Boost Mobile is marketed to the inner-city crowd, a service provider
that gives you some "bling bling" with your ring ring. Boost's customer
service comes complete with the thug treatment. Try to pay for your
account with a credit card and they will assume fraud and ask you
several personal questions to verify your identity. (Other providers
will allow you to pay with a credit card right on their website without
all that hassle.)
Boost's major advantages are the cool features what come with Nextel
service like walkie talkie service, and GPS. Boost also doesn't charge
for incoming SMS so you can use your phone as a pager to your hearts
content.
Boost also features some really cool stylish and functional Motorola phones.
Phone service with Boost suffers the same problems that Nextel customers
have. Simply put a network that is stretched to it's limits. Dropped
calls and flooded cell towers are a common problem. However if you like
the "chirp" walkie talkie, and receive lots of text messages, this may
be the service for you. Boost prepaid cards are also widely available
at convenience stores.
Boost also had several "Premium Prepaid" plans. You can sign up for any
of these plans without a contract. The plans all include unlmited walkie
talkie usage. The walkie talkie feature is probably the biggest advantage
to using Boost and is much more reliable then their phone service. If your
friends and family have Nextel or Boost plans
and don't mind using push to talk technology, then Boost might be the
service for you.
"Premium Prepaid" plan subscribers also have dedicated customer service
representatives that just handle premium prepaid service and support.
"Premium Prepaid" is a good medium between the prepaid realm and the
contract realm.
