Originally Posted by
BayAreaBooster I cant say; I wish i knew what would happen but I'm no fortune teller.
Since Sprint Nextel owns Boost, I would picture that Boost would inherit as much technology from them as possible.
The bigger question (in my opinion at least), is when newer technology (CDMA, etc) comes to an unlimited no contract carrier, will the price point remain the same? It's great if a no contract unlimited carrier has a great network, great phones, etc. but at what cost to the consumer? If the cost increases considerably might as well go with a big name carrier. the reason why im a Boost crusader is that their unlimited plan is a flat $50, no tax nor extra charges, and it gets me great reception (17,000 plus cities, woo-hoo!).
Also, it's interesting to see how many view iDEN as a bad thing or a "drawback" to the company. If you consider the cost of voice and data over a network, it would be in their interest to keep using iDEN since voice is of a higher expense than data. With that being the case, why spend all this money on completely switching over your network? iDEN works great for voice. large coverage, good call quality, and you get direct connect. the cost to completely switch over wouldn't make sense. why not just use dual networks? voice/direct connect on iDEN and data on CDMA? i think the blackberry 8350i was a great step in this direction (hail to those who discovered and shared how to flash it).
data does not take up much bandwidth compared to voice. to have data transfer over CDMA network of your parent company makes the most economical sense rather than just completely switching everything over. hopefully in the near future, more and more phones that Boost rolls out will be able to do this...
in the interim, i have to say i am really pleased with my i335 phone and the iDEN network. really, it all comes down to the area you and the call recipient live in when it comes to signal strength, and with Boost having thousands of cities more worth of coverage than Metro, it's a no brainer. For a flat $50 a month with unlimited talk, text, web; and with no obligation, no taxes, and no fees, what more can you ask for? Boost all the way. Metro is a respectable runner up...
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