Cricket launches unlimited mobile broadband
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It’s tough to figure what you’ll get when a company says unlimited. Yes, that’s meant for you, Verizon, you of the “we say unlimited, but we really mean 5 GB.” Now that that’s settled and others in the industry are considering data caps, a perfect opportunity is presented to Cricket: Truly unlimited data. And that’s what they’re doing with their mobile broadband laptop cards.
“We expect our customers will be heavy, heavy data users, and we’ve never thought limits were a good idea,” said Cricket senior manager for corporate communications Greg Lund.
This is on the EVDO Rev 0 network, so it’s not quite as fast as Verizon’s mobile broadband. However, what it lacks in speed it makes up for with peace of mind. No longer will you have to keep some foggy mental record of your Internet usage, as to avoid some 5 GB cap.
I still can’t decide what the best part is: The unlimitedness, or the price? It’s just $35 a month. Unfortunately, it’s only available in a few regions: Nashville, Spokane, Central Valley of California, Santa Fe/Albuquerque New Mexico, and Portland Oregon, with Tulsa Oklahoma coming soon.
It’s a damn shame that Leap didn’t win any spectrum in the 700 MHz auction. That could have helped this mobile broadband initiative a bit.
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[...] I’ve noticed lacking in prepaid is mobile data. A few carriers offer it — most notably Cricket. But for the most part, mobile data isn’t readily available on a prepaid basis. And forget [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2008 at 10:33 am
..correction joe. ya cricket is cool for offering prepaid broadband on laptop cards (finally) but they do still have that 5GB cap:
“Throughput may be limited if use exceeds 5GB per month. Internet browsing does not include: hosted computer applications, continuous web camera or broadcast, automatic data feeds, machine-to-machine connections, peer to peer (P2P) connections or other applications that denigrate network capacity or functionality.”
check it out for yourself: http://www.mycricket.com/cricketplans/details/broadband
(p.s.- alltel is the best prepaid company even over boost, metro, etc. for cost sake. for $20 a month i get unlimited nights/weekends and unlimited text with the option of unlimited mobile to mobile and to add any number to call unlimited all day and night and every day you can switch the number. all the features/benefits of a contract on prepaid..)
Posted on July 4th, 2008 at 5:01 am
I got mine two days ago, and the service is horendous in Colorado Springs. I have posted some screen shots of traceroutes to popular sites. Google, Progressive.
Last night it was taking minutes(no exageration) to load a web page. I am getting 600ms times on a new server that was low usage for world of warcraft. My godaddy mail after 6 minutes still did not return. I tried it on a mac, a vista machine. In my hours, where I had three green bars. I also tried it on the south side of town, where I had full bars. I emailed level3’s customer support. It appears they are the provider for Cricket. It was 17 hops just to get to Google. I use to own an ISP, and I have never seen response times this bad or traceroutes that looked so off for sits on the backbone. I will be posting more pictures http://wer2chosen.blogspot.com
Posted on September 18th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
cricket is the worse company to do business with, their services are always minimum speeds and tech support/customer support is aweful. They are the biggest scamming/lying company on the planet. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMANY!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Posted on October 5th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
cricket broadband is horrible and no good for halo 3 online, downloading takes and awfully long time. jorge
Posted on October 9th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Cricket doesn’t need to have a cap. It takes 30 days to down load 5 gb of data because its so slow. 2 months now with their service and I don’t think I will be sticking around for 3. The “HIGH SPEED” comes in spikes. Most of the time the Dowload rate is less the 10kbps. Thats a 1/5 of dial up! WORTHLESS SERVICE!
Posted on October 20th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
I think people are forgetting what this service is really for… WoW & Halo 3? The ability to download e-mail or remote into a work network would be better tests for a cellular network. 10kbps I can live with, as someone who actually used dialup would tell you that you were lucky to max out at 5kbps.
