Pay as you go rates are up?

**pitflyer** · 10-01-2011, 02:18 PM

I just disconnected my last Boost Mobile line (and selling the Sanyo Juno I got at Target clearance for it on eBay). I was using the $2 daily plan and switching back on weekends when I dont use it as often, but occasionally I do get texts, etc, that I can't control the inbound. Doubling that cost definitely sucks for ever using Boost Mobile again.

I think 50 cents for unlimited non-throttled web access is still a good deal. TMobile charges $1.49 which is throttled after a measly 30 megs and I can't even think of any other major one day/24 hour Internet pass options.

**shawnlg** · 10-02-2011, 01:50 PM

I only use boost for data and I use google voice for SMS. I use a cheap triple minute tracfone for minutes. And since data works for me even when it is not taking the daily fee, this change doesn't affect me. But I will never use it for minutes.

**gotanmp3** · 10-02-2011, 02:16 PM

20 cents a minute on Sprint native coverage is absolutely absurd. The only explanation is that they simply want PAYGO to die (which doesn't surprise me, it's buried on Boost's site as it is). It's a shame, though, because Boost was the only PAYGO provider with a good data plan.

**zindabad** · 10-03-2011, 12:33 AM

Originally Posted by Yeswap

Yup, confirmed by @BoostCare on Twitter. Also turning the Web add-on off or on is considered a plan change and will trigger the increase!

that sucks. it used to be when i start a new pay-go line, i activate it with 35/day unlimited web,

then i turn it off after the first day to avoid being charge EVERYDAY the 35 cents/day even days, weeks, months etc u dont use it. and it would just just charge 35/day on days used, only.

so now if you turn off the web add-on, any day you use any web acces, it (existing, otherwise unchanged, lines it used to charge 35/day, before oct 6) you use it even though you turned off the web-add on, it will charge 50/day instead of 35/day??

or what if i restore the 35/day add-on by oct 6, it will continue 35/day everyday for web or will it still go up to 50/day?

**ualdayan** · 10-03-2011, 12:38 PM

Tmobile's coming out with a new plan soon, $30 with unlimited texts, 5GB of 4G data (unlimited at EDGE speed after that). 100 minutes included, and after that 10 cents a minute. Completely open BYOD according to tmonews too; they specifically asked about the Samsung Galaxy SII 42Mbps and the answer was yes. Compare it to Boost's new prices ($15 a month for data, $20 if you use 100 minutes) and suddenly Tmobile comes out cheaper as long as you use more than 75 minutes a month. If you use less than 75 minutes a month then Boost is still cheaper, but you might be willing to pay a little more for Tmobile's 4G speeds.

**LargePrime** · 10-03-2011, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by ualdayan

Tmobile's coming out...

except unlimited unthrottled data. boost wins

also use 150~300 min and boost wins with unlimited everything with shrinkage.

Also if you live in a sprint 4G area buy a SERO premium. 40$/month unlimited everything...

**LargePrime** · 10-03-2011, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by deathtrip

1, You weren't ever suppose to get unlimited/free internet... that was a mistake on Boost's part and I personally am happy it was fixed.

was it fixed?
also can anyone confirm or deny that the web add on counts as a plan change?

**vmobi** · 10-03-2011, 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by gotanmp3

20 cents a minute on Sprint native coverage is absolutely absurd. The only explanation is that they simply want PAYGO to die (which doesn't surprise me, it's buried on Boost's site as it is). It's a shame, though, because Boost was the only PAYGO provider with a good data plan.

Maybe Sprint wants to migrate paygo subs to VM's PayLo service.
PayLo $20/400 minutes
OR $30/1500 minutes +1500 messages +30Mb Data
OR $0.20 cpm basic rate (same as new BM paygo).

Sprint may finally be getting ready to make Boost Mobile an exclusively Unlimited service. Unlimited tiers would make the service more attractive to subscribers only seeking talk, talk + text, or talk + text + web.

**ryan s** · 10-04-2011, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by ualdayan

Tmobile's coming out with a new plan soon, $30 with unlimited texts, 5GB of 4G data (unlimited at EDGE speed after that). 100 minutes included, and after that 10 cents a minute. Completely open BYOD according to tmonews too; they specifically asked about the Samsung Galaxy SII 42Mbps and the answer was yes. Compare it to Boost's new prices ($15 a month for data, $20 if you use 100 minutes) and suddenly Tmobile comes out cheaper as long as you use more than 75 minutes a month. If you use less than 75 minutes a month then Boost is still cheaper, but you might be willing to pay a little more for Tmobile's 4G speeds.

