FIRE Month Savings Progress Report for January 2023

Happy New Year! What happened this last month? Last month ended down, but this month ended up significantly. Our final invested number was the second highest it’s ever been. The highest was back at the end of December 2021 when the markets were at their peak. There are a few things to note about our…

May 2017 – Republic Wireless Bill

The May payment to Republic Wireless was $-1.48. This is our last month using Republic Wireless for our primary phones. We’ll be keeping one line for home phone use. Wireless Breakdown WiFi Only Phone – $5 Taxes – $1.01 Refund for unused service – ($7.49) Total – ($1.48) My wife and I have transitioned from Republic Wireless to…

April 2017 – Republic Wireless Bill

The April payment to Republic Wireless was $25.79. The next month’s Republic Wireless bill will be a bit more due to some phone swaps we had to do this month. Breakdown WiFi Only Phone – $5 Wife’s phone using Sprint’s network on the Refund Plan (512 MB Plan) – $17.50 Taxes – $3.31 Refund for unused data – ($.02)…

March 2017 – Republic Wireless Bill

The February payment to Republic Wireless was $24.81. We’re back to just 2 phones on the plan, so our bill is now back around its previous levels. Breakdown WiFi Only Phone – $5 Wife’s phone using Sprint’s network on the Refund Plan (512 MB Plan) – $17.50 Taxes – $3.26 Refund for unused data – ($.95) Total…

February 2017 – Republic Wireless Bill

The February payment to Republic Wireless was $48.57. This month I reduced my data level to 1GB, which reduces our bill by about $10. Breakdown WiFi Only Phone – $5 Wife’s phone using Sprint’s network on the Refund Plan (512 MB Plan) – $17.50 My phone on T-Mobile’s network using the Clear Choice Plan (1GB) – $20…

January 2017 – Republic Wireless Bill

The January payment to Republic Wireless was $55.77. I decided to drop Project Fi and switch my phone over to Republic Wireless. So far it’s been a great switch. I’m using the T-Mobile network. They recently deployed 700 MHz bands in our area, so I get better coverage inside buildings in our area now. Below is a breakdown of…

December 2016 – Project Fi Bill

For November 2016, my Project Fi bill came out to be $38.58. That includes: Unlimited calls and texts for $20 2GB of data for $20 Taxes and fees for $3.18 Refund of $4.60 for 0.461GB of unused data I thought my data use would go down this month, but it stayed pretty consistent. It appears that if I notice I…

December 2016 – Republic Wireless Bill

The December payment to Republic Wireless was $23.76. That includes unlimited calling and texting, 512 MB of data on one phone, and WiFi only calling on the second phone. We received a refund of $2.05 for unused data this month. Our bill every month will be slightly higher now that we’ve added a phone with the WiFi only…

November 2016 – Project Fi Bill

For November 2016, my Project Fi bill came out to be $38.48. That includes: Unlimited calls and texts for $20 2GB of data for $20 Taxes and fees for $3.18 Refund of $4.70 for 0.470GB of unused data I don’t think the iPad used much if any data this month, so that was all me. Not bad considering I…

November 2016 – Republic Wireless Bill

The November payment to Republic Wireless for my wife’s phone was $19.80. That includes unlimited calling and texting, 512 MB of data. No refund this month since all the data was used. The phone seemed to have an issue with staying on WiFi, so a bit more cell data got used than usual. Her superhuman strength that caused…