We bought phones from Republic Wireless several months ago and I hate mine. About 30% of the time it won't make calls out (I am ranting because I just tried to call 5x and it wouldn't connect to anyone.). This is true in my living room next to my wifi router, and standing on the street. I can't move around when I talk on the phone or it will drop the call. The best thing about this phone is the flashlight. I like that.
Do other people have these issues with their phone from them? Do I need a new phone, or is their service just crappy? My wife's phone is better than mine, but hers definitely does not work as well as when we had Verizon. When we move in a month we will get a better router, but I am not sure that is the issue because I often can't make calls from outside the house too.
Perhaps related, perhaps not, I got a message from Republic on the 13th stating that there was some trouble making outbound calls over cellular network. Hopefully its a rare or one-off event.
Still toying with phone/service myself (got it last week). There are indeed kinks, but I find it to be entirely adequate for my needs, and the cost is right (can always change in future if service underwhelms longer term -- following I.P.'s superguide, of course).
Besides, with all his fancy vacationing and free construction services, I thought the boss could use the referral bonus!
