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It's extraordinarily cheap, especially for an "unlimited" plan. For comparison: Republic Wireless uses Sprint's network, and Sprint's "unlimited" plan costs $99

by skymt 15y ago

It's extraordinarily cheap, especially for an "unlimited" plan. For comparison: Republic Wireless uses Sprint's network, and Sprint's "unlimited" plan costs $99/month. (In theory, Republic gets away with this by using wifi rather than the cell network whenever possible. We'll see if it works.)

arthurgibson 15y ago
Its not "unlimited" cellular, there is a fair use policy, this article indicates: "Republic's fair-use limits are 550 minutes, 150 text messages, and 300MB when on a cellular connection" - http://www.mobileburn.com/17420/news/republic-wireless-launches-its-19-per-month-unlimited-service-strings-attached http://www.mobileburn.com/17420/news/republic-wireless-launc...
- cshesse 15y ago
  They're not really clear, but supposedly it's unlimited as long as, say, 50% of your mintues/texts/data are done through wifi.
sliverstorm 15y ago
The price floor is about $39/mo. You can go cheaper if you never use your phone with some of the prepaid setups, but at that point you're talking a handful of calls a month, no data, and a couple SMS.
cshesse 15y ago
Oddly enough, you can get an unlimited plan on the Sprint network through Virgin Mobile for $55 a month.
- whimsy 15y ago
  $35
  - cshesse 15y ago
    Only if you have limited minutes.
smackfu 15y ago
Or you can compare it to Virgin Mobile USA, which is owned by Sprint. They have a $35/mo plan with 350 minutes + unlimited data + unlimited texts. Probably a better choice for most, considering who Republic seems to have a lot of little gotchas. http://www.virginmobileusa.com/cell-phone-plans/beyond-talk-plans.jsp http://www.virginmobileusa.com/cell-phone-plans/beyond-talk-...