Dish Network said on Wednesday its unit Boost Infinite had partnered with Amazon.com to sell postpaid wireless plans through the e-commerce platform in the United States.

Dish Network (DISH.O) said on Wednesday its unit Boost Infinite had partnered with Amazon.com (AMZN.O) to sell postpaid wireless plans through the e-commerce platform in the United States.

The Boost Infinite Unlimited SIM kit will be available to Amazon Prime subscribers at $25 a month for unlimited talk, text and data services. Dish and Amazon did not disclose their financial arrangement.

  • AnticorpEnglish
    1·
    1 年前

    Boost Mobile is in a competition with Cricket to be the worst possible option for cell phone service.

    • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
      1·
      1 年前

      I know nothing about cricket since it runs on AT&T and AT&T hate almost any device that is unlocked. They make it nearly impossible to use an unlocked OEM device on their network. Verizon and T-Mobile are pretty good about letting you use whatever you want.

      • Freeman@lemmy.pubEnglish
        1·
        1 年前

        I mean…i Just moved from Ting/Verizon to Crickett. It works fine. The primary line is a verizon line but the device is unlocked after 60 days per Verizons Policy.

        The biggest annoyance with Crickett/ATT is

        1. ATT Passport Wifi cant be disabled permanently and is annoying

        2. Crickett constantly sends spammy SMS messages to me.

        I may just move to ATT pay as you go for a bit more. Have dual sim verizon is borderline pointless from a data perspective. And t-mo has shit coverage where i need it.

        • AnticorpEnglish
          1·
          1 年前

          Cricket also tries to charge you a bunch of fees to pay your fees. They’re predatory towards poor people.

          • Freeman@lemmy.pubEnglish
            1·
            1 年前

            I don’t understand? They have flat rates. But will take 5 bucks off if you do autopay.

            I did notice they charged my card even though I had a negative balance (aka a credit). Which is odd.

            That said their onboarding process is ridiculous and confusing. Even for me. And they try real hard to charge you 9 dollars for an esim.

            But the fees are included in my monthly service charge.

            • AnticorpEnglish
              1·
              1 年前

              It has been years since I tried Cricket, but back then they wanted to charge $5 to pay your bill unless you did it a very particular way. I think it was either pay by check or enroll in auto pay. Plus they had fees for a bunch of other stuff. They charged me $5 on my bill once because I went to the store to ask questions about my bill. Maybe they’re better now, but I would never try again to find out. Plus the actual service was awful. There were dead spots all over my city.

              • Freeman@lemmy.pubEnglish
                2·
                1 年前

                Yeah dont get me wrong. Theres a reason i moved to crickett but havent moved the rest of my family yet, though most of the savings come with multiple accounts.

                Like I said i dont like their onboarding process, having to use a burner account/number to get started, then setup an actual account. I also dont really trust their security, specifically with porting and IMEI etc.

                That said, their billing is pretty straight forward. Its x dollars a month (60 for my plan) and if you do autopay they will credit 5 bucks. Like I said though, i had a -65 dollar balance, so unsure why i was even charged, i had a credit. And their support is total dogshit. LIke call at noon on a tuesday and still wait 45 minutes through 4 queues to talk to someone that just wants you off the line.

                But their billing is pretty straightforward.

                • Anticorp
                  1·
                  1 年前

                  I guess they switched it around. They used to quote one price and then bump that price by $5 when you went to pay it unless you agreed to auto pay. That rightfully pissed a bunch of people off, so now they quote the real price and then say it’s a $5 discount to do auto pay. It’s the same end result, but a pretty big difference in perspective for the customer.

                  • Freeman@lemmy.pub
                    1·
                    1 年前

                    Yeah definately. I ever did like the “get a discount for allowing us to auto debit you” thing.

                    I have a pretty solid credit provider now that will just reject charges if I ask within reason though.

        • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
          1·
          1 年前

          What device? i know AT&T maintains a very strict whitelist and if you are not using Samsung, Pixel, or a device they sell your device is unlikely to be in the whitelist.

          • Freeman@lemmy.pubEnglish
            1·
            1 年前

            Oh it’s an iPhone for sure.

            But I also had a google pixel 4a with CalyxOS on it from time to time.

            • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
              2·
              1 年前

              Ah, see both of those are whitelisted. Try anything from Motorola or OnePlus and you will quickly find your phone unusable even if it supports the correct radio bands.