Owned by Sprint for several years and then sold by T-Mobile to Dish in 2020 to maintain (the appearance) of US wireless industry competition, Boost Mobile is definitely not in a position to overtake AT&T’s customer numbers anytime soon but in terms of value for your money, this prepaid operator is getting harder and harder to beat.
While your unlimited phone calls and text messages will obviously have no restrictions whatsoever, the “unlimited” mobile data included in this dirt-cheap new plan “may” go down in speed after you use 30GB. That’s down from 35 gigs of “high speed” monthly data offered on the $50 plan, but considering the 50 percent discount, we can probably agree that it’s well worth the sacrifice.
The only other thing you need to consider is that the $25 monthly plan also doesn’t come with a separate mobile hotspot allotment, so while tethering is allowed, its usage will be counted towards the aforementioned 30 gig high speed bucket.
Still, Boost Mobile calls this the “lowest cost unlimited plan in the US” right now, beating Metro by T-Mobile’s entry-level option, for instance, by a cool 15 bucks. Meanwhile, it’s clearly not worth comparing what Boost is offering here with Verizon, AT&T, or T-Mo’s unlimited postpaid services given both the huge price gap and the very different target audiences.