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Cricket has a nasty habit of selling customers an unlimited mobile broadband service… that is limited to 5GB of usage per month. Today, the company announced it would be expanding its prepaid wireless broadband service to “big box” retail stores nationwide:
Cricket Broadband will soon be available in nearly 1,000 national retailer stores through a new all-inclusive $50 monthly service plan. The new plan will include all fees and taxes and provides unlimited Internet access without a signed contract or credit check. The Cricket A600 modem will be available as a grab-and-go offering for $69.99 with no activation fee. $50.00 top-up cards will also be available for this product.
The marketing on their website underlines the point: “With unlimited broadband access you can email, surf and download from your desktop or laptop anywhere in Cricket Broadband’s coverage areas.”
“Unlimited” in their marketing is actually “5GB” in the nitty-gritty details on their website as you sign-up:
Subscriber Management
We reserve the right to protect our network from harm, compromised capacity or degradation in performance. We reserve the right to limit throughput speeds or amount of data transferred, and to deny, modify or terminate service, without notice, to anyone whose usage adversely impacts our network, service levels or uses more than 5 GB in a given month. We may monitor your compliance with the above but will not monitor the content of your communications except as otherwise expressly permitted or required by law.
Cricket needs to discontinue the practice of referring to a service as “unlimited” when it isn’t unlimited at all. Cricket is also well aware of the 5GB limitation, because it is currently testing a 10GB plan priced at $60 a month.
Cricket has also applied for federal broadband stimulus funding to provide service to low income residents:
Low-income residents in San Diego County who can’t afford Internet service may get some financial help if a local wireless provider succeeds in getting more than $8 million in federal stimulus funds to expand broadband access.
San Diego-based Cricket Communications said yesterday that it has applied for federal Recovery Act funding geared to expanding high-speed Internet access not only in more remote rural areas but also to the urban poor.
Cricket is proposing a $10.7 million program to provide subsidized, low-cost Internet service to 23,000 low-income families in San Diego, Baltimore, Houston, Memphis, Tenn., and Washington, D.C.
Under the proposal, the federal government would cover 80 percent of the cost, with Cricket picking up the remainder. Cricket, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, is working with One Economy, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit, to help it reach out to low-income households.
In addition, it plans to substantially discount its normal monthly service of $40 so that participants would pay $5 a month the first year and $15 a month the second year. The grant would cover two years of subsidized service.
As for Cricket’s new broadband plan, I’m unsure what’s new about it. It appears to be priced $10 higher than the old $40 Cricket plan (that comes with a $25 activation fee). The A600 modem is available for free after rebate from the Cricket website, and the service price there remains $40 a month, although “taxes and fees” are extra, which may account for the primary difference between the two plans. Cricket appears to be moving to “all-inclusive” pricing strategies, which means the price you see is your “out the door” price. Many consumers are shocked when signing up for a mobile phone service that is advertised at one price, and turns out to be considerably higher once taxes and fees are included on the bill.
The A600 offers average download speeds of 538 kilobits per second (Kbps) and peaks at 787 Kbps. The average upload speeds offered by this modem are of the order of 502 Kbps, according to a PC Magazine review.
[Update 9/22: A response from Zocolo Group on behalf of Cricket can be found in the comment section of this article.]
Other stories of interest:
- Unlimited Flat Rate International Calling Arrives for Just $5 A Month – Why Do We Need to Drop Flat Rate Internet Again?
- Virgin Mobile Introduces Prepaid Broadband2Go At Prices2High
- Moving Towards Flat Rate Mobile Phone Calling Helps Deflate “Pay For What You Use” Broadband Pricing Argument
- Can You Pay Me Now? Verizon Wireless “Refreshes” Pricing: Mandates Pricey Paltry Data Plans for “Enhanced Multimedia Phones”
- Cogeco Offers Unlimited WiFi to iPhone/iPod Owners in Toronto for $5 Month
Sounds like classic bait and switch or more simply… lying in advertising. I’m surprised an Attorney General from any state they service hasn’t challenged them or any others on their advertising practices.
If a car dealer said come on down and pick up your free car but then put in the fine print only after paying the purchase price, the A.G. would be all over them for it.
