| The Boost Mobile Unlimited prepaid cell phone plan | | | | the subject of worry. The higher priced plan is for |
| broke onto the scene earlier this year and it was | | | | unlimited talk time and text, while the lower priced |
| like a gun shot heard around the world. Well, at | | | | one provides subscribers with 1,000 minutes of |
| least in circles that pay attention to what's going | | | | talk and 1,000 text messages. Both plans come |
| on in the prepaid market. | | | | with 30 mb of data usage. |
| CEO's, industry insiders, and even consumers | | | | Boost Mobile's Unlimited plan looks rather similar to |
| perked their ears when Boost Mobile released the | | | | these plans, but Straight Talk runs on Verizon's |
| $50 Monthly Unlimited plan. It was not that Boost | | | | network. Boost's plan gives subscribers unlimited |
| was releasing an affordable prepaid plan-it is | | | | talk time, unlimited text messaging, unlimited |
| primarily a prepaid company-it was the fact that | | | | nationwide walkie-talkie, wireless web, and |
| the word "Unlimited" was in the name that really | | | | voicemail, long distance, and nationwide network. |
| got people's attention. And it was the fact that it | | | | It is also free to receive international text |
| was all for the price of $50. | | | | messages and users who need these features |
| Prepaid wireless companies (not to mention | | | | can add international connect (unlimited walkie |
| postpaid wireless providers fearing for their own | | | | talkie and text) for $10 per month. |
| business) seemed to think that crossing the price | | | | Clearly, it is an aggressive plan, as are the ones |
| threshold would start a price war in which prepaid | | | | from TracFone. But there are even more |
| companies would keep lowering prices and adding | | | | companies slicing prices and adding features to |
| features until it was no longer profitable for | | | | gain more subscribers. MetroPCS is one of them. |
| anyone to be in business. | | | | Recently, the cellular services company cut $5 off |
| Boost Mobile made a clear statement that it | | | | its Unlimited prepaid plans in order to entice new |
| wanted to be the go-to prepaid provider and it | | | | users. Page Plus Cellular has a new $39.95 talk n |
| was ready to put its money where its mouth | | | | text plan it hopes will gain some attention. |
| was. It was not too long after that the rest of | | | | If you are in the market for a new cell phone, |
| the major prepaid players jumped into the ring. | | | | you would do well to look at the various prepaid |
| TracFone soon after released two plans under | | | | cell phone plans out on the market. Look for |
| the name Straight Talk. These plans are very | | | | unlimited plans if you can-they're out there and |
| competitive, and at the rates of $45 and $30, | | | | they're affordable. |
| crossed even further the price threshold that was | | | | |