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Tracfone Offers Unlimited Double Minutes with Motorola W370 Purchase
Tracfone is well known for offering very good deals to prepaid wireless subscribers.
The company has achieved sort of a cult status among long-time users, who take advantage of the frequent promotional codes for free minutes and other money-saving goodies like Double Minutes For Life.
Tracfone is now offering a very good deal for a refurbished Motorola W370 phone that includes Unlimited Double Minutes for the life of the phone. This is one of the best ways to save with prepaid cell phones. For every minute you purchase, you get one free. It’s a steal.
In addition, with this offer, you get 60 minutes of talk time up front.
The handset purchase with only set you back $19.99, which is pretty small for a high quality phone. And you get the other add-ons for free.
If you are looking for a good quality prepaid plan with a good phone that is affordable, this may be a good option for you.
Buy the phone through this link and get:
Double Minutes for Life
60 Minutes Talk Time Up Front
High-quality Motorola Cell Phone
Learn more about this Tracfone steal! One of the best offers out there.
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Boost Mobile: Maybe too popular for its own good?
Posted by Derek in boost mobile, jitterbug phone on May 11, 2009
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg commented a few weeks ago that the Sprint iDEN network can’t handle the demand of Boost Mobile’s Unlimited plan. Turns out he might not be too far off.
While the network hasn’t quite blown up yet, several issues with the service have been reported in several markets over the past week or so. We reported the text message delivery issue here on our blog earlier, and now Dallas/Forth Worth in Texas are reporting various issues, because the service is so popular.
Apparently, they added 4x more subscribers than they expected to, and they simply weren’t ready to do so, it appears.
The central issue, according to various reports circulating around the web: Boost Unlimited customers receive the “lowest access priority available on the iDEN network.” The solution has been to raise those customers to the same priority as a normal Nextel customer, and Boost will work to be able to bring things back to normal.
It’ll be curious to see how Boost handles the popularity of their prepaid cell phones, and whether they’ll have to pour cash into improving their network to permanently handle the issues.
Another wireless provider really picking up steam in a market completely different than Boost Mobile is Jitterbug. While Boost caters to a younger crowd that practically lives through their cell phones, Jitterbug is a prepaid option for older users who don’t want any of the trappings of overbearing technology. They just want to be able to pick up their wireless phone and talk–and that’s it!
Movin’ on Up: Boost Mobile to open 50 retail stores this year
Posted by Derek in boost mobile, prepaid cell phones on May 8, 2009
Boost Mobile has done very well with their $50 unlimited plan, and on the heels of that success, they plan on opening 50 new retail stores by the end of this year.
Their new unlimited plan has caused their subscriber count to surge, and they’re looking to increase their visibility by opening larger and more visible stores for their prepaid cell phones. It’s an interesting strategy at a time when many stores and companies are looking to downsize existing retail outlets, but the company is confident about the success of their product, apparently.
No word on where the stores will be located, but nationwide would be a very safe bet. It’s good to see a company growing, rather than shrinking, in these tough economic straits.
