).
Telus, which owns Public Mobile, is the first of the ‘Big 3’ to match Freedom Mobile’s Canada-US plans.
Click here to sign up for Public Mobile and get $10 off.
Right now, Fido, Virgin Mobile and Koodo have some pretty sparse offerings and have yet to match these Canada-US plans. There’s only two real plans from each flanker brand and they aren’t that enticing at all:
Fido
Virgin Mobile
Koodo (recently updated their website; COLOURS!)
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No wifi calling is a deal breaker for me. Would be nice if they would extend to Koodo!
Also no call control. Haven’t received a single spam call since enabled. That feature is worth $1 more than this Public plan. (I pay $35 50GB 4G speed with Koodo.) I haven’t been to the US in 7-8 years so likely won’t care for the US roaming features.
See you lose the unlimited data at reduces speed tho
Sure, but do you really need unlimited data when you have 50+ GB of data? Given the average Canadian uses about 6-7 GB per month, i think the average person is fine.
Great deal! Thanks for always sharing these Gary!
@Gary_Ng
Is it really necessary to switch right away? Do they not lock the plan in once you have asked for the change to take effect on “Renewal”?
Check the speeds using speedtest app. Download speed is limited 80-90 Mbps despite the plan is 250 Mbps. Not worth it for me. Atleast they should give 1 Gbps speed as Telus offers 2 Gbps under its own brand.
I hope you took test from different areas as reception and use fluctuates on any network. I achieved 235mb/s on Public 5G. If I could upload an image I would share it.
Changed my plan on renewal and now I don’t see it as an option any more. Hope it goes through…