When you buy Cricket Internet now, you only get 2.5gb per month before they slow down your service and start kicking you offline. In addition, I just had a rep tell me that usage is cumulative, so if you used more than your 2.5 or 5gb (grandfathered in now), then that will be taken off your next month’s usage. The broadband device itself tells you your usage, and although I have never hit 5gb, they tell me that their records say that I have and that’s what they go by. What a total rip-off company!!!
After 5g data speeds are killed but it does not discontinue service hence its still
technically unlimited
Ask 100 people their interpretation, and I bet a vast majority would side with unlimited data transfer.
no, it says unlimited broadband service and after the 5 gb is used, it switches to dial up..l. hence the false advertising.
I hate cricket to their cap sucks and but iv went over and my internet has slowed down cricket is a false advertiser. never get cricket get quest its tons better and cheaper.
They told me that it’s unlimited because you can still connect to the internet, regardless of whether you can access anything or not due to slooooooow speeds. However, I find that I cannot even connect. It kicks me off immediately every time once I hit my limit. They are a company that cares only about attracting new customers with false advertising and care nothing about keeping existing customers. Stupid.
I can tell you that within my first 20 days my streaming/download is down to 10KBPS!!!!! THIS SERVICE SUCCKKSSS. DONT WASTE ANY MONEY ON IT.
The following response from Zocolo, on behalf of Cricket, was sent to me in e-mail:
I am writing in response to your post yesterday, entitled: “Cricket Still Selling “Unlimited Wireless Broadband” That Isn’t” I would like to clarify some of the comments you made regarding the fact that our broadband service is unlimited.
Cricket Broadband does offer unlimited usage – we never cut customers service off or charge overages for use. While it is true that our customers (upon reaching a threshold) may experience slower than average speeds when gaming online or streaming video, their Internet service will never be shut off.
Additionally, the slower speed does not alter capabilities to use email, instant message or surf web pages. I would also like to point out that the number of people who reach the threshold (among Cricket customers) is minimal and totals approximately 5%. We feel this approach is much more economical for our customers and helps protect them from having to pay major amounts of money for overage fees, as is standard from most other carrier’s plans.
In regards to the price difference in the broadband product we announced this morning soon-to-hit big box retail stores, below please find some further clarification:
The $40 mobile broadband plan continues to offer the same services available for purchase online and at local Cricket stores and dealers The $50 plan, which will be available at big box retailers, is: – An all-inclusive offer with no activation fees or additional taxes to the price – Offers more “Pay As You Go” flexibility each month – “Grab and go” product for easy self-activation by the consumer.
My response to Zocolo follows:
While I understand the rationale you are suggesting, it’s a bit too cute by half for the customer. A consumer seeing “unlimited” will not make the assumption their broadband service will be heavily throttled at the 5GB usage point. And considering the throttled speed is designed to discourage further usage, it makes Cricket Broadband into something more akin to Cricket Dial-Up. There should be full disclosure of the 5GB usage limit on the same page where Cricket markets its broadband service, and should not use the word “unlimited.” Cricket is currently testing a 10GB package as well, so if/when that package becomes available, the word “unlimited” becomes even more confusing to customers given the choice between 5 and 10GB packages.
Cricket’s acceptable use policy also gives Cricket the right to terminate accounts who exceed the 5GB threshold. While that may not be the current enforcement mechanism, the presence of that language makes it a distinct possibility.
I have contemplated Cricket Mobile Broadband myself for my own personal use, so I have nothing negative to say about the company or its service and am willing to give the service a shot. I just think Cricket’s marketing is not entirely up front with customers, and believe challenging the 5GB cap model would position the company more strongly with informed consumers looking for an alternative to the bigger providers and their uniform pricing and restrictions.
While I agree that advertising can be deceiving, and carriers need to be cautious and HONEST, carriers do need protection against abusers. These clauses are to catch abusers and is common place in the market, which translates into lower overall costs for everyone. If carriers had to account for the cost of abusers with no recourse at all, we would not be seeing the unlimited voice and data place currently available.
It’s the apparent deception that throws people off, but when you dig into it, it’s overall desirable for the average (or 95%) of consumers. Trust me, you don’t want these clauses to go away!
I am literally a brand new CRICKET novice. I just received our A600 device and am getting ready to install and attempt to use it. I live in a small rural town and do not wish to spend a $100/mo on satelitte high speed internet. So for too many years I have struggled to live with dial up. I am looking for relief and more speed from CRICKET and will be happy if I actually experience that. I will also be thrilled if the A600 installs as easy and quickly as CRICKET says and if it doesn’t hose up my PC or my PC’s peripherals, like my current modem.
