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Originally posted by ZrednaZ
Nevermind Boost's own handset selection. I do assume I can order a SIM card and use it in my own unlocked phone of choice.
No, the whole point was that you can't. The Boost iDEN SIM card will fit in your GSM phone and it may even work
outside the US where Sprint/Nextel has international roaming agreements. However, they have no such agreements here, where you are expected to be on their own
iDEN network (which your GSM phone can't talk to).
The rest of the world uses one cellular network type (GSM), so this is probably quite confusing for you. US has four different network types in use. CDMA, also used by Sprint, and TDMA, used by Verizon, work with phones that don't even have SIM cards or a slot to put one in.
As noted before, the main US GSM network operators are AT&T and T-Mobile. Their (or their resellers') SIM cards should work in your own phone, provided it supports
the right GSM band. Older or very basic phones might not.
