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Old 09-16-2004, 9:26 AM   #1
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I have a boost phone and i really need a Ohio area code, but they dont have service here yet. Does anybody have a idea of when they will get it a lil hearsay?
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is BoostMobile an MVNO with Nextel??
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They sell Boost Mobile phones in Columbus Best Buy stores.
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is BoostMobile an MVNO with Nextel??
Yeah, they have the basically same arrangement with Nextel that Virgin has with Sprint.
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Yeah, they have the basically same arrangement with Nextel that Virgin has with Sprint.
except that Nextel owns 100% of Boost.

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except that Nextel owns 100% of Boost.

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Don't they operate it as an entirely separate company though?
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They sell Boost Mobile phones in Columbus Best Buy stores.
Boost has 614 numbers available (per nationalpooling.com) even though their web site doesn't mention service availability in Ohio. Soft launch, perhaps?

(Cleveland and Cincy also have numbers. Boost is using separate number ranges than Nextel itself; the Boost blocks are listed as "Nextel Boost Investment". They're the only prepaid carrier or MVNO I've seen do anything like this...)

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Don't they operate it as an entirely separate company though?
So why is boost mobile not in every state that Nextel is in??

lack of prepay demand?
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