Wal-Mart offering unlimited voice, web and text for $45 a month

Hey there, it’s Tatum Hawkins from Boost Mobile. Nice to see that people have an even better selection of no-contract wireless offers that provide value and flexibility. Straight Talk may be expanding with Wal-Mart nationwide, but we’re already available at nearly 20,000 retail locations throughout the U.S. including Wal-Mart, RadioShack, Best Buy, Target, and independent wireless dealers. AND, next Monday, we're expanding into additional Wal-Mart stores bringing our products to almost 3,000 Wal-Marts nationwide.

Boost Mobile also enjoys the benefit of being an established wireless carrier since 2002, we're no MVNO, and a recognizable brand that people like and trust. We have a broader handset selection and the fastest nationwide walkie-talkie capabilites.

Also noteworthy is that Straight Talk doesn't have access to all of Verizon's assets, like roaming agreements that would give them the same nationwide coverage as the postpaid offer. Boost Mobile is available in more than 17,500 cities nationwide reaching over 274M pops, and there's an imperceptible difference in quality among the networks offered by Sprint, Verizon and other national carriers.

The problem with Boost is reception. My best friend and I are constantly talking to each other on our cell. She recently made the switch to Boost to save on bills and let's just say that the calls are not always clear and gets dropped on more than one occasion. I have Straight Talk and never have those experiences.

The problem with Boost is reception. My best friend and I are constantly talking to each other on our cell. She recently made the switch to Boost to save on bills and let's just say that the calls are not always clear and gets dropped on more than one occasion. I have Straight Talk and never have those experiences.

As Walmart uses the tracphone network it is available everywhere if not in more locations than boost mobile, and has the same imperceptible quality as verizon(tracphone uses their network) and by Hawkin's logic: boost, sprint and other national carriers. Also I am sure hundreds of thousands of you will be out of close access to the most pervasive and popular retail store in the united states, so you can always order your phone/plan online.
Plus it's 5 dollars cheaper per month and best of all the 30 dollar month plan is better than any other prepaid or paid wireless plan I know of.

So if you're like me and you use significantly less minutes than 400 or 1,000 than the walmart plan is perfect for you. And I say this is a price maven, as currently I use virgin mobile for 30 dollars a month despite being able to use metro pcs for 40 dollars(unlimted), as I only use about 300-400 minuts a month. But to fair as a price maven, for 40 dollars for unlimted nationwide with metro pcs and pocket wireless as well as leap. For 45 you get the aforementioned plus unlimited web access. For 50 dollars with boost and virgin mobile you get the aforementioned. Although unlimted is great, if you use a select amount of minutes each month, it's illogical(I'm sure this is a huge profit point for them) and lastly I believe every plan has a fair use policy, so in reality it's not unlimited, but I'm am sure this is only executed for incessant gabbers.

Thank YOU!

thank you!

Might not be a bad deal, if it were anyone other than TracFone. Their service is spotty at best on voice, I'd hate to see how it is on data.

If they'd gone with a real network carrier, that would be an excellent plan. Using TracFone just makes it another mediocre pre-paid ripoff.

Val, I don't know what you mean about "a real network carrier" because Straight Talk is run on Verizon's network which we all know is the best, I bought a Straight Talk phone about two months ago, it's great, The reception is fantastic nationwide and I don't have to pay for roaming.

boost mobile sucks. period. there reception sucks really bad mr. hawkins. yeah you guys have ok nice phones but i had boost mobile and i had no reception in alot of places my calls were droppin left and right. i had the i9 the most expensive phone you guys have on that line. everyone gets boost just because of the 50 dollar a month plan its great but reception sucks bad.

45 dollars Wal*Mart TracFone. Will it be available
as modeum for laptop ?

Finally a mobile plan that makes sense in today's economy!! I've never had Boost so wouldn't know about their reception. What I do know is that TracFone's reception is probably the best out there - they're carried by the Verizon network which is the most reliable network in the nation. I've never had dropped or out of range calls, which is great when you travel to remote locations. The new Straight Talk is right on with the needs of today's consumer. Past are the days of over paying for contract phones - for years I over-paid w/ AT&T's cntract phone - they're not getting me back with their still-over-priced go phone plan! Two years ago I realized that it didn't make sense to continue making this provider richer at my expense. Ineeded a plan that worked w/ my limited budget. So, Straight Talk's $45 / month plan for unlimited calls, unlimited text and data is totally the plan I was looking for. It's now available nationwide at all Wal-Marts, which makes it that much better - it's not a plan for the elite, it's a plan for the working class that is most desperately needing some relief in terms of monthly burdens. Straight Talk has just the right idea - unlimited connectivity at an affordable price.

Do any of the phone choices available for the Straight Talk $45 unlimited plan allow you to connect as a modem to your computer?

Do any of the phone choices available for the Straight Talk $45 unlimited plan allow you to connect as a modem to your computer?

Sounds good. But the differentiator isn't the cost alone. Who is the service provider and how consistent is the signal? Dropped calls aren't a bargain worth a service fee reduction.

Can you use your own unlocked smart phone with boost or other pre paid services by using their sim cards?

My wife and I are among those Boost customers fortunate enough to have the $50/month unlimited plan on the old CDMA-based phones/service. So be careful when you talk about the Sprint Nextel-owned Boost network. It is actually two networks -- the traditional CDMA-based Sprint network, and the iDEN-based Nextel network. Sprint Nextel's iDEN network has a much worse reputation than does its CDMA network. So when we lose or break our current CDMA-based Boost phones, we very likely will look for another CDMA-based pre-paid provider -- such as the Verizon-CDMA-based StraightTalk -- instead of getting a Boost iDEN-based phone. It is a pity that Boost chose to ghetto-ize its CDMA-based phones/network. I suppose that Sprint Nextel and Boost decided that Boost switching back in January or thereabouts to ONLY selling iDEN-based phones/service was smart financially. My wife and I are happy now with the Sprint-based Boost CDMA network, but losing or breaking our phones will force us away from Boost. iDEN? No, thank you!

HELLO does anyony know of a good service that is cheap like boost but a phone with good recepion

Try PagePlus Cellular

Then you don't have to enter the evil empire of Walmart or give them your business!