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How do I fix a payment issue?
With Fizz, you pay for your plan each month via automatic pre-authorized payments planned 72 hours before the start of your billing cycle. Example. Your payment cycle ends on the 5th of every month. The automatic payment of your plan therefore takes place on the 3rd of the month, and your new cycle starts on the 6th. If a payment fails, you’ll receive automatic reminders that will tell you what you need to do along with the deadline that applies, to pay for your plan yourself to avoid it from being suspended or even cancelled. Please note that Fizz is a prepaid service, and the payment date is fixed and cannot be changed. Additionally, no payment arrangements can be made. Please also note that the total amount of your bill must be paid in a single transaction — it cannot be split between multiple credit cards. My credit card is expired. You must update your payment method at least 72 hours before the end of your payment cycle to make sure your account is updated in time for your next payment. Before removing the card currently associated with your account, you’ll need to add a new one first. My Settings > Payment Methods > Add a new payment method Once your payment method has been updated in your Fizz account, you must associate it to each plan you want to pay with that card. That is not done automatically. My Plans > Manage Plan > Payment Method My monthly payment failed. An email and a text will be sent to you to notify you of the payment failure. From that moment, you have until the end of your current payment cycle, so 72 hours from the time the payment attempt failed, to proceed with the payment of your plan to
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What do I receive with the My Rewards program?
Why activate your upgrades? Leaving your upgrades inactivated is like leaving money on the table. EACH MONTH. Watch our video and see how easy activating your upgrades is. Everything is done in seconds, directly in your account. Video Once activated, an upgrade is recurring and you will therefore automatically benefit from it every month. The upgrades Each time you reach a new level in the My Rewards program, you unlock a new upgrade. An upgrade is a long-term reward that boosts your plan every month, like additional mobile data or a monthly discount on the price of your Home Internet plan. Please note that if the bonus is added during your 4.5-day freeze period before the end of your billing cycle, it will only be activated in the following billing cycle. Since the billing is already visible on your account, this is why you will need to wait for the next cycle for the bonus to take effect. Once activated on your plan, you get to enjoy your upgrade each and every month. Keep an eye out and activate your upgrades as soon as possible to fully take advantage of them. Each Fizz plan has three (3) slots on which an upgrade can be applied. The number of unlocked slots ready to welcome an upgrade varies based on your My Rewards level. If you have more than one slot available on a plan, the upgrades you’ll assign to that plan will be cumulative, making your plan even richer. Can I gift my upgrades to another Fizz member, or transfer them from month to month? Your upgrades are yours, and yours alone. You cannot gift your upgrades to another Fizz member. An upgrade, however, gets the same preferential treatment as your plan. As such, if you activate a mobile data upgrade
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Subscription area versus coverage area
Mobile services are available in the provinces of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, and British Columbia. To check if your address is located in an area where the subscription is available and to get more details about the coverage, please refer to our dynamic coverage map. What is the difference between my coverage area and subscription area? Your coverage area is where you can use your Fizz plan without paying roaming fees. When you subscribed and created your plan, you chose your coverage area: provincial (Quebec, Ontario, British Colombia, Alberta or Manitoba), Canada or USA + Canada. If you roam outside your coverage area, you can use your Fizz plan on our partner networks. Log into your account any time to change your coverage area: How to change your plan. Any change will take effect at the start of your next payment cycle. If you selected the provincial coverage in your plan, consider buying a Travel Add-on or an International call Add-on to make your calls to Canada or the United States. The subscription area is the area where you must live to be a Fizz subscriber. If you live in the subscription area and your address is not recognized, do not hesitate to contact us so that we check with you. Use your Fizz account to check whether a destination is included or not in your coverage area. Once logged in, under your mobile plan, click on Manage / Add-ons. Enter the destination. If the search gives no result, it means that the destination is included in the coverage area you chose for your plan. If on the contrary you see various price options to make or receive calls for this country, this means that this destination is not included in your coverage area. Good to know: Hawaii, Alaska and
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What are the STIR/SHAKEN standards for mobile phones?
