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Boost Mobile Pay-as-You-Go Prepaid Wireless Plan

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Boost Mobile

Boost Mobile

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Price:

10 cents a minute for days, nights, weekends and mobile-to-mobile calling (i.e. calls to and from Boost Mobile, Sprint and Nextel subscribers nationwide)

Data:

Unlimited usage for 35 cents a day

Messaging:

  1. 10 cents per text message to send and receive
  2. 25 cents per message to send and receive pictures, audio and video (on select phones)

Included Standard Features:

  1. No service contract
  2. No subscription fee
  3. No monthly payments
  4. No activation fee
  5. Voicemail
  6. Caller ID

Extra Rates & Fees:

  1. Call waiting: 10 cents per minute
  2. Nationwide walkie-talkie for capable phones: unlimited usage for an additional $1 a day
  3. International long-distance: various rates
  4. International walkie-talkie: various rates
  5. International text messaging: 10 cents per message to send and receive

Published On:

Sept. 30, 2009
Want more? You can learn about plans at AT&T, Boost Mobile, Cricket, Jitterbug, PlatinumTel, Sprint, Straight Talk, T-Mobile and Virgin Mobile. You can also use our prepaid plan calculator.

In addition, you can read our analysis of prepaid versus contracts and see a prepaid comparison at various carriers. Finally, you can read our mega list of all the prepaid wireless carriers.

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