Boost Mobile unlimited plan: Too good to be true?
Ahh the battle of the unlimited plans. Last month we learned of a new offering from Boost Mobile that seemed as though it would come in as the obvious winner, for those in areas well-covered by Sprint’s iDEN network at least. $50 each month, unlimited everything – or so we thought. As has become an unfortunate commonplace among service providers in various industries, unlimited doesn’t always mean unlimited and Zatz Not Funny! has inadvertently uncovered some troubling verbiage in the terms and conditions tied to Boost’s monthly unlimited plan. While searching for a new wireless broadband service provider, Zatz learned that Boost prohibits “unreasonable” usage and uses familiarly vague language to give the company an out in the event a subscriber is costing it too much money with heavy usage.
So, Boost unlimited subscribers, you should probably be aware that according to Boost’s terms you cannot use your handset to participate on conference calls, exchange an “unusually high” number of messages or place an “abnormally high number of calls”. You also cannot have atypical web usage and your calls cannot be repeatedly of an “unusually long” duration. How many calls are too many? How much web is too much? How many messages constitute an “unusually high” amount? Apparently, that’s for Boost to decide if it chooses to cut you off. Companies have been sued and fined time and time again for these shenanigans and we wouldn’t be surprised if Boost is well on its way to learning that the hard way. Hey Attorney General Cuomo… Where you at?
Have had nextel for 10 yrs. Pay 140.00 total for 2000 min shared on 2 phones. Basic service you would think they would perk it up for those of us that have been loyal. Am now switching to boost for unlimited
that is NOT true! i have unlimitated text and calls, long distance , i use my web all the time and i only pay 50 dollars a month boost mobile is great
Boost is great phone
Boost mobile is the best phone service goin to me i love dealin with them when it comes down to it.No contract,no extra hidden charges,unlimited mins all for $50.also long distance &unlimited texting.I myself have been dealin with boost for more than 7 yrs and am not thinkn about changing my service.
Almost all phone companies and ISPs have the same terms, you don’t have to be a genius to figure that out. Note that it mentions in the fine text something like “as compared with other users on similar plans in the same service area”. That means if the average is 200 messages per day and you use 10,000, you will probably be cut off. Likewise, if other people make 20 calls and you make 100 calls per day you will likely be cut off.
The intention here is to allow personal unlimited use, but not to allow obviously commercial use on a budget personal plan.
im confused now!what phone should i get?
Regardless of the fine print, the Boost Mobile Unlimited Plan has been the undisputed value-winner for me for years compared to the other cell services that I’ve tried such as SprintPCS, T-Mobile, and MetroPCS. Those other services often hit me with either spotty coverage or absurd (up to $400) service fees, whereas with Boost Unlimited my bottom-line bill was always essentially the same (~$47/mo. under my service offering from years ago) even after 1-2 hour conversations (many of which were cross-country) nearly every day the month! And that included good voice mail quality, good talk quality, and service coverage that was second only to Verizon (which costs about 25% more).