Good reason not to switch to boost?

2 things. I've traveled all over the west coast with Boost and haven't had any issues. Remeraber that places like Los Angeles there is no cricket market, which means you'll be on a crappy metroPCS market. i've been to SD, LA, LV, PHX, TUC, and haven't had any issues with boost or cricket.

Secondly, the phone selection for CDMA is basically based on 2 carriers; Verizon and Sprint. Most users on this forum are using one of the two. You can say phone selection sucks, and it probably does compared to being able to use any Verizon, Telus, Cricket, or Sprint device. But when you count the threaRAB in this forum about flashing Sprint devices to Cricket, there is a pretty big market share of CDMA devices.
 
i've heard that but don't believe it anymore... even if its a policy lol

I live in the nashville area any my girlfrienRAB college has horrible service, when we're outside i get 1 -2 bars but as soon as i step inside the building, nothing... it says searching for service, and I have to turn my phone off so the battery won't die in 10 min...

that was annoying, but when cricket started using sprint, i now have 2-3 bars inside the building! and i tried to access the internet inside the building and it wouldn't let me (i'm running off the assumption that its sprint because i know that you can't use internet on sprint) and once i step outside, the internet works again!

so i dunno why i suddenly have talk and text inside the college when i never even had service before... and i get coverage everywhere around the school, its not riding the edge of crickets original coverage or anything... thats why it was annoying cause I SHOULD"VE had coverage in there before...
 
It really depenRAB on your % landline calling before 7PM on weekdays. If you are always talking to other mobile carrier subs, those minutes are free. That's the gimmick. (3000 shared AT minutes is $52/line for 4 lines)
 
Correct and like I said I can only speak for the Utah market.
and the Utah market for sprint and boost is horrible.

If utah didnt force to have to pay taxes < thats a killer we get so many people complaining about how boost claims to no taxes and then turns around and is now starting to charge tax
 
Well, the price point is the same ($47 after tax now vs $50 including tax at boost) so its not really about that. Its more so the faster data that i'd want to have access to.

The one thing I do appreciate about cricket is that its so easy to use pretty much any CDMA phone where with boost the process of switching is so sketchy and it isnt really clear if its okay. I do get the feeling that one day boost is going to close the door on sprint phones and id just be coming back to cricket anyways.

The funny thing is, with opera mini and with most apps, the data really isnt THAT bad as the latency is really low even with capped EV-DO.

I keep hearing people talking about things changing, so maybe I will stay after all to see what that is all about.

Thanks guys for the feedback.
 
It's coming August/Septeraber this year. Official, yes confirmed. I'm sure, probably, and yes, maybe. Still...it might not be...but it will happen soon.
Official release will be last Tuesday in August or so I'm told.
 
i went boost over cricket. nationwide network, no taxes, no proxy on data, full blackberry support, and the ability to use almost any sprint phone? really, cricket can't compare.

also, your bill is 48 a month if you use reboost. not 50. :)

by the way, boost isnt going to close any doors on phones, infact they keep opening more. they just released 3 new phones including a blackberry. you're wasting your time waiting on cricket.
 
So, that would be Internet while roaming on Sprint, or would it be on all of the roaming carriers? Do you know if it'll be free of charge?
 
i'm sorry but boost is nationwide. boost cdma is sprints network and has nationwide coverage. sure there are spots that no carrier will cover, but aside from that boost is nationwide. it is not a regional provider which makes it nationwide.
 
oh and besides the network speed/3g/nationwide there is no difference between the carriers. same voice quality.

i will tell you this though, cricket screwed up my account, had me calling india, and dealing with more idiots than boost has. infact, the CSR i spoke with when porting my nuraber from cricket actually called me back when we got disconnected.
 
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If you don't see a picture, then just copy and paste the URL in between the signs and paste it into your URL bar... see all the white area, thats all area boost DOESN'T have coverage...cricket doesn't have unlimited coverage there either, but at least cricket gives you some coverage. thats what i'm saying. because cricket has roaming options where boost's white area is...

boost is nationwide! i'm not saying it's not, i'm just saying essentially, cricket has way more coverage than boost
 
come on, lets have more discussion.

boost pro's

nationwide network (no roaming)
use almost any sprint phone
taxes included in bill
no throttling on EVDO and no proxies
blackberry support
NO NEED TO *228 OR PROGRAM PHONES!
extensive call history, sms history, mms history via online for no charge

boost con's

can't use any and every CDMA phone (must be sprint/boost)
cheapest plan is $48 a month
have to activate a boost phone before you can switch to a sprint phone

so i guess it comes down to, do you want to use any phone? or do you want a nationwide network that doesnt require you to load PRL's and edit proxies on all your phones to get it to work. its funny, half of the people on cricket are using sprint phones anyway ;) i LOVE my blackberry with full BIS. i would only trade it for an iphone, if i could get it with no contract prepaid :)
 
Cincinnati market for sprint and boost is horrible as well. They lack in alot of markets not just Utah and Cincinnati. Im sure every user can at least say what market they are in and tell you how bad boost is.
 
I don't put much stock in those "official" announcements, especially ones months in the future.

No one will really know until its actually launched, and I'm pretty sure it will be no data outside of cricket markets unless a new roaming agreement is signed.
 
Well, to be honest and to get back to the original intent of this thread. The original poster is still better off with Boost, Page Plus, Straight Talk and even Virgin than Cricket. I honestly do not see any advantage to being a Cricket customer unless you are so broke you need the 30 or 35 dollar plan which is stripped of long distance, voice mail, text, etc. I really do not see why anyone stays with Cricket unless they just don't know what the alternatives are. Am I missing something?
 
and crickets coverage now looks almost exactly like that, their not regional anymore... but cricket lets you roam where boost doesn't. boost doesn't get sprints roaming capability because their an MNVO of sprint... sprint gets roaming but boost, and virgin mobile don't roam
 
two things. that is an old map, and people have confirmed that in some markets they have roaming. if you have sprint CDMA coverage then you have boost cdma coverage.

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