Losing my work cell in a few weeks. Never owned my cell phone or paid for a plan. Recalled MMM's posts on Republic wireless.
After checking out their website I decided to go with the Moto 4G phone and $20/month plan. I checked and the Moto 4G phone is for sale on Amazon (Prime) for $50 less. I see on the website that you can "use your own phone" and don't have to order a phone through their website.
My question:
Anyone using Republic wireless go this route? How easy was it to load the app onto the phone, change out the SIM card, etc. Is it worth it to save $50?
Would appreciate any other thoughts, suggestions, advise, etc with respect to Republic wireless. If it makes any difference, I'm living near CO.
Thanks in advance!
If you've you don't use data, I think that you could be fine with a lower cost option than Republic Wireless.
I'm currently on H2O wireless. It's a pay as you go service that charges $0.05/min, $0.05/text, $0.10/MMS, and $0.10/MB data. You can get better rates elsewhere, but these are for loading $10/(90 days) or $3.33/month.
That being said, I have very low usage: I almost never use data or call anyone and I'm usually on WiFi so I can send texts through hangouts for free. During my commute, I listen things I download before hand (podcasts or free audio books from the library with Overdrive). I acutally don't use up the $10 in 90 days, so my balance is accumulating. It's a bit unfortunate that they won't let you autorenew at $10 / 90 days, so I have to use a Google calendar reminder. But, I think it's worth it to save ~ $15 / month on Ting. I won't be too dissapointed if I lose my accumulated balance because I won't ever go through it (although it's handy to have the surplus for data usage when travelling for work).
https://www.h2owirelessnow.com/mainControl.php?page=planMinMy wife uses Ting because she texts more than I do. I think her bill is usually $12-18/month (again little data).
https://ting.com/ratesNote 1: On my Moto X (2nd gen), I had to actually go into the settings and disable mobile data to prevent Android from using data. I could individually restrict apps from using data, but I couldn't figure out how to do that with the OS.
Note 2: we also set up a free Google Voice landline which we use when we want to call people when we're at home.