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Republic Wireless says it’s ‘all-in’

Placing a huge bet on Wi-Fi, Republic Wireless quietly announced during the holidays that it will remove all “cellular usage” charges from its $19/month price for unlimited wireless service. In a blog post, the company told customers that it is “all-in” and that they will no longer see extra charges on their bills. Republic uses Wi-Fi to deliver voice, SMS and data for its customers, supplementing with Sprint’s CDMA network when Wi-Fi is unavailable. Republic pays Sprint for the bandwidth it uses, so the more it can rely on Wi-Fi the better its chances of survival.
Until late last month, Republic was trying to pass on to customers the cost it incurs when using Sprint’s network. It used a so-called celluar usage index to compute these charges, but customers feedback ranged from “confusion to extreme criticism,” according to the company’s blog. Just before Christmas, Republic said it would eliminate the cellular usage index, leaving customers with a true $19 monthly bill for unlimited wireless service on their Android phones.
Republic Wireless is the consumer part of Bandwidth.com, a company that sells voice over IP and Internet hosting services to businesses.

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