Timothy- I, too, am a republic wireless user. I would like to keep my current cell number, but I want to hold on to it in a cloud number. I am VERY anxious to keep my text messages that come in. I wouldn't mind texts counting as minutes against my account- i just NEED to keep texts and I NEED your cloud number services to forward to my republic wireless phone. I don't mind if the SMS gateway stays in a control panel on voipo.com. Please help!!!!