I ahve been reaidng about all these complaints about the 5GB limits and I will only say that it is all about what your starting point of reference is and the fact that CRICKET is wireless – so I would be very very careful of any downloads using the CRICKET service.
10 Kbps, max. ‘Nuff said. Period. End of story. For months and months, and months. No change, ever. Screwing poor people is what Cricket is all about.
I’m back for a followup comment to yesterday’as comments.
As I said in my previous message, I am a brand new CRICKET customer and last night I installed my brand new A600 device and used if for the first time.
I followed the dirctions and they all worked without a hitch — the ACTIVATON instructions were inaccurate, but you click OK not YES, as instructed and then wait until the device says it’s activated. The CRICKET device worked immediately & is much faster than my 56kb dialup service has ever been, especilally at sites with large amounts of graphics to display. I find the CRICKET’sd device simplicity amazing, at least after my initial experience with it.
The only thing I really do not care for is the procedure you MUST follow of ‘safely removing” the A600 hardware device from the PC logically by ‘stopping it, before you physically remove it from your PCs USB hub. If you don’t follow that procedure explicitly, it sounds like you will turn the A600 device into an usable vegetable and you will have to buy a new one. But I did that SAFE REMOVAL procedure according to the book and then turned off the PC and re-inserted the hardware and rebooted. It still works — wonderfully. So while i haven’t tried it yet, I do believe I can uase this device on multiple PCs — such as our desk top and a laptop.
Over-all so far I am extremely thrilled with the CRICKET A600. It is juts as the CRICKET folks have claimed. But it has only been one evenings worth of use. I’ll give it a good work out this wekeend and will let you all know next week if I still feel the same way.
Mr. Dialup says:
September 25, 2009 at 8:33 am
I’m back for a followup comment to yesterday’as comments.
As I said in my previous message, I am a brand new CRICKET customer and last night I installed my brand new A600 device and used if for the first time.
I followed the dirctions and they all worked without a hitch — the ACTIVATON instructions were inaccurate, but you click OK not YES, as instructed and then wait until the device says it’s activated. The CRICKET device worked immediately & is much faster than my 56kb dialup service has ever been, especilally at sites with large amounts of graphics to display. I find the CRICKET’sd device simplicity amazing, at least after my initial experience with it.
The only thing I really do not care for is the procedure you MUST follow of ‘safely removing” the A600 hardware device from the PC logically by ‘stopping it, before you physically remove it from your PCs USB hub. If you don’t follow that procedure explicitly, it sounds like you will turn the A600 device into an usable vegetable and you will have to buy a new one. But I did that SAFE REMOVAL procedure according to the book and then turned off the PC and re-inserted the hardware and rebooted. It still works — wonderfully. So while i haven’t tried it yet, I do believe I can uase this device on multiple PCs — such as our desk top and a laptop.
Over-all so far I am extremely thrilled with the CRICKET A600. It is juts as the CRICKET folks have claimed. But it has only been one evenings worth of use. I’ll give it a good work out this wekeend and will let you all know next week if I still feel the same way.
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Just give it some time, you will be back and more frustrated than ever before with dial-up. I have been a loyal cricket customer for many months. I bought the card at full price, and paid connection fees. I ranted and raved to all my friends about how great it was to get fast wireless internet. Now I look like a moron telling those same friends that I hate it. Absolutely hate it. Hate is a strong word, which is why I say it. I had the insurance until last month when I dropped it due to the fact that I don’t see the point anymore. I was living out in the country and cricket was great out there, yet I just moved into the city 1.5. months ago and the service is terrible here. Yellow 2 bar signal now which limited my speeds even before I met their cap. Now I recieve 10 KBps max if the signal is 2 bars and as slow as 1KBps when in the red. Screw cricket and their mobile broadband plans. Now I am abusing the crap out of it, downloading games I will never play, and tons of software that I will never use. Just to stick it to em’ so to speak, This 10KBps BS is ridiculous. DO NOT GET CRICKET IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY YOUR ONLINE EXPERIENCE. They never capped me until I moved into the city, which is messed up. Because now I need it more than ever. I am giving in to the big companies in a couple of days and getting cable internet…. I really don’t want to, but for 10 dollars more a month I can get true unlimited. To me, 10KBps might as well be 0KBps. Hope this helps.
