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Boost Mobile 'Monthly Unlimited' Service Saves Consumers More Than $240/Year Compared to New Virgin Mobile Plan for Comparable Services
Press Release posted by Michelle Ruhfass on Friday April 10, 2009.
Virgin Mobile Customers on Newly Announced $49.99/Month Voice-only Plan Pay Extra for Text Messaging, Web and More, Compared to All-Inclusive $50/Month Plan from Boost Mobile
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Not all unlimited prepaid cell phone plans are created equal. The recently launched Virgin Mobile $49.99/month plan can actually cost consumers closer to $72/month when fees for text messaging, Web and telecom taxes are added in. Alternatively, consumers get superior value - a savings of more than $240 a year with Boost Mobile's flat-rate prepaid plan, which offers unlimited nationwide talk, text and multimedia messaging, wireless Web access and nationwide Walkie-Talkie that reaches more than 274 million people in more than 15,800 cities across the U.S. for an all-inclusive price of $50/month.
While the Virgin Mobile plan includes unlimited talk, those looking to send text messages will need to pay an additional $10 per month. Research shows that text messaging is on the rise, closing in on mobile phone calls as consumers' communication of choice. According to CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association), text messaging traffic grew to more than 75 billion messages per month in the United States in 2008, up from 7.2 billion per month in 2005.
"Our customers are very connection-centric, which means they use their phones to not only talk, but also to send texts, find sports scores or weather on the mobile Web and instantly connect with people via Walkie-Talkie, which is why we offer all these unlimited services in our popular all-you-can-eat plan," said Matt Carter, President at Boost Mobile. "Others may try to compete, but we are confident that our offering is still the best value in the prepaid marketplace and provides consumers with a comprehensive suite of services that they are looking for from their wireless provider at an affordable price."
In addition to saving consumers more than $200 per year, Boost Mobile's plan, unlike Virgin Mobile's plan, offers consumers picture messaging, text messaging, Web access and the popular Walkie-Talkie feature. Boost Mobile offers the fastest national "push-to-talk" network available in the prepaid industry.* More than 90 percent of Boost iDEN customers surveyed say they use nationwide Boost Walkie-Talkie, and 70 percent of those customers use the service daily.
For more information about the Monthly Unlimited plan, please visit www.boostmobile.com.
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uth @ 4:06:38PM EDT on Monday April 20, 2009
I called Virgin Mobile and they told me that picture texting is included with the Texting bundle. So if I sign with the $5 a month for 1000 texts plus my Monthly voice plan I dont have to pay extra for pic texting like you say here.
May be you should call him and see what the true story is as I rely on sites like yours for good information,
Thank you
Michael Oryl @ 4:37:20PM EDT on Monday April 20, 2009
This is a press release - we didn't write it. What you see written here was put out in a formal press release by Boost. We can't alter the content, even if it is inaccurate.