By david | Posted June 9th, 2010
Thanks for all the comments around countries we should add to our overseas long distance plan. The suggestion list is long and includes countries like Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Philippines, Pakistan, Laos, Mexico, Haiti, Turkey and Thailand. We’d love to add all these countries and more.
In building the plan we tried to balance the number of countries (taking into account that each country has a different connection charge, with some being significantly more expensive) against the price of providing the service to our customers. We think we’ve come up with a pretty good mix of both number of countries and cost, but there’s always an opportunity to change and add to the list if we get enough comments and suggestions.
Tags: Bangladesh, countries, Haiti, Laos, Lebanon, long distance, Mexico, overseas, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey | Posted in Our coverage, Plans and Features | 136 Comments »
By david | Posted June 7th, 2010
Never before has calling so many countries from your cell phone been so affordable. Starting July 15th, Public Mobile is offering unlimited calling to 45 countries for $15 a month.
All Public Mobile customers who have the $40 unlimited talk and text plan have the option of adding unlimited overseas calling for an additional $15. There are no credit checks, no contracts and no surprises.
Canada has the highest per capita immigration rate in the world (Canada’s Immigration Program – Oct. 2004), and according to Statistics Canada, 2/3 of all Canadians self identify as being of ethnic origin. So it’s no surprise that a vast majority of Canadians want to make overseas calls. Yet, Canada has some of the highest long distance cell phone costs in the world. Public Mobile’s overseas long distance plan provides consumers with something that hasn’t existed until now – great value, flexibility and simplicity.
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Tags: $15, 45 countries, long distance, one price, overseas, unlimited | Posted in Our coverage, Plans and Features | 60 Comments »
