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'''Really''' is a privacy focused{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} telecommunications company, with headquarters in Austin, Texas. The company offers mobile phone plans using a combination of the T-Mobile and their own Really DeWi networks.
==History== Really was founded by Adam Lyons, who previously founded an insurance comparison site, The Zebra.<ref name=Fierce>{{cite web|url=https://www.fierce-network.com/tech/distributed-wireless-company-really-strikes-deal-t-mobile|title=Distributed wireless company REALLY strikes deal with T-Mobile|website=Fierce Network|date=September 21, 2023|author=Linda Hardesty|access-date=July 13, 2024}}</ref><ref name=INC>{{cite web|url=https://www.inc.com/sarah-lynch-/this-serial-entrepreneur-struck-a-key-deal-to-scale-up-here-are-his-tips-for-achieving-fast-growth.html|title=This Serial Entrepreneur Struck a Key Deal to Scale Up. Here Are His Tips for Achieving Fast Growth|website=Inc.|date=September 21, 2023|author=Sarah Lynch|access-date=July 13, 2024}}</ref> Really operates a decentralized wireless mobile network started in Austin, Texas.<ref name=Built>{{cite web|url=https://www.builtinaustin.com/articles/really-raises-18m-adam-lyons|title=Adam Lyons' REALLY Raises $18M for Decentralized Mobile Network|website=Built In Austin|date=February 28, 2023|author=Abel Rodriguez|access-date=July 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.siliconhillsnews.com/2023/03/04/thezebra-coms-founder-adam-lyons-launches-really-a-mobile-phone-service-with-18-million-in-funding/|title=TheZebra.com's Founder Adam Lyons Launches REALLY, a Mobile Phone Service with $18 Million in Funding|website=Silicon|date=March 4, 2023|author=Laura Lorek|access-date=July 13, 2024}}</ref>
In February 2023, Really secured $18 million in funding, led by Polychain Capital and Mike Maples Jr,<ref name=Built/><ref name=TM>{{cite web|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/really-wireless-dewi-sharing-broadband/|title=An Austin Start-up's (Expensive) Plan to Transform the Wireless Business|website=Texas Monthly|date=January 22, 2024|author=Michael Agresta|access-date=July 13, 2024}}</ref> one of the largest seed rounds for a US telco.<ref name=TM/><ref name=INC/><ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/business/chips-biden-child-care-business.html|title=Reshaping Corporate America With Billions in Giveaways |website=The New York Times|date=February 28, 2023|author1=Andrew Ross Sorkin|author2=Ravi Mattu|author3=Bernhard Warner|author4=Sarah Kessler|author5=Michael J. de la Merced|author6=Lauren Hirsch|author7=Ephrat Livni|access-date=July 13, 2024}}</ref>
In September 2023, the company partnered with T-Mobile so customers could use both networks, providing expanded coverage including international.<ref name=Fierce/><ref name=INC/>
==Features== Really is built on a "DeWi" network of small wireless towers, drawing on existing infrastructure to provide service. Tower hosts are compensated by the company, with Really handling all equipment installation.<ref name=Fierce/><ref name=NYT/>
Lyons has stated: "With decentralized wireless [DeWi], the idea is that the community itself can create cell coverage."<ref name=NYT/>
The company offers two phone plans, Limitless which includes unlimited voice, text and data and Clutch which is data only.<ref name=TM/>
==See also== * Citizens Broadband Radio Service
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Category:Telecommunications companies Category:Wireless carriers