Boost Mobile is an MVNO owned by Dish Network.
Boost Mobile originally was a subsidiary of Sprint, but they were sold to Dish in July 2020 as part of the T-Mobile/Sprint merger. As part of the government's approval of the merger and sale, Dish is required to have a network that covers 70% of the U.S. by June 14, 2023.
This is Dish's first entry into the mobile cellular carrier world, and they have plans to develop their own stand-alone 5G network, effectively replacing Sprint as the 4th major network provider.
As of June 1st, 2021, Boost no longer activates customers on the Sprint network, instead activating directly on T-Mobile's network.
Plan Information
Available Plans
Currently Available Plans
Smartphone Plans
- Unlimited Plus (35GB high speed) - $60/month
- Unlimited (35GB high speed) - $50/month
- Capped Data Plans
- 10GB - $35/month
- 5GB and 2GB plans also available, $25-$15/month
Data Plans
- 35GB - $50/month
- 2GB, 5GB, and 7GB plans - $15-$25/month
- Must purchase device - Alcatel Linkzone 2
Taxes and fees are not included in prices.
Plan Specs
Plan Specifications
- Carrier Networks Used: Previously Sprint, but as of June 2021 new activations are on T-Mobile, but will be on Dish's network once it is built
- Carrier Relationship: Owned by Dish Network
- Plan Types Available: Phone, Data
- Device Types Permitted: Phones, Hotspot
- Unlimited: Yes, but with high-speed data caps
- High-Speed Mobile Hotspot Use:
- Unlimited Plus - 30GB
- Unlimited - 12GB
- Unlimited 12-Month Plan - 12GB/month
- All other plans - all data can be used as hotspot
- Throttling: Yes
- All Unlimited Plans are throttled after 35GB/month
- Network Management: Yes
- Video Streaming Resolution:
- Unlimited Plus - video up to 1080p, music up to 1.5 Mbps, gaming up to 8 Mbps
- Unlimited - video up to 480p, music up to 500kbps, gaming up to 2 Mbps
- All other plans - 480p
- 5G Access: Yes, but unclear on which plans have access to it
- Device Purchase Required: Yes for hotspot plan only
- Plan Period: 30 days
- International Roaming: No. Mexico data services can be added at an additional cost.
- Domestic Roaming: Voice services only
- Data Roll Over: None
- Overage Charges: None
- Lines permitted per account: 5
- Extras:
- $60/35GB plan comes with K Health telemedicine services; other plans can add K Health for discounted rate of $7.99/month.
- Boost Perks reward program
- Boost TV offers various networks to stream via your device. The basic service is free, but you can access premium content add-ons for a fee. (Android phones only.)
- Unlimited music streaming if using one of the providers Boost has partnered with.
- A 6-month subscription to TIDAL music streaming service is included with the phone plans.
- The Privacy Premium add-on costs $5.99 per month and is available to customers only with Android smartphones and with data plans on Boost’s Expanded Data Network. Provides tools for encrypted Wi-Fi, visual voicemail, and spam call blocking.
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