STIR/SHAKEN is a set of procedures aiming to verify caller identity. They are intended to help combat unwanted calls received by members of the public. STIR (Secure Telephone Identity Revisited) is an acronym for a set of standards that allow a telecommunications service provider to verify the legitimacy of a caller’s number when a call is made. SHAKEN (Signature-based Handling of Asserted Information using toKENs) is an acronym for a framework that allows different operators to deploy the STIR protocol to authenticate calls made and received on the IP network. Why it’s important The STIR/SHAKEN standards involve different ways to indicate whether the caller number displayed on compatible mobile devices is trustworthy. The CRTC has required all Canadian telecommunications service providers to implement these standards to combat caller identity spoofing. Good to know: Spoofing is a technique that alters the caller ID information displayed on your phone to hide the caller’s identity. This technique is based on the principle that we are more likely to respond when we receive a call that appears legitimate (such as a local phone number). Spoofing can be used for unethical reasons such as deceptive telemarketing or fraud. There are times, however, when changing the caller’s identity is acceptable. A doctor for instance, calling to discuss a patient’s lab results may want to display the hospital’s number rather than their personal number. Under what conditions can a number be verified? Because the standards are being rolled out and are not yet supported by all vendors, not all calls are verified. A caller’s number can only be verified if it meets all of the following criteria: The standard is applied by both caller’s and the recipient’s telephone service provider. The voice call is made between individuals who subscribe to a Canadian telecommunications service. The call is
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Keeping your Fizz mobile costs down
Surprised? Don’t be.We’ve been fair and transparent with you since our launch, and we plan on keeping it that way. We want what’s best for you, and your wallet. Without a fixed-term contract that tie you to your Fizz mobile plan,you have control, and can adjust your plan at any time so you only pay for what you need. There’s also data rollover, gifting,the My Rewards program… Let’s get everything Fizz working for you, shall we? Take advantage of rolled over data. Data rollover is worth its weight in gold—unused data from one month rolls over to the next. You know what that means, right? You can adjust your mobile plan to pay for less data. How to check if I have a rollover Activate your upgrades. Thanks to your upgrades from the My Reward Program, you have the opportunity to boost the value of your plan every month. Activating an upgrade for free mobile data each month for example, means you could decrease the data you actually pay for in your mobile plan. How to activate an upgrade Check if you have perks. Your perks are single-use items offered as part of the My Rewards program—for example, 500 MB of mobile data valid for 30 days once activated. You can choose to apply all your perks at once, or spread them out. Then, adjust your plan to save precious dollars. How to apply a perk Data gifting is always appreciated. Think of data gifting as an easy Fizz way to help others out. You can receive extra data other members are not planning on using. Or perhaps it’s you who can spread some joy, and help someone save on their mobile spent. How data gifting works Analyze your plan. Figure out what you really need in your mobile plan
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How do I change my plan?
You can change your plan directly in your account on Fizz.ca. Changes will go live come your next payment cycle. Good to know: Keep in mind the freeze period during which your plan cannot be modified. Ideally, aim to submit your changes when there are at least six (6) days left in your current payment cycle. How can you know? Go in Your account > My plans. Look right under your monthly price and you will see the days remaining in your payment cycle. When unsubscribing from a plan, the freeze period does not apply. You can proceed at any time. To change your plan: Log in to your account on Fizz.ca and go under My plans > Manage plan > Change my plan. As you change your plan details with the online tool, you will see your new monthly fee in the box below. When you like what you see, save your changes. Important – Any change to your plan must be made in accordance with the plan change policy detailed on https://fizz.ca/en/plan-change-policy. Your new plan Your new plan will be live at the start of your next payment cycle . For a Home Internet plan: When your new plan goes live on the first day of your new payment cycle, restart your Wi-Fi modem. See how For a mobile plan: If you need features such as data, minutes, texts or minutes for international calls immediately before your new plan goes live, buy an Add-On or use your Fizz Wallet to pay as you go. Also, know that your rolled-over data will match your new coverage. For example, if you switch from a Canada to a Canada-U.S. plan, you will be able to use your rollover data in the Canada-U.S. zone. To cancel your changes Simply go back in