Review: Is Republic Wireless a good carrier?

As we have continued to try to cut our budget and somehow bring it into balance, we have looked into trying to reduce our cell phone bills.

For many, many years, we had two very different cell phone accounts.  Mine was unlimited everything, while hers, owing to the locked-in price, was 200 minutes per month, no texting, and no data.  Her plan wasn’t even offered by the major carrier anymore, and it hadn’t been for years.

A picture of a smartphone, which my wife did not have until this past year.
My wife refused for many, many years to get a smartphone until this plan came along and finally convinced her. Picture courtesy Pixabay.

I was more than a little surprised to find that there were carriers that would, for pretty much the same price per month, offer phone, data, and texting, but there apparently are several options that could very well do that.  The one that attracted us the most was Republic Wireless, with its offer of unlimited talk and text plus 1 GB of data for $20 per month.

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