No, Fongo would not be considered long distance. The provincial restrictions at PublicMobile are only for your PM voice number. SMS text and DATA are Cda wide. Fongo only uses data. You can be anywhere in the world (or international space station as many have pointed out) and receive a 416Fongo call so long as your device has a data connection. This connection can be either some mobile network or WiFi. So while you are in Canada, you can use PM data. If you leave Canada, you need to find some other data source.rolomonster wrote: ↑Would the forwarding from PM to Fongo not be considered long distance if your PM phone is in another province? Ie. 416 PM line forwarded to a 416 Fongo line, but you are in Manitoba. Since 416 111 1111 is in Manitoba, wouldnt forwarding to Fongo be considered out of the province your in? Or would you forward to a Manitoba fongo line?spotts01 wrote: ↑ Fongo would also work to receive calls when out of province. Not too many have mentioned here, but Call Forwarding is included with this PM plan. So get a Fongo number in your home province, and when you leave, just Fwd your PM number to your Fongo number. Now you will receive calls anywhere your device has data. And if you want go nuts, get the Hangouts dialer to make outgoing calls to anywhere in Cda/US (no Fongo major city restrictions) . Link your cell number to the Hangouts app and then people will think you are calling from your cell - voip quality issues aside.
For this to work, just make sure your Fongo number is in the same province as your PM number.
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