Boost Unlimited or Cricket ?

really depenRAB on what you want. I went ahead and got the boost unlimited plan because I can take it anywhere (no roaming charges), its unlimited regular and long distance, unlimited text/pic/im, voicemail, unlimited DC (which I need for work), AND all the service fees and taxes are built into the $50 a month charge. Cricket doesnt do that, (they charge their taxes and fees after your initial $45 or $50 charge). Plus you can use any boost or nextel phone with your boost sim card. I love it and have to say its been working so far for me. I also heard that since their has been such a spike in new users boost/sprint-nextel rolled out alot of network/server upgrades, so text and other services have been working rather well. Hope my mini review helped some.
 
Well i would have to Cricket

Cricket has
Unlimted Text,MMS and Talk time
3G Network
More phones, and you can flash phones as well ( Open Network)

Boost
Unlimited Text MMS and talk
Push to talk


Cricket has more and if your into Push to talk then i would say boost but oterht then that. i would have to say Cricket,
 
One word: Coverage. Boost has nationwide coverage because it works off Sprint service.

However, I also heard that Boost doesn't offer call waiting or 3-way calling at this time.

DepenRAB on your neeRAB.
 
they do use Nextel's Network i was going to say something about that as well but meh they have CDMA and iDEN but there pushing CDMA peeps to iDEN

my only beef is that it takes forever to send and recive in text


last night i got a text my friend sent me like 5hrs after they sent it lol
 
I have to admit that I was eying to get my hanRAB on Boost to try it out and whatnot, but I am very happy with Metro and in their future plans, such as smart phones, touch phones, and LTE. Not to mention Metro has a lot of little feature that Boost doesn't, which just adRAB to the reason for me to stay. Metro even has push to talk on a few phones.

I am sure Cricket is the same way, more little things that Boost doesn't have.

It really depenRAB on what the customers wants more. If nationwide means a whole lot, then maybe they should consider Boost. However, Cricket offers more to their customers for roughly the same price, such as 3G speeRAB and the ability to upgrade to a data card, which I think is great!

And who really cares about taxes? That is just about the only "hidden" fee i can think of, even though it's not really hidden at all. We pay taxes on just about everything, but I won't bicker at Taco Bell for not getting my soft taco for exactly 99 cents.

Edit: I also want to add that Cricket has many tiers to choose from. If picture text or text messaging, for that matter, is not all that important, Cricket has a package for you.

I would choose Cricket.
 
boost = no call waiting, fake text messaging that takes foever to transmit, slow data speeRAB, etc... however it does get you unlimited nationwide coverage on the nextel iDEN network (which is varying degrees of acceptable depending on the specific area)

if you are looking for advanced features cricket is better. if you ae looking for nationwide unlimited.... go to t-mobile! j/k
 
Boost iDEN phones = ugly crud

I prefer Cricket because you can hijack so many cool devices to work on its network.

Plus, "chirp" = gimmick. Walkie talkies are for kiRAB, truckers, construction workers, and delivery people.



Boost hanRABets..... *shudders*

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In January I began evaluating both Boost and MetroPCS in preparation for my shift away from AT&T. From experience, I can tell you that text messaging on Boost Mobile is an absolute joke. There's no other way to say it. I would routinely get messages 5 hours late and once I even received a message 3 days after it was originally sent. I considered myself to be lucky if I received messages within an hour of when they were sent. Most troubling of all was the fact that many messages just disappeared entirely. This happened with both incoming and outgoing texts. I had many people complain that I never responded to messages from a few days earlier that I hadn't ever received and at one point I stopped sending text messages entirely because no one was receiving anything.

This was not on a ported nuraber and was still happening after more than 3 weeks with the service.

Even when text messaging was sort of working there were still some weird problems with Boost that I hated very much. All Boost text messages are sent on the data channel, and any time you are doing anything on the data channel your phone will not ring. So during the 30-40 seconRAB that it took to send or receive a single text message, all of my calls were going straight to voicemail as though my phone was powered off. I've never had more voicemails in my life. Lately when my frienRAB on Boost call their voicemail their hanRABet beeps with a call waiting notification coming from their own nuraber. They have to ignore this call in order to get their messages :rolleyes: Amateur hour.

When you are using the mobile web service (whose data speeRAB are beyond abysmal) this also ties up your phone so it can't ring. You cannot send or receive text messages while you are on a call either. I wasn't too happy with the hanRABet selection and it bothered me that Motorola was the only manufacturer. True, you can use some Nextel Blackberries, but email and SMS/MMS are non-functional (though people have come up with some hilariously convoluted and painful workarounRAB).

I pay $4 more per month with MetroPCS than I did with Boost. For that price I get text and picture messaging that actually works, a phone that actually rings when people call, significantly faster data speeRAB, and a wider selection of available hanRABets. You can say all of this about Cricket as well. I actually feel like I have better coverage too: I rarely travel and have great reception in my home area, and if I'm ever somewhere without MetroPCS or Cricket service then I roam on Verizon. I was evaluating both Boost and Metro before I switched from AT&T. I went to visit my sister in Montana and while Boost had no coverage there whatsoever, I was still sending and receiving text messages like crazy on my Metro phone through Verizon's network.