The TMo plan is ok, if you live in a strong TMo area and/or never leave it. People always bag on Sprint's native coverage, but there's just no comparison where I live.

Heck, I don't even see TMo FauxG here at all...and I'd only get Sprint FauxG where I live, not where I work...where I need mobile data, in other words. Sprint 3G is fantastic, for me.

Originally Posted by LargePrime

was it fixed?
also can anyone confirm or deny that the web add on counts as a plan change?

Per Boost's terminology in an email I was sent when I turned on Mobile Web the other day:

You've successfully authorized a Plan Change to Pay as you Go

...even though I was already on PayGo.

And even the email was titled:

Boost Price Plan Change Confirmation.

So...I would turn it on ASAP, leave it on, and grin and bear it for $10 a month if you still want/need 10c text and minutes

21 days of internet use at $.50/each equals a full month at 35 cents/day.

Boost is good with helping customers out, but I'm not going to mess around with it...I guess we'll see this next week once DT or someone else actually flips the Mobile Web switch in their account.

**deathtrip** · 10-04-2011, 12:37 PM

The way it works is this... Boost has plan codes. There are multiple plan codes for PAYGO. When you add Web the plan changes from the plan code without web, to the one with web. In the customers eyes they are just adding a feature, not changing plans.

Sent from my PC36100

**SweetBearCub** · 10-06-2011, 02:48 PM

I just checked @ 611 this morning, and the automated system specifically called out the "old" 10/10/35 rates on my PAYGO plan. Guess now I'll just have to be more diligent about never letting the account get too low, and actually act on those $5 warning texts they send.

I still cannot beat the 10/10/35 plan, especially combined with CallingMart's ~3.96% discount, so I will keep it until they force me off of it.

**zindabad** · 10-06-2011, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by fonezfonz

Boost is going down along with Virgin Mobile.

greedy Sprint cutting its losses/discounts

**Switching2Boost** · 10-15-2011, 01:24 PM

I am now a grandfathered 10 cent/min paygo user, but I had my 35 cent web turned off as the rate increased. Has anyone turned web on or off since the the rate increase? Has this effected your rate? Am I still able to turn web on and off at 35 cents per day, even though its off now? I left web off a long time because boost has been letting me use it for free.

(I have been using web on a sprint phone. At first when I signed up for Boost, it was free and I did not have to check the "web" check box on my PayGo plan. Some months ago that changed and I got an upsell message when trying to access web. I could still go to the Boost site and turn it on and that site was not blocked. I had been turning it on and off as needed for a time. One time I went to turn it on and the Boost site login feature did not work due to an unrelated problem but I found the web working for free again and used it anyway. I have since become lazy and just left it off and used it for free on the days I wanted to.)

**deathtrip** · 10-15-2011, 01:44 PM

Login to your Boost Account. Goto "Plan & Add-ons", and click "Change Plan & Add-ons".

If it shows $0.50 Wireless Web, and doesn't show $0.35 Wireless Web under the Add-ons tab, then you will not be able to enable Wireless Web at the original reduced cost... example below.

As for still getting wireless web for free... sometimes I see people who only use their devices to tether/web and don't make/receive any calls or texts wind up with the wireless web disabled on its own, whether it's Boost's system deactivating it to help save the customer money, or it's a glitch in the system... but when this happens, Wireless Web will continue to work (while disabled) until something on the system notices it's disabled and updates the system to know that it's suppose to be off.

I believe it's some sort of self audit that runs on a cron job, but not too sure yet.

Also, so it's stated for clarification... Boost didn't do anything to "upsell" services.... and you weren't suppose to have the web feature for free while being disabled. That was a mistake on Boost's part. If you had been using a true Boost phone, you would have received the error message when trying to visit a webpage with wireless web disabled... Boost wasn't letting you use it for free... the phone itself was routing without a tunnel or proxy unlike how Boost's phones connected.

**Switching2Boost** · 10-15-2011, 06:21 PM

So then, am I understanding correctly that its OK to go through the Change Plan screen to turn web on or off and that will not endanger the 10 cent grandfather voice rate, regardless of whether the screen offers both 35 cent and 50 cent web or only 50 cent web?

Are there known cases where a person has 10 cent grandfather voice, but are offered only 50 cent web?

Also, will I lose the grandfather status if I need to change handsets?

Can a grandfathered account be transferred to another person by selling or giving the phone and changing all the personal info on the account, leaving the phone number the same?