This is my first "official" post, aside from my intro, but I thought I'd let you guys know of something my wife and I ran across a few weeks ago. First of, a little "setup"...
We currently contract with Verizon and our two year contract ends in January 2012, thankfully! Currently we have one smart phone and one feature phone with some minute packs. Basically, we pay about $120/month.
Faced with the prospect of re-upping our contract, I did a quick calculation and realized I didn't want to spend another $120/month for 2 years ($2,880 + the cost of two new phones...OUCH!). With this in mind, my wife and I were considering the move to Straight Talk at walmart which we guessed would cost us just shy of $70/month after taxes, or $1680 for two years. As most of you know, this is NOT a data plan, but has unlimited minutes/texts.
Then I heard of a new wireless company called Republic Wireless and so I signed up for the beta/email list because they weren't in business yet. But last week I got an email stating that they were opening up a limited beta and so I got in just in time! This plan costs $19/month and includes unlimited data/minutes/texts and has an initial phone purchase price of $199/ android smartphone, but we got a coupon deal for beta (expired now) for $99/phone startup. By the way, this is a no contract deal as well.
So we save $200 on this deal and I figured if the service is horrible, I only have to stick with it for four months to have spent the same amount as we would on Straight Talk. The 2 year cost for this plan is $198 for the phones and first month and $19/month/phone thereafter for a total of $1072 for two years...WOW
I just thought Id share it with you guys and will keep you up to date once the phone comes in the mail. Im part of their second mailing for beta users and we'll get our phones in December/January!
I can't post links yet, so google "republic wireless" and you can see what Im talking about!
We currently contract with Verizon and our two year contract ends in January 2012, thankfully! Currently we have one smart phone and one feature phone with some minute packs. Basically, we pay about $120/month.
Faced with the prospect of re-upping our contract, I did a quick calculation and realized I didn't want to spend another $120/month for 2 years ($2,880 + the cost of two new phones...OUCH!). With this in mind, my wife and I were considering the move to Straight Talk at walmart which we guessed would cost us just shy of $70/month after taxes, or $1680 for two years. As most of you know, this is NOT a data plan, but has unlimited minutes/texts.
Then I heard of a new wireless company called Republic Wireless and so I signed up for the beta/email list because they weren't in business yet. But last week I got an email stating that they were opening up a limited beta and so I got in just in time! This plan costs $19/month and includes unlimited data/minutes/texts and has an initial phone purchase price of $199/ android smartphone, but we got a coupon deal for beta (expired now) for $99/phone startup. By the way, this is a no contract deal as well.
So we save $200 on this deal and I figured if the service is horrible, I only have to stick with it for four months to have spent the same amount as we would on Straight Talk. The 2 year cost for this plan is $198 for the phones and first month and $19/month/phone thereafter for a total of $1072 for two years...WOW
I just thought Id share it with you guys and will keep you up to date once the phone comes in the mail. Im part of their second mailing for beta users and we'll get our phones in December/January!
I can't post links yet, so google "republic wireless" and you can see what Im talking about!