swanboy
join:2001-01-22
Hollywood, FL | Excellent.
Ladies and gentlemen, I call this the BOOST effect. Sit back and enjoy. |
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neftv
join:2000-10-01
Broomall, PA | Realistic unlimited plans not $99
Hmmm was wondering when a realistic unlimited bandwagon was going to start. Could AT&T be next also? |
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BillRoland
Premium
join:2001-01-21
Ocala, FL
clubs: | Still misses the boat
Still not as good a deal as Boost Unlimited. |
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Big Dawg 23
join:2002-03-27
Northfield, MN
| reply to neftv
Re: Realistic unlimited plans not $99
Verizon and AT&T have no need to change. They are adding subscribers so there isn't a need. Besides look how long sprint had the $99 unlimited everything plan. They still lost 1 Million subscribers in the Fourth Quarter while Verizon and AT&T Grew. |
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MightyPez
join:2002-05-01
Saint Paul, MN | Very nice
I use T-Mobile in the twin cities and love the service in this area. If they drop the price to that level I will renew my contract immediately. |
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neftv
join:2000-10-01
Broomall, PA
 ·Broadvox Direct
| reply to Big Dawg 23
Re: Realistic unlimited plans not $99
yea I see Sprint coverage as the reason for people leaving them. However, if one is in a metro area that has good Sprint coverage and you don't travel that much then I see Sprint good choice. I never had the service but I just looking at Maps for the Philadelphia, PA area. But that is just my opinion, I got to deep with Cingular then AT&T that I would have to wait a bit if I was to change.I like my 8310 to much that I probably go with Bold when time comes for me. |
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swintec
Premium
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME
 ·RapidVPS
·surpasshosting
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·VoicePulse
 ·RoadRunner Cable
|  Niice
Nice to see that Sprint/Nextel/Boost seems to be at the forefront of dropping the latest and greatest pricing and new technologies and causing the others to start playing catchup. I can think of three instances where this has happened in the last year or so alone.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
·Comcast
 ·Qwest.net
·magicjack.com
·BeeCreek Communica..
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| reply to BillRoland
Re: Still misses the boat
OTOH Boost data is 2G (T-Mobile's is 2.5, 2.75 or even 3-3.5G in places) and from what I hear the network is hopelessly overloaded. Plus you can't really bring your own phone like you can with T-Mobile (GSM vs. iDEN) and all iDEN phones have horrific (3 days standby max) battery life.
Still, Boost's pricing and features (practically unlimited everything) are right on. |
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viperpa33s
Why Me?
Premium
join:2002-12-20
Bradenton, FL
·Bright House
| It's about time
This is something the cell phone companies should of done a long time ago. I have a similar service with MetroPCS. I have unlimited calling, texting, and web access for $50 a month. It's great that I can make calls all day long without worrying about using my minutes or waiting till 9pm. The only drawback is I have to pay for my own phone which is no big deal.
AT&T and Verizon won't do it because cellphones are a cash cow for them. Providing unlimited service for that low of a price won't be in there best interests. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | Would be nice if they had coverage
Their coverage in my area pretty much blows. |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs:
·T-Mobile US
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to BillRoland
Re: Still misses the boat
said by BillRoland  :Still not as good a deal as Boost Unlimited. If you want a limited Sprint network, sure. The boost network is about 1/4 the size of the TMO network, and without roaming agreements. Not to mention that you have to use iDen phones, and they only offer motorolas. And no 3g data at all anywhere. TMO's 3g network may be small right now, but it'll cover about 250 million Americans by the end of the year.
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"What makes us omniscient? Have we a record of omniscience? ...If we can't persuade nations with comparable values of the merit of our cause, we'd better reexamine our reasoning."
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IT Guy
Ow, My Balls
Premium
join:2004-07-29
Las Cruces, NM
clubs:
·Comcast
| I hope It's True
I just got a G1 and would love "unlimited" voice/SMS/data despite not having 3G in my area, at least I wouldn't need to be tethered to a wireless router to check email and browse the web. 10 GB cap is pretty disappointing though, they should increase that.