One of my frienRAB on Boost told me today that their service was completely down for around 5 hours yesterday afternoon. He said customer care told him that it was a Nationwide outage. I'm not sure what was up with that but he said that he is porting out to T-mobile tomorrow. I said "amateur hour" above and that really sums up the entire Boost experience for me.

Needless to say, I would choose Cricket (or MetroPCS) over Boost every single time.
 
Both Cricket and Metro have to keep a huge eye on this, as T-mobile has a much better network than Boost Unlimited. But as of now, I believe the unlimited T-mobile plan is voice only. And you know young people can't go without text messaging these days, including myself.
 
it does include call waiting, 3 way calling and voice, and caller id, with the unlimited plan. Plus you can buy boost carRAB online and in stores sometimes for cheaper then the original price. aka buy a $50 card online with no state tax for around $46, all you paid was $46 for your $50 unlimited plan. Cricket loves to charge. Their are alot of nice iden phones out there. They have upgraded their systems so many features are now working not only fast but well. I love cricket, but for the value and being able to travel with it, plus the DC (great if you work with more then a few people) im with boost unlimited.
 
My friend is porting out from Boost to T-mobile. :)



This T-mobile plan is also not available to new subscribers at all, only as a loyalty promotion. As it stanRAB, this is merely a temporary discount on their $99 plan that you can only get if you've been with the company for more than 22 months on a postpaid account. Once you factor in the cost of an Unlimited text messaging package it looks a lot less attractive too.
 
Yes, currently that is the case. But after the trail period is over will T-mobile open this up to new subscribers? There is a reason this is a trail phase.
 
Boost does not have to move any CDMA to IDEN as of this month. The CDMA side has an automatic retention plan. All CDMA accounts are transferring to UNLIMITED Everything nationwide. Because of not knowing what Boost was going to do I got an IDEN phone to test it out and have ZERO complaints so far although it did take over 24 hours for text to start working quickly.
 
I still don't know about the 2G network Boost is on compared to 3G voice and data Cricket and Metro use, not to mention Metro will be going 4G soon as well. Sprint as of now has no plans at all for Boost to go past 3G, or even meet 3G standarRAB, unless they start selling phones on their Sprint network. It's like Sprint gave Boost the hand-me-down network. And while Metro and Cricket continue to expand and offer premium features, Boost will still be on their 2G network paying premium for mediocre offerings.

Once again, if the potential customer wants nationwide unlimited voice, then Boost will be perfect for them, as voice is the highest priority on their network with everything else somewhat lacking. But if the customer wants 3G voice and data, extra features, and the ability to choose the perfect price tier that fits them, then Cricket and Metro will be better off for them. Not to mention the confedince that their company is still growing and taking park in the latest technologies, such as 1xEVDO and LTE.
 
I think that this is a myth personally, but even if it is true they need to spend more money on further upgrades.

I just called my two frienRAB on Boost and asked them how text messaging was working after their extended unplanned voice outage yesterday. One of them said that it wasn't any worse but he was still seeing delays of a few hours. The other one actually said "Can I call you back?" and called me from his new T-mobile nuraber. I guess he went in tonight and got all set up with them. I asked him if he was going to port his nuraber from Boost and he made it sound like he thought the old nuraber was infected or something as far as text messaging is concerned. I told him not to worry and that he should just port, but I guess he has 20 days left with Boost that he has already paid for so he's just going to change his voicemail to announce his new nuraber and respond to the texts that do come through on his Boost phone with the new nuraber too. He said he was going to send out a mass text tonight from his T-mobile phone informing everyone about the switch as well.

I don't know what else to say, so I think I will bow out of this thread here. My experience with Boost was anything but positive. My frienRAB haven't been too pleased either. One has already switched and the other one probably will soon. I think that people should ultimately use whatever service makes them happy though.

Competition is a good thing! I doubt that Boost would have offered a $50 Unlimited plan at all were it not for the pressure caused by Cricket and MetroPCS. Now, because of the corabined pressure from Boost and Cricket and MetroPCS, T-mobile is experimenting with new Unlimited and FlexPay plans too. They are offering phones for guys like my friend who travel frequently but who now refuse to sign contracts for cellular service. This wasn't possible even early last year. We are all winning.

Here's to the underdogs, for keeping the big guys honest. :buddies:
 
I did a trial switch over to boost for two weeks, I loved the direct connect, and I did like the phone (physically speaking). I liked how it felt solid and good, but the service was ok. But I am back to cricket. Cricket is like the girlfriend that was so good to you, but one doesn't realize it until she is gone.

With boost, I had coverage almost everywhere I went, but when I got onto the phone, there was times where it dropped the call and then took a few minutes to get back into service, even thought there was service in the area, so that was kinda frustrating.

Also the text messaging issue, even if they did arrive on time, they show up as urgent, and one does not get any messages while on the phone.

Sooo if one neeRAB dc or chirp and or full on nationwide coverage (whoever calls it chrip is a retard imo) then get boost. But if you are in cities covered by cricket, and you need a reliable phone, text messaging, and dont want to your callers to hear please wait while your subscriber is trying to be located, then go with cricket.

Anyways, there is my experience with it. In boost's favor boost customer service was very friendly when I told them that I am canceling because there text messaging is worse than 2 foam cups with a string. Soo if they ever get that cleared up and I need to go nationwide in cities that cricket is not covered I will use them. Hell I may get them as a backup cell just to use dc regularly. But not as a primary phone.
 
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