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    convex20899
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    I currently use AT&T. Due to the $50.00 unlimited web, text, dc, calls I’m thinking of boost. I read a lot of unhappy customers (on other forums) Hard to tell truth from bull. I know boost is owned by sprint/Nextel. Any feedback on the service? I am in the Washington dc metro area and travel to west va and pa a lot. Is it worth the move?

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    Re: thinking of boost

    Remember, the wireless industry is one of the few industries where you really do ONLY get what you pay for.

    Boost Mobile provides coverage on the iDEN network. I also believe it may soon offer the $50 plan to its CDMA customers, if it already hasn't started. Once it provides it on the CDMA network, the move may be OK and you will get exceptional coverage with exceptional services. Whenever it's on the iDEN network...not only with the coverage be horrible...the selection of devices and features to choose from will also suffer.

    Boost Mobile does not own or operate its own wireless network (for CDMA or iDEN). This means that any issues you may have (like a tower goes out or something) will take days or months to fix. They rely on other network's coverage.
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    Re: thinking of boost

    Boost is phasing out the cdma portion of their network. Sometime in 2010. The are not offering or rather promoting cdma any more.



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    Re: thinking of boost

    Well then, that was a poor choice on their part...

    Quote Originally Posted by convex20899 View Post
    Boost is phasing out the cdma portion of their network. Sometime in 2010. The are not offering or rather promoting cdma any more.
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    Re: thinking of boost

    Boost most definitely owns their own network. Boost is just the prepaid division of SprintNextel and is owned by them. They have both a cdma and iden side. The cdma is no longer promoted and there are no new phones. It is still possible to activate a new account on cdma by getting one of the original Boost cdma phones off of ebay, either the c290, w385 or krzr. The cost is now the same as the iden side at $50 for unlimited talk, text and web. The cdma side runs off of Sprint native coverage without roaming onto Verizon or other carriers. The iden side is what is being promoted and pushed by Boost as a way to fill up some capacity on the Nextel network. They are coming out with new phones and they just came out with the i465 which I have and is a very good phone for the price. Orginally when there was text problems and dropped calls but this has been fixed. For the past two months my texts have been instant and haven't had a dropped call. The iden side actually has a larger footprint than the cdma side. 274 million people vs. 262 million.
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    Re: thinking of boost

    dalejrrocks,

    Thank you that's is good information. May I ask what area you are in? I'm thinking of switching from AT$T do you think it is worth it?

    I'm in the wash dc metro area and travel to wva and pa.

    thank you



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    They are considered a reseller. Resellers use other networks to power their own. They primarily use the iDEN network...which has always been primarily owned by Nextel (and now Sprint) and it IS NOT maintained by Boost. Boost is a subsidy of Sprint/Nextel...they own most, if not all of Boost...but Boost still is its own company and intity aside from Sprint/Nextel...therefore the network is not its own.

    Ever though of why you activate Boost and you get a Sprint/Nextel phone number as your number? It's because they purchase them from Sprint/Nextel...since they're one carrier, you could say they "borrow" them.

    All network transactions go through Sprint/Nextel...NOT BOOST.

    If you want to get technical, Boost Mobile is just a name. It is actually a worldwide name for iDEN networks...it originally launched in Austrailia and New Zealand in 2000.

    Boost is really just an excuse for a wireless network. I'm still not sure why they're dumb enough to decide to push the iDEN network...it's outdated and old.

    Quote Originally Posted by dalejrrocks View Post
    Boost most definitely owns their own network. Boost is just the prepaid division of SprintNextel and is owned by them. They have both a cdma and iden side. The cdma is no longer promoted and there are no new phones. It is still possible to activate a new account on cdma by getting one of the original Boost cdma phones off of ebay, either the c290, w385 or krzr. The cost is now the same as the iden side at $50 for unlimited talk, text and web. The cdma side runs off of Sprint native coverage without roaming onto Verizon or other carriers. The iden side is what is being promoted and pushed by Boost as a way to fill up some capacity on the Nextel network. They are coming out with new phones and they just came out with the i465 which I have and is a very good phone for the price. Orginally when there was text problems and dropped calls but this has been fixed. For the past two months my texts have been instant and haven't had a dropped call. The iden side actually has a larger footprint than the cdma side. 274 million people vs. 262 million.
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    Re: thinking of boost

    ^^^^Obviousoly you are just a Verizon lover and like paying for overpriced cellular service. Basically everything you stated supported the fact that Boost basically owns its own networks since it is just another name for the prepaid side. For some of us that want to save some money there isn't any better value than unlimited prepaid service at this time.

    Convex20899,
    I live about a half hour south of Louisville, KY and have great service in the state of Kentucky. Boost here has almost as good of coverage as ATT. I have traveled through many states and have never had a problem with having coverage along major highways or metropolitan areas. I can't speak for Washington D.C., but I would go look at the Nextel coverage maps on sprint.com, that is the same coverage as Boost. You aren't going to get the same quality as you will with ATT, but it just really depends on how much you rely on your phone. Data speeds on Boost iden are basically gprs, not 3g. You have to make the decision based on how much money you will be saving from ATT and if it is worth it to you. I used to have a Palm Centro on Sprint and switching to the i465 I haven't missed my centro or the extra money I was paying.



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    Re: thinking of boost

    So far so good for me when it comes to coverage. I'm satisfied, but I'm on the 10 cents a minute plan. I don't really use the phone that much. My only gripe is that you get like 10 different ring tones on the phone, and when your with your friends that also have boost, you don't know who's phone is ringing. I bought one ringtone for a whopping 3 dollars. That's crap. More like 10 seconds of a song to know when it's my phone ringing. There's got to be a way around this price gouging. $1.50 is too much for one ringtone, much less the $3.

    I have the I776, and there's a voice recorder on it. That is how I used to be able to put the phone up to the speaker, and play whatever song, and it gave you the option to set as a ringtone. Boost took that option off so they can fk you for $3 a ringtone.

    Other than the ringtone part, and the non option of having my cell phone ring more than a whopping 4 times before it goes to voicemail, it's been a great service for the money. I'm used to paying 90+ for the iphone, and that got old real quick. 3g my ass, more like .750 g. 1 g on a good day.



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