Telus-owned Public Mobile just can’t make up its mind, as it has brought back Canada-US plans after removing them last month.
As of today, Public Mobile is showing the following Canada-US 5G plans for a limited time, available for new and existing subscribers. Time to make changes for your next renewal if you’re an existing customer:
These plans join:
The Canada-US move matches what’s been available from Freedom Mobile since last fall/winter.
Rogers-owned Chatr and Bell-owned Lucky Mobile have similarly-priced plans, but only offer 4G data and US roaming for talk, but not data like Public Mobile.
Public Mobile says these limited-time Canada-US plans are only available until May 20, 2024.
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Just to clarify, Public Mobile’s 4G plans are Canada-only. I like their 5G service very much, but until they support Wi-fi Calling, I can’t use their service. I travel Internationally a fair bit, and use Wi-fi Calling to keep in touch back home. Rogers, Fido and Freedom Mobile are the only carriers I’ve found that support Wi-fi calling internationally.
For what it’s worth, I am using PM and do see a wifi calling option in settings now, but I get an error trying to enable it. Perhaps it will actually be added soon?
That is the one thing I do miss from Rogers, but it isn’t worth the price for my use. Hopefully they roll it out soon so we have more insentive for lower prices.
Telus has it intentionally blocked and if you could hear the “reasons” they give for it (which are not valid) it appears they are unlikely to change under the current regime. The “towers” outside Canada-USA are not compatible for wi-fi calling is the one they told me the other day. Of course, you don’t need “towers” for wifi calling, but they persist. Annoying to say the least.
Unfortunately, you’re out of luck as Telus/Koodo/PM alongside Bell blocks wifi calling outside of Canada.
What’s the advantage of using Wi-fi calling internationally? Is it just the case of poor cell reception, or is there something else?
Wi-fi calling when travelling internationally allows calling and texting just like you were home, without incurring any roaming charges. All you need is a reasonable connection to Wi-fi. It’s a HUGE benefit over the carriers that don’t offer it or restrict its use to Canada-only. More info – https://www.rogers.com/support/mobility/wifi-calling-everything-you-need-to-know
im here in uk now and cost me $50gb for around $10 cad…that include europe roaming. canada is a joke
What company?
lyca. you can even get an esim which I did as soon as I landed
So Ira back and forth with them huh
Don’t buy US -Canada plan. It will not work in US. Search google for public mobile US issue. There are unlimited posts for plan not working outside canada. I used this plan IN USA but no luck. I contacted customer service but they never responded, it’s been over a month. I would suggest to stay away ftom this if you travel to US.
That is true
That is true same issue
I go down to Washington once a month, was there this weekend. I have often experienced this issue as well. However, I read somewhere that PM doesn’t work on Verizon and I noticed my phone often was on that network. I set the network to T-Mobile and it worked fine for me. Previously I had success switching the phone to LTE mode, but this time it was even better switching to the specific network. Obviously none of this should need to be done and @disqus_o731R1hulf:disqus ‘s comment is true. Just throwing this out there if it helps people.
Yes, it worked just fine for me in Buffalo when I *manually* chose the T-Mobile network.
I go down to the US often. I have had no problems connecting to AT&T or T-Mobile. I use an iPhone 14 Pro Max. I make sure I turn on data roaming. As read on their forums, I turn off automatic and chose one of the two and reboot. I’ve never had a single problem connecting. I think a lot of people are using old outdated cell phones that don’t have VoLTE on it are the ones who are having issues. You need a phone that can do VoLTE from what I read. Thankfully my iPhone 14 Pro Max does it.
Yes, you need VoLTE in the USA. They don’t have 3G.
Does Public Mobile also have the spam call screener feature that Telus and Koodo have?
Interesting that “and unlimited data at reduced speed” disappeared…