I’ve wanted a Blackberry for some time but was put off by the high priced contract plans. So I eagerly bought a Boost Mobile Blackberry 8330 with high expectations.

Those expectations soon turned into frustration and disappointment when I found that I was unable to make or receive phone calls when roaming, even if five bars and 1x are showing on the phone.

I was unable to get any help from Boost Mobile. One Boost Mobile phone person told me that I should be able to make and receive calls when roaming and that my phone must be defective. Another was not sure what roaming was. He seemed unfamiliar with that particular English word and hung up on me.

I was advised by a non-Boost Mobile cell phone expert that my phone was probably not provisioned properly, although I had re-provisioned it a couple of times just in case that was the problem.

After wasting $60 for 28 days of service I returned the phone to Best Buy for a full refund.

But I am left wondering whether the phone was actually defective or whether Boost Mobile is lying when they say that nationwide roaming is enabled on their Blackberry 8330.

I really like the prepaid plan and I would really like to have a Blackberry. But I need a cell phone, and my experience was that my Boost Mobile’s Blackberry