Mr. Dialup: Many devices I use have the same stop functions buttons you speak of Even my new 2 week old HP printer. Looking at them I always see they are always talking to your system and an outside net site all the same time. BTW that is burning up your cap amount even as you sleep. I doubt just unplugging your a600 by itself would fry the device but it may build confused software for the device and at least require a full reboot to get things back in order. Disclaimer…. As in most
Electrical devices there is always a small chance as a pin / connector is removed with power on pulling a power wire or the wrong wire off when wires like the ground wire should be last could cause a problem. Electricians know what im talking about. Get a speak easy report of down and up speeds then burn up 5 gig go back to speak easy and see if your speeds changed. Report back. The safe way to add or remove a device is shut down the computer you doing it on. Even the power plug that way when it re boots all the software comes back in sync. I do not know how cricked connects but there is a good chance you could do a piggy back. There is always a way. I hope cricket works well for you and serves your needs. UK
I have been a Cricket user for a few months. What a mess it all is. For one thing they do not tell you that using it in your apartment may slow down the service. It may be faster then standard dial up but many days it seems like that is just barely so.
Also, their billing practices are really out there. First, if they send you a paper bill, it costs you $1.25 for that bill. Then, if you want to pay your bill in their office, that costs you an additonal $3.00-something they do not tell you. If you want to pay by phone, tht also costs you and additonal fee. Basically, the only way to pay your bill is online. That doesn’t cost you extra.
Their customer service is almost unreachable. You can call day after day and you will get a message that they are busy and then you are disconnected.
I really wanted something that did not cost me like Comcast but was faster then what I had. What a seriously negative experience this has been.
And yes, there are other fees, so the cost they advertise does not reflect the true costs. I guess it is Comcast for me next.
They advertise this Cricket Broadband at $40 per month. What is the ACTUAL charge per month when you include the taxes and fees ?
I am now a Cricket broadband customer (you’ll see a review up here shortly).
Here in NY State, the king of “we tax EVERYTHING,” there are zero apparent taxes on the service, but there is a fee, which I suspect is the same everywhere. Here is my breakdown:
Service Charge $40.00
Broadband Recovery Fee-BRF
The amount is not broken out as I don’t see an actual invoice I can look at yet, but my total out the door monthly price is $42.80, which is very reasonable.
If our state and local taxing authority had their paws on this, it would probably be another $10 a month in taxes between state, county, and local taxes and surcharges ranging from 911 (which is diverted into the state general revenue fund), to state and county pieces of the action.
I need to add something to my other comments. According to the people from Cricket that they do not cut people off during usage and that is patently untrue. Several times I have been in the middle of activities only to be logged out of the service. Depending on what you are doing, this can be a problem or, at least, a serious annoyance.
Also, I have had trouble streaming videos on this service.
I just want to say that the cap is wrong. Verizon and Cricket need to wise up. And Cricket’s customer service sucks…..
[...] Back on September 16th, Stop the Cap! reported that Cricket was still selling “Unlimited Wireless Broadband” that isn’t. [...]
Whe I got Cricket “Unlimited Wireless Broadband” it was gr8. then after 2 weeks the speed went to slower than dialup. When I called their wonder customer service I was told what I got was a “Trial speed” “BUT for an extra $$$ I could get the speed back” My question to this cust. rep was “I was told that it was unlimited?? my answer was ” NO.It’s only a trial”
I do not understand the definition of an internet abuser, but I do know that I have not reached a 5gb download month since I have owned the device and my internet speed has experienced drastic reductions. I was unhappy from day one with the speed, but now the internet is practically unusable, I waited a couple minutes just for this text site to fully load nevertheless a picture or video. Cricket should change their explanation of their service to high speed internet for people who only use email, actually it is false advertising, that would not be considered internet service but email access service, or how about high speed email access. Is there a way to see the official download count strictly from my cricket connection? If there is we should get that info together and take them to court for false advertisement. I would also guess the 5% of people who have complained are the only 5% to get through to somebody on the phone because I know I cannot get through for nothing.
I have had cricket broadband about a year. I was very unhappy initially with the inconsistent signal but got over it. I have had numerous issues with the lack of customerservice but I got over that too. What can I say I am easy I guess… But then a couple of days ago my computer seems slower than ever and I wondered if I had gotten stuck with some spyware or something like that.. well after 2 days of running test after test I finally called cricket and was informed I had been “limited”. I was and still am unbelievable pissed. I out up with your crap this long never been limited before and now after this many months of keeping the peace about your sub standard internet service you do this to me? What a crock of shit this company is. I was mostly with them for the cost but as things have improved in my business I no longer need to keep the discount service that treats loyal customers with even worse attention… later cricket hope you go belly-up first when the economy hits speed again for the rest of the country.
They attempt to use language that is not legally actionable. The use of “Unlimited Broadband” Means broadband speeds throughout the month of service with no reduction in speed. Certainly not the reduction in speed to 10Kbs, that is NOT broadband. Their wording is factually incorrect and deceptive.
More people need to start complaining to the state attorney generals about this deceptive practice.
I will be calling tomorrow…
Cricket has now adopted the practice of limiting speeds down to 10kbps transfer rate even though the customer HAS NOT exceeded the 5 gig cap. When you first get thier service everything is wondeful… however, give it a few months and watch as they throttle your connection down to 10k and keep charging you full price. Monitor your monthly usage and you will see what they have been getting away with for some time now.
10 kbps per second. I wish ha ha… I tried downloading an audio file this morning and it went down to 5 something and no I’m not kidding and I hardly ever download stuff I just surf and watch youtube videos, listen to music on playlist.com and use ebay/email. I just waited like an hour for a 3 minute youtube video to load.. towards the end of the month I always have to pause the videos and wait for them to load usually many times over the length of the video it’s freaking ridiculous… The cricket is only reasonably fast for me the first week or so… I think there must be some different levels of limitation no? For me it’s usually reasonably fast only at the beginning…., a couple of weeks later and I have to give my songs a pause (longer for youtube vids) here and there at the beginning to give them a “head start” then they play fine but towards the end of the month… absolute nightmare even if a video bar shows fully loaded it will still repeatedly pause for buffering.
Anyways so how do I monitor my monthly usage as suggested by Crooked Cricket?
I am currently at 6 gb now running the crap out of rhapsody still workin for me
I switched from att internet. I will be going back next week when I get paid.This cricket worked great for about 2 weeks.Now it cuts off every 3-4 minutes!!! It is slow now too.I hate it!!!!
I would NOT reccommend it to anybody! My dial up I had years ago was better than this!
I have been trying to figure out why my connection has been so slow lately and I think this is the reason. I go to school online and so I use my cricket everyday.
My question about the 5GB. How do u know when u have reached this cap? Is it in the logs? Does the cap reset at each month your bill is due?
Also the software on the modem some how came off the device and then I downloaded one off the site and its causing alot of problems for me.
Cali already seems to have a lawsuit in place but it only concerns CA folks.
Also the rebate is crappy b/c on the 3rd month i forgot to pay my bill on the due date and have had the service for a year but they said i didnt have it active so i was denied my rebate. WTF!
Piggy,
I’m with you – I’ve been thinking my computer had a virus or my video driver was wrong or WTF!! NOWHERE was it made clear to me that my usage was limited.
and worse yet, they allowed me to waste many frustrating hours attempting to repair my system when it was the piece of crap modem all along. They are well aware of what their customers are going through, and they don’t care.
Cricket is misleading consumers and it is a SCAM!
Never again.
I’ve had Cricket cell phone for 7 1/2 years and it’s been fine. Had broadband since the first week they offered it. It also has been pretty good. A few days ago I got a new laptop with Windows 7. My broadband wouldn’t work. Went to Cricket (because I could not get through on the phone) and they told me that there was nothing that they could do; I would just have to purchase a new broadband. They gave me a “deal” and sold me the 600 for $76. It is unbelievably slow compared to the old Cricket broadband, a mere fraction of the speed. I called them, this time getting a real live person. She told me that since I had been a customer since ’02 they wanted to make me happy and that I could return the broadband tomorrow. This is the very first time that they have given any indication that they would like to please a loyal customer. Usually all the breaks with Cricket are given to new customers. I am rural, so don’t know what I’ll do instead, but the very slow speed is too frustrating to deal with.
Update on previous post. Called Cricket again. They told me that they slow the service after 5GB. When you get close to your limit of 10 GB, they slow it to a crawl, which is what happened for me. I have to do a lot of downloads for my job, plus I let my teens use it, so we are at 9.4GB for the month. The rep said that it refreshes every month and you get to start with fast service again. He also said that if you have Windows 7, you need to have a Cricket store do an update on the Broadband Card to make it work faster. I was in the store with my laptop. They connected the card so we could make sure it would work. Did they say anything about performing the update or offer to do it while I was in the store? No…… Cricket is not loyal to existing customers, but for the price and lack of contract I guess it’s okay.If you really want to research mobile broadband for yourself, check out this article: http://ezinearticles.com/?Whos-Got-the-Fastest-Mobile-Broadband?-Sprint,-Verizon-and-ATandT-Speed-Tests&id=1879801 The free course this guy offers is extremely helpful. By the way, I had the same thing happen as another poster as far as being denied a rebate. I forgot to pay the bill because it was due on a different day than the two phones and other broadband. I paid it immediately, but “sorry, your rebate is gone.” Again, the worst thing about Cricket is that they have no loyalty to existing customers. Stupid. That’s the best way to get new ones.
I am slightly confused. Are you saying you bought the 10 GB monthly package (typically sold in Wal-Mart) and they slow your speed down after 5 GB of usage, and then slow it further when you exceed 10 GB? If so, that’s an outrage.
cricket you suck be more better with youre customers
I HATE THIS POS Cricket A600.
I’ve had it for 3 months. 2 weeks ago I noticed a major change in how much It would download at. Down to… you guessed it… 10kB/s. I went to a local Cricket dealer and he just told me that they are working on the tower near me. So I waited and waited… came to this site and see now that there is a CAP that I was unaware of. I bought this POS because it was “unlimited” and no contract. The price wasn’t all that great but… better than having to “bundle” and sign contracts with all these cable companies. I’m not going to pay my bill any longer. I’m done with it. Like I said…
I HATE THIS POS Cricket A600.
The a600 isn’t a particularly bad device (I have one around somewhere)…it’s just that the network kinda sucks. There *is* a cap, though there are no overages if you exceed the cap. More than can be said of Sprint/Verizon/AT&T/T-Mobile at this point, at least if you buy direct. Don’t get me wrong, 80 kbps sucks (sounds like you’ve lost EvDO for the moment) but the alternative is having an uncapped bill…
So this is what my problem is …
How long does this cap last?
Can you recommend any other cheap providers for NC?
This has to be the biggest scam I have ever seen in electronics. I feel completely ripped off and betrayed by circket. They jacked me up for almost two months of service and when my speed went to crap they informed me of their fair use policy and that basically the service was only good for broadband email and documents and was not designed to actually provice a “true broadband internet experience” as your typical provider might. WTF?????? So you call it wireless broadband and then you redefine what that means so that you can screw people????? WTF cricket????????
I think Cricket will go down in history as one of the most F-upped companies ever. They treat there customers like dog sh#@. They have consistintley miss leading advertisements. You can barley understand there phone reps because they outsource all there calls to India.. THERE IS NOTHING AMERICAN AND GOOD ABOUT CRICKET!!! I INCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TRY TO FIND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDER EVEN IF IT COST A LITTLE MORE. IN THE LONG RUN YOU WILL FEEL BETTER AND LIVE LONGER NOT HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE STRESS AND BULLSH@* THAT COMES ALONG WITH USING CRICKET.
WORST piece of sh** ever made. Got it just 5 days ago, worked great. I thought I had a great deal. I was getting download speeds of up to 200 kbps…
Couple of Youtube videos later, I wake up yesterday and i’m getting close to 5 kbps and simple websites are struggling to load.
Do all yourselves a favor and don’t buy into their “UNLIMITED” nonsense.
Just talked to a Cricket Rep about my broadband service
Complained about the 5gb cap and throttling imposed on account The rep said there has always been a 5gb cap on broadband service even tho they advertise “Unlimited Service” which to me is false advertising. the policy of the throttling a user is just plain wrong every user that has service uses data differently some this is the only internet connection available. Cable broadband would cost $100 a month and only when home.
every Cricket service account user needs to complain to cricket daily until they change services and advertise the truth about their plan.
I want my unlimited data plan back with no throttling that is what I signed up for not a 5gb cap and throttling when 5gb is hit that takes basically paying for a month of service with no usage to remove the throttle limit which is a big RIPOFF and pure profit for them.