it's legit. my step-sister's father-in-law's gay life partner just signed up for it in san francisco.
but seriously though, it's legit, and has just undergone trials in the bay area, with nationwide reach in march.
for the "newbs", they're going to offer a $135 "switchers" credit so no one gets left out... if you port to TMO, they'll credit you $135 for switching, to help offset the cost of your ETF.
a friend of mine is an internal auditor at TMO Bellevue and gave me the heads up about it a couple weeks ago should i be interested in switching plans.
T-Mobile isn't iDEN. It has a fairly high quality GSM network (in my view more solid than AT&T's, but obviously experiences will differ by area) and it's in the midst of rolling out a full 3G UMTS network. Unlimited data is $7/$20/$25 per line depending on which data plan you sign up to.
That's a hell of a deal. Good job Boost in pushing the other operators to do this.
Does your Blackberry 8900 or equivalent work on Boost, especially when you are traveling from Berlin to Moscow to Shanghai to Sydney to Johannesburg to Santiago de Chile and then back home? I didn't think so. It's not the same thing. In addition, only T-Mobile USA has UMA, which has proven to save some people several hundred dollars per day while roaming abroad, where they otherwise pay $1-$5 per minute in roaming fees.
"traveling from Berlin to Moscow to Shanghai to Sydney to Johannesburg to Santiago de Chile and then back home"
WTH... how many people on T-Mobile's network will do that trip enough to make it a key point for switching to them as a cell provider, much less even once in their life?
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oakie @ Feb 20th 2009 3:56PM
it's legit. my step-sister's father-in-law's gay life partner just signed up for it in san francisco.
but seriously though, it's legit, and has just undergone trials in the bay area, with nationwide reach in march.
for the "newbs", they're going to offer a $135 "switchers" credit so no one gets left out... if you port to TMO, they'll credit you $135 for switching, to help offset the cost of your ETF.
a friend of mine is an internal auditor at TMO Bellevue and gave me the heads up about it a couple weeks ago should i be interested in switching plans.
skemme @ Feb 20th 2009 7:55PM
T-Mobile = Fail. $49.99 + tax and only voice?!?!?
Try $50 FLAT for Boost Mobile's plan with UNLIMITED voice, text, web AND PTT AND no contract.
squiggleslash @ Feb 20th 2009 8:26PM
T-Mobile isn't iDEN. It has a fairly high quality GSM network (in my view more solid than AT&T's, but obviously experiences will differ by area) and it's in the midst of rolling out a full 3G UMTS network. Unlimited data is $7/$20/$25 per line depending on which data plan you sign up to.
That's a hell of a deal. Good job Boost in pushing the other operators to do this.
Anton Wahlman @ Feb 20th 2009 10:20PM
Does your Blackberry 8900 or equivalent work on Boost, especially when you are traveling from Berlin to Moscow to Shanghai to Sydney to Johannesburg to Santiago de Chile and then back home? I didn't think so. It's not the same thing. In addition, only T-Mobile USA has UMA, which has proven to save some people several hundred dollars per day while roaming abroad, where they otherwise pay $1-$5 per minute in roaming fees.
cocoviper @ Feb 21st 2009 2:36PM
@Anton Wahlman
"traveling from Berlin to Moscow to Shanghai to Sydney to Johannesburg to Santiago de Chile and then back home"
WTH... how many people on T-Mobile's network will do that trip enough to make it a key point for switching to them as a cell provider, much less even once in their life?