Comments on: Boost Unlimited going nationwide in 2009

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:42:21 +0000

It’s mid-2010 and I’ve been using Boost Mobile $50/Unlimited plan for almost a year now. This is the worst phone service I’ve ever had. Many of my sent text messages never make it to the intended recipient, and I’ve approximated that I only receive somewhere around 40% of the text messages that are sent to me. Often when people call me, it goes straight to voicemail. The vast majority of the time when I try to call others, I get the message “the number or code you have dialed is not in service,” despite the fact that I am dialing a working number. The “unlimited internet access?” Man, I though dial-up was slow. This takes minutes to even load Boost’s version of the internet homepage. It’s feasibly possible that the problems stem from my phone and not the service, but I’m not sticking around long enough to find out. Net10, here I come.

By: BrainHack

BrainHack — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:16:29 +0000

Th unlimited plan for iDEN will be $50 for everything and it launches January 22, 2009.

By: Henry Keskot

Henry Keskot — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:16:25 +0000

If you look at http://www.gsmbundles.com, they are already offering what Boost is offering and at a much lower price if you look at the data offering that is also included.

By: Nikolai Hel

Nikolai Hel — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:43:34 +0000

MetroPCS and Cricket still offers a more robust CDMA network than the patchy IDEN that has fallen apart owing to Sprint’s lack of investment. Price points are lower and these companies ARE profitable This announcement is at best disruptive, however without distribution for Boost Unlimited and no public confidence it amounts to a shot in that nobody will hear. Dan Hesse is trying to unload the ugly stepchild.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:48:27 +0000

With the approximate airtime cost of about 1 cent per minute, unlimited plans can dicey propositions for carriers. If a customer uses 5,000 minutes on a $50 unlimited plan there is simply no profit for the carrier. Sprint’s plan to use the iDen network to assist in Sprint’s overall bailout could result in retreat once the unlimited prepaid ARPUs start rolling in. Prepaid unlimited customers are quite different users than postpaid unlimited users.