verison pre pay vs. boost mobile

Van Living Forum

Help Support Van Living Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

steveh2112

Well-known member
Joined
Mar 9, 2015
Messages
259
Reaction score
0
i realize there is no real competition between verison and boost. version has probably the best cell coverage in norcal sierras, where's i'll be (maybe AT&T is better but mot much) and boost is crap outside of say Sacramento BUT

verison is $45/month and boost is $2 a day i think, although i haven't really figured out if you can just pay for the days you need to use it.

anyhow, most of the time i only really want the phone to connect to wifi at coffee shops and such up in mountain towns like groveland and the GPS for backcountry navigator. i've seem some really nice prepaid phones for $30-50 for both boost and verison pre paid and wondering which way to go.

i'm leaning towards the boost phones to save money but i can see the advantage of version coverage for emergency use, but that's a lot of money to pay per month from something i might never needs.

anyhow, does anyone use boost and what are your thoughts?

thx
 
i just read this
http://www.cnet.com/products/boost-mobile/user-reviews/
boost sounds just awful and never give them your credit card number or they will charge you forever

but that said, i'm still trying to understand this
http://www.boostmobile.com/shop/plans/daily-unlimited/2/#legal

i think its really $30/month right regardless of how much you use it. if that's the case, i'll pay the extra $15 and go with verison

in Thailand its so much simpler, you just buy a phone then get a prepaid sim and top it up at any 7/11 when you need it. i spend about $2/month on my phone and get excellent coverage anywhere in the country.
 
More often than not in the Sierra Mtns, nobody works. The towns will have it but when you leave nobody works.
Bob
 
boost is a big city provider. I have never seen it in the sticks nor have I heard of anybody using it. highdesertranger
 
Top