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My time is a piece of wax, falling on a termite, that's choking on a splinter. --Beck |
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BillRoland
Premium
join:2001-01-21
Ocala, FL
clubs:
·Cox HSI
| reply to iansltx
Re: Still misses the boat
said by iansltx :OTOH Boost data is 2G (T-Mobile's is 2.5, 2.75 or even 3-3.5G in places) and from what I hear the network is hopelessly overloaded. Plus you can't really bring your own phone like you can with T-Mobile (GSM vs. iDEN) and all iDEN phones have horrific (3 days standby max) battery life. Still, Boost's pricing and features (practically unlimited everything) are right on. Well, being a Nextel subscriber myself I can't say I've experienced the "hopelessly overloaded" network. I've travelled between Atlanta to Orlando quite a bit and I haven't had a "System Busy" in the last 6 months. My aunt and uncle have T-Mobile and that is the worst cell service I have ever seen, they live in Atlanta and there are coverage holes everywhere. Trying to call them is a crap shoot and once they get outside the city, forget about it.
Data on iDEN is a big drawback. It could be mitigated if they would re-enable WiDEN but I doubt they will. I'll also concede that battery life is far worse.
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs:
·T-Mobile US
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to swintec
Re: Niice
said by swintec :Nice to see that Sprint/Nextel/Boost seems to be at the forefront of dropping the latest and greatest pricing and new technologies and causing the others to start playing catchup. I can think of three instances where this has happened in the last year or so alone. Every other carrier began to offer the unlimited plan before Sprint did. They simply didn't advertise constantly like Sprint does.
The Boost network blows.
Couple that with industry-leading costumer-service ineptitude, and there you have it: Sprint.
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"What makes us omniscient? Have we a record of omniscience? ...If we can't persuade nations with comparable values of the merit of our cause, we'd better reexamine our reasoning."
-United States Secretary of Defense (1961-1968) Robert S. McNamara |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs: | reply to viperpa33s
Re: It's about time
T-Mobile has long offered "regional unlimited" plans for $50/mo - which is effectively what Boost and MetroPCS offer (since they don't have nationwide coverage). |
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BillRoland
Premium
join:2001-01-21
Ocala, FL
clubs:
·Cox HSI
| reply to tiger72
Re: Still misses the boat
said by tiger72 :said by BillRoland :Still not as good a deal as Boost Unlimited. If you want a limited Sprint network, sure. The boost network is about 1/4 the size of the TMO network, and without roaming agreements. Not to mention that you have to use iDen phones, and they only offer motorolas. And no 3g data at all anywhere. TMO's 3g network may be small right now, but it'll cover about 250 million Americans by the end of the year. Sorry, but the iDEN network is not 1/4 the size of T-Mobile native, non roaming network.
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"Don't steal. The government hates competition."
Beyond AM. Beyond FM. XM |
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MightyPez
join:2002-05-01
Saint Paul, MN | reply to IT Guy
Re: I hope It's True
Is the Android plan the same as their standard data plan? For some reason I thought it was priced at a higher tier like the Blackberry plan or AT&T's iPhone plan. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
·Comcast
·Qwest.net
·magicjack.com
·BeeCreek Communica..
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| reply to BillRoland
Re: Still misses the boat
True about the fact that T-Mobile coverage isn't the greatest. iDEN is much better coverage-wise as far as spectrum/frequency go, but capacity isn't quite there in some places. Classic case of YMMV; my Sprint phone works everywhere I need it to, 99.9% of the time without having to roam. T-Mobile coverage up here ain't the greatest. Boost Mobile? I haven't checked up here for capacity or coverage, but back home both are good... |
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pokeydsl
join:2002-10-11
956 | Good bye landlines
Once the other major wireless carriers meet this price point, AT&T and Verizon et al, will need to start worrying. This will be very disrupting to the telecoms |
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woody7
Premium
join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA | hmmmm....
This is why I haven't updated my contract with ATT. I don't want to be locked in when/if they do change.
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