Re:$19/Month Cell Service: Unlimited Everything, No Contracts
by joshuamerrill on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @02:19AM
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I don't think there's any such thing in the universe as "unlimited." ;)
But seriously, if you're using the phone on Wi-Fi, which is where the vast majority of people use their phones, then the only cap is the one on your broadband connection (usually at least 200 GB). I would suspect that for greater than 97% of cell phone subscribers, Republic's data limits are not going to be an issue.
And frankly, I think it's high time a new carrier disrupted the AT&T/Verizon/Sprint/T-Mobile oligarchy.
Re:$19/Month Cell Service: Unlimited Everything, No Contracts
by bunderbunder on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @11:48AM
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If I remember right, the way it worked out back in the days of AT&T's original unlimited iPhone service plan was that basically everyone was paying higher prices in order to subsidize a very small number of YouTube addicts whose 3G bandwidth usage was larger by an order of magnitude or two. Keeping that kind of user off the network would be a key part of making prices reasonable for everyone else.
Re:$19/Month Cell Service: Unlimited Everything, No Contracts
by hayley on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @02:14AM
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The big difference here though is that the "right to boot you" only applies to the cellular data.
If you stay on wifi all the time, it really is unlimited (or at least that is what their site would have you believe).
Re:$19/Month Cell Service: Unlimited Everything, No Contracts
by JupiterJazz on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @03:44AM
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I'd rather be "booted" than handed a $2000 cell phone bill.
Like every carrier, there is no such thing as "unlimited".