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expired Posted by WackyP • Feb 23, 2024
Feb 23, 2024 11:38 AM
Boost Mobile: New Customers: 1st Year of Unlimited Talk, Text & Data
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When you activate, the SIM uses its $150 credit to purchase 1 year of service at the discounted rate of $150.
If you fail to activate in the time frame, which is anywhere from 3-6 months, they will charge you full price (an additional $150) and add it to the SIM cards balance for when/if you ever activate it.
No matter what, you are purchasing 1 year of service and the SIM card they send will forever have 1 year of prepaid service sitting on it. Whether you activate in 1 day or 3 years it will still work, the only difference is whether you pay $150 or $300 for that SIM.
Wasted so much time and energy when I bit on a Slick Deal last year and they overcharged me $180 which took 10+ calls and 2 months to get back (They initially issued it as credit to my account and I had to fight even more to get it back to my card)
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Pay Monthly
Unlimited
$150.00/mo
Total Due Monthly
$/mo
Paid Today
Boost SIM Kit Envelope
$0.00
Shipping
$0.00
Taxes
$1.76
Surcharges
$0.00
Total Paid Today
$151.76
When I got the iPhone 12 deal last year, I purchased in late March and activated in mid May without any problems. I did receive several "urgent" and "final reminder" emails telling me to activate.
Since Dish wants to establish itself as a major player across the entire wireless market, they need customers to use their core network. That network at the moment is even smaller than the old Sprint network, thus attracting subscribers with discounted plans allows them to test their network capacity, identify potential issues, and gain valuable usage data that informs their network expansion. No one would want to use a service that did not work away from their home city, or as I remember, cost prohibited away from home.
Related, all carriers collect vast amounts of data on customer usage patterns, and a lot of this is held as preparatory and used as a business advantage. Even on promotional plans, Dish gains valuable insights into how people use their phones, which can help them tailor future plans and services. They are, after all, try to create the 'big four' vs the current big three, so like I said, this is more than trying to compete with lost-cost MVNOs.
I suspect that Dish is getting bulk services from T-Mobile and AT&T at a good discount since they loaned spectrum to AT&T and T-Mobile for free during the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote work, telemedicine, e-commerce and remote schooling put a larger load on those networks. They have agreements to use (at a cost) T-Mobile's network until 2027 and AT&T's until 2031.
By those dates, Dish's raw 'owned' spectrum will be worth around 100 billion dollars. Sure, they need review, thirsty, not so sure.
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I do not know how long Boost allows before activation when porting in.
Like the bundled deal for a week ago, I expect this offer be good for only a limited time. My guess this deal expires midnight Monday morning.
All it takes 45 days of time return to boost and activate this $150 plan. So, will this work for me?
If yes, what's the cheapest network available for a month to hop into with some great data...
Please suggest
Pay Monthly
Unlimited
$150.00/mo
Total Due Monthly
$/mo
Paid Today
Boost SIM Kit Envelope
$0.00
Shipping
$0.00
Taxes
$1.76
Surcharges
$0.00
Total Paid Today
$151.76
All it takes 45 days of time return to boost and activate this $150 plan. So, will this work for me?
If yes, what's the cheapest network available for a month to hop into with some great data...
Please suggest
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