Does the headline seem confusing enough? If you read it slowly, you will have all of the details. For those who are unfamiliar with Boost Mobile, it is a prepaid wireless brand used by two independent operators in the United States and Australia.
In the U.S., Boost Worldwide, which makes its home in Irvine, CA, is a subsidiary of Sprint Corporation. What makes Boost appealing over the Tier 1 carriers is that it offers wireless phones and services with no long-term contracts.
Boost Mobile’s goal is to redefine value for wireless consumers with its Monthly Unlimited with Shrinkage no-contract service. This means that the longer you stay the less you pay with on-time payments for unlimited voice, text messaging, Web, email and calls to 411.
So basically, if you want Sprint speed, fast 4G LTE service for your smartphone, but refuse to sign a long term carrier contract, or spending a lot of money on your service, then your option might be Boost Mobile.
Last week, on Thursday, Boost unveiled a new promotion. It is a limited time promotion, meaning that you have until March 31 to sign up for it and as I stated in the headline, it is for a limited time. You have a six month period in which you can take advantage of this offer.
You might be asking at this point, “So what is the offer?” Well, $35 a month will get you unlimited talk, text and data. Once you sign up, you will be billed $35 for the first six months. After that time period is up the billing reverts back to the standard $50 a month.
Of course, there is one thing you have to do in order to be eligible. You have to purchase an eligible Boost 4G LTE smartphone. Some of the options that you have in terms of handsets are the iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, Samsung Galaxy S III, also the Boost MAX, LG Optimus F, Boost Warp 4G, HTC One SV, and Boost Force.
There are a couple of the things that you will need to keep in mind if you are considering this offer. First you have to remember that it is only for six months. Next you should know that while the offer is for unlimited data, when you reach 2.5GB, you will be regulated down from LTE.
You should also take note of the fact that video will only be delivered at 3G speeds. Possibly the most important thing to keep in mind is coverage. Boost runs off of the Sprint network and that means that 4G LTE coverage is not available everywhere.
Currently, Sprint’s 4G LTE network is up and running in 340 markets. You will have access to major cities such as Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Houston and Puerto Rico. It does continue to grow, but if you are not in a coverage area, well you get the idea.
On the positive side, even though your payments go up to $50 a month after the six month trial period, you will still be able to qualify for Shrinking Payments. The way it works is that your bill will drop by $5 for every six on-time payments. You can bring your bill down to as low as $40 a month.
Edited by
Cassandra Tucker 
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