Newcomer Republic Wireless (in closed Beta for now) is about to really shake up the cellular industry in a huge way. They're a new national cellular carrier who leverage Wi-Fi as the default means of making calls, sending texts, and using data on your cell phone. Their phones are designed to use the cell network only as a backup if Wi-Fi isn't available. Otherwise, calls, texts, and data goes through Wi-Fi when you're at home or where free hotspots are available. Which, nowadays, is available just about everywhere we go whether its the local restaurant, the barber shop down the street, or the book store on the corner.
They are truly unlimited; no caps, no charging per meg, no overages. They had Fair Use limits on the cellular side but got rid of them entirely, so you can use the cellular connection as much as you want and never pay anything extra. The service is just $19 a month and activation is $199 which includes the phone. They have just one phone right now, which is an LG Android phone running 4.0 ICS.
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