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but now Koodo
Aren’t Public and Koodo both on the Telus network? Did you notice a difference?
Good luck telling that to banks, CRA, and other necessary services to switch away from SMS 2FA.
Sadly, my bank and some online services I relied on require text authentication. I was stuck unable to confirm an online credit card payment as it was sms-only, with no other option. I had to change a flight ticket at the airport at a much higher price. I got a secondary card since then with a different bank, after getting help from Reddit finding banks that do authentication through means other than text.
Such things happen if you don’t have access to your phone number. Even though I did my best to plan ahead, no access to incoming texts is a pretty scary place to be.
I even forwarded my phone calls to a Fongo number, but there’s no way to forward texts.
Also, missed a medical procedure move opportunity as they texted me while I was away from Canada.
All in all, losses that far exceeded all of my savings with PM. As much as I like PM while in Canada.
Why does it suck with Freedom? I was considering the move specifically due to their wifi calling/texting working abroad.
Since when? I find Freedom roaming better than when in Canada on Freedom network
Wifi calling isn’t as useful in Canada (unless your home has a poor cellular signal indoors) but it is huge outside of it. With other carriers it allows you to use your phone abroad as if you were in Canada as long as you’re on wifi.
I know Telus artificially blocks it, and they would likely continue doing so on Public if roaming was enabled to continue raking in those crazy roaming package profit margins (though there were workarounds through VPN).
Should I turn off 5G in my settings if Im on a 4G plan? Would that make any difference in connection?
Yea, my bad. I guess they upped it 50mbps lol
CRA now allows authenticators! I was on the phone with them yesterday, and even the very competent agent helping me didn’t know it had been added.
You could get a local number through Fongo and use that as your sms verification while travelling. Public offers free call forwarding so you would pass calls to the voip number as well. That’s what I do if needed. Authenticator app for the rest.
It doesn’t… Works great for me… AT&T and T-Mobile coverage.
I means in US, not nationwide in Canada
Sorry for misunderstood, I mean in US.
I agree in any case it won’t be outside Canada just like Koodo (prepaid for sure no wifi calling I know postpaid I don’t)
Yes it might improve the connection depending on the area. I got better connect after I switched to LTE only.
5G has certain benefits, it’s more secure and has better latency (snappier website loading, for example).
But it usually drains the battery faster.
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I was considering it, but I don’t feel very comfortable setting a fongo number as the text verification number for my most critical services, and for access to my money.
Also, the authenticator app relies on another weak link - my phone. Should it stop functioning, I’d be in a pretty bad spot too. Perhaps it was due to a sub-optinal authenticator app choice, but I irreversibly lost access to my PayPal account, and support does not allow you to reclaim these in any other ways if the authenticator app fails by losing your settings. I also find that most of my services still don’t allow 2FA through authenticator apps.
Text forwarding doesn’t usually work for 2FA. You normally need the actual device. It’s to protect someone from fraudulently forwarding out your number, but means it’s hard to be without your actual device.
Also, 2FA often will not work with a VOIP number.