Posted on November 2nd, 2008 at 10:56 am
Wow. Cricket sucks. FOR REAL. I did research, but unfortunately, I didn’t see this page before signing up for their service. And I made the mistake of believing the part of their Web site that said it was compatible with Macs. Granted, I am online right now with cricket service, but though it is incredibly slow here in northern colorado springs, that is the least of my frustrations.
it all began when I tried doing the “easy install”…let’s just say that hours later, I finally called customer service and found out that though the install disc said it worked on a mac, I would have to go download the software to install in on my mac because what was included on the disc wouldn’t work after all. For pete sake, if I already had the ability to just go download the software off the internet, I wouldn’t have signed up for cricket in the first place.
Now, I finally have it working…and tried to go set up my account online, and again after hours of trying to make things work and talking with clueless CSRs on the phone, they finally told me that they don’t have the technology to allow mac users to have accounts and passwords online. Are you kidding me? Utterly ridiculous, especially when they want all business for my account handled online. Oh sure, they said they’d be happy to send me a bill in the mail, but I’d be charged $2 each month. I realize it’s a measly $2, but it’s the principle of the matter.
Unless they get their head in gear and start providing the actual service they claim to for macs, someone needs to step on this cricket.
Posted on November 8th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
This service is great if you don’t like being able to download or surf the web. It’s great if you enjoy paying for horrible service and slow downloads. I hate this service. I’d rather pay for a 28.8 modem service than this. Doesn’t work during hours of 9am to 9pm on weekdays. Often comes up with cannot display screens.
Customer service is awful, and they hosed me on the $140 rebate. I hate Cricket. I have no choice to use this for a little bit, but when I get the chance I will switch to another company. SCREW CRICKET!
Posted on November 8th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
it moves slow and cut off when i be on the computer and very hard to watch movies during evening hours why is that can someone tell other service to use
Posted on November 12th, 2008 at 2:24 am
CRICKET IS A BUNCH OF THIEVES!!!
Had this piece of junk for 3 weeks, told I could get a full refund if I cancel under 30 days if not satisfied. Not told of any “cap” and that I was in an excellent signal area. Couldn’t be farther from the truth.
Ridiculously slow, almost dial-up half the time. Pages would close on their own. Connection would drop suddenly. Instructions specified you MUST click “remove hardware safely” icon in system tray prior to unplugging unit. Icon never appeared. Time to call support already.
Knew I was in trouble when tech answered and spoke in some middle eastern accent that was gibberish to me. Explained my situation. Lo-o-o-ng periods of silence while she was looking up an explanation. Repeatedly told I had to go to “Dacumas”…Where? Who? What the……? Do you mean ‘Documents’? There are no settings in documents! Enunciate clearly please! Asked to speak to someone I could understand and knew what they were doing. Hung up on me!
Final straw…camel’s back broken…
Called today to cancel the account, well within the 30 days. Was told there would be money deducted if over a certain amount of minutes used. Hidden fee.
Confirmation email then informed me there would be a $35 restocking fee, never told about that at sign up. Full refund my butt. Another hidden fee. Anymore surprises Cricket?
Thought it was a good time to save a couple of bucks, and tried these morons after my Millenicom (Sprint) card went dead due to some contract problem. Which bummed me out. Millenicom is a 100% USA based business, techs that speak clear and precise English, great speed connections. Lesson learned! Went back to Millenicom.com and now have a Verizon based unit that is 3 to 4 times faster than Cricket. True you get what you pay for.
MORAL: LEARN FROM MY MISTAKE AND DO NOT GO CRICKET!!!
NEXT STOP-BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU
Posted on November 26th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Cricket Broadband does work with Macs. to download the software, just go to http://www.mycricket.com. then go to phones, then go to the broadband card. and follow instructions
Posted on December 3rd, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Well, I’ve had Cricket Broadband here in Denver for almost 3 months now and needless to say, it’s a bunch of crap. I think I could send smoke signals faster than 10 kb/s. Come this Monday, my broadband service with Verizon will start. A little more expensive to be sure but at least I’ll have my sanity.
Posted on December 12th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Wow. I was thinking about getting Cricket today, because of the price (why else?).
After reading these reviews, I will not. Thanks to all who took the time to tell their story; you prevented me from going through what you went through-sounds like a very infuriating experience.
It’s too bad that companies get to keep lying to people and making profits, and the true stories about the service are not given a louder voice.
Cricket’s website makