# PSA: Yet Another Boost Migration 🙄 **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [September 4, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/psa-yet-another-boost-migration/972 "2024-09-04T12:31:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rolandh](https://forums.rwusers.com/user_avatar/forums.rwusers.com/rolandh/32/273_2.png) [@rolandh](https://forums.rwusers.com/u/rolandh)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/psa-yet-another-boost-migration/972/1 "2024-09-04T12:31:44Z")
This one is not specific to former RW members, however, according to a post on Howard Forums another Boost migration is underway: > **[Swap SIM?](https://www.howardforums.com/threads/swap-sim.1930284/#post-17283684)** > > Just joined Boost. Took advantage of one of their deals and got a phone with a new line, and it’s using T-Mobile. Worked great, so I ported my main line over to Boost. They sent me a SIM which appears to be linked to AT&T (unbeknownst to me at... I believe the poster is a Boost dealer. If your former plan with RW was Republic 5.0, you already have an AT&T SIM and _should not_ be impacted. If, however, your plan with RW before migration to Boost was My Choice, this _may_ impact you. DISH/Boost, apparently, wants to minimize use of T-Mobile’s network and would prefer Boost subscribers use either its native network (no phones once used with RW are compatible with Boost’s native network) or AT&T’s network. Any new SIM would be either a “rainbow” (native network) SIM or an AT&T network SIM. Once upon a time, Boost would issue native network SIMs only if one’s phone was network native compatible. Now, (it seems) in some cases, native network SIMs are issued even when the phone is incompatible with the native network. In those instances, the native network SIM would roam to AT&T or T-Mobile with AT&T preferred. Should anyone be impacted negatively by this migration, let us know. Depending upon which new SIM (if any) you get, it may be possible to force T-Mobile coverage (if you have an Android phone). ---
**Author:** ![mwgardiner](https://forums.rwusers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@mwgardiner](https://forums.rwusers.com/u/mwgardiner)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/psa-yet-another-boost-migration/972/2 "2024-09-09T02:03:11Z")
Thanks for the heads-up. While this is of academic interest to me, I have a friend who went from RW to Dish to Boost and is on the T-Mobile network. I will alert him to this. He’s seen me run tests in the late afternoons when Boost on AT&T data performance drops to minutes per bit. I suspect that this will convince him to go elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![joannamv](https://forums.rwusers.com/user_avatar/forums.rwusers.com/joannamv/32/252_2.png) [@joannamv](https://forums.rwusers.com/u/joannamv)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/psa-yet-another-boost-migration/972/3 "2024-09-16T03:15:43Z")
Probably not related? But I’m one who’s on the T-Mobile network and today I’ve noticed that I keep losing signal. I have to switch to airplane mode and back to get it to reconnect properly. Unrelated, right?? ---
**Author:** ![rolandh](https://forums.rwusers.com/user_avatar/forums.rwusers.com/rolandh/32/273_2.png) [@rolandh](https://forums.rwusers.com/u/rolandh)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/psa-yet-another-boost-migration/972/4 "2024-09-16T12:06:20Z")
It’s probably unrelated but try the following: 1. Dial \*#06# on your phone 2. What are the first 5 digits reported for the ICCID? ---
**Author:** ![joannamv](https://forums.rwusers.com/user_avatar/forums.rwusers.com/joannamv/32/252_2.png) [@joannamv](https://forums.rwusers.com/u/joannamv)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/psa-yet-another-boost-migration/972/5 "2024-09-16T12:35:19Z")
89012, same as before. ---
**Author:** ![rolandh](https://forums.rwusers.com/user_avatar/forums.rwusers.com/rolandh/32/273_2.png) [@rolandh](https://forums.rwusers.com/u/rolandh)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/psa-yet-another-boost-migration/972/6 "2024-09-16T12:40:33Z")
89012 is still T-Mobile, so not related. T-Mobile is aggressively upgrading its 5G network (sometimes degrading 4G in the process) in many areas. If your phone is 4G only or doesn’t support all of T-Mobile’s 5G bands that _may_ be the issue.