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.

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.

And how does Republic Wireless manage to be so inexpensive?  Well, its calls are over Wi-Fi by default.  (If no Wi-Fi is available, it will use a cell network – specifically, either that of Sprint or T-Mobile (mostly Sprint, from what I have read), to complete calls.)  As a lot of calls she makes are from home, where we obviously have Wi-Fi available, she has found most of her calls to be quite clear.  (This contrasts to my experience with my forever provider, which continues to have the sporadic connection issue…but I put up with it for the unlimited data.)

And another advantage to using a provider like Republic Wireless?  You don’t get a bunch of bundled/branded apps like you generally do from your major carriers.  You simply get a clean Android installation (or iOS, but we prefer Android, or at least I do – the jury is still out on whether she does), and you can customize it however you want.

With all that said: she is quite happy with both her phone and her plan…except for the times when one of the kids (particularly the youngest) asks to use it (which happens far too often).  So, I think she would call getting this phone a good choice.

What about you?  Does this seem like a plan you might want to check out?  Simply click here and find out for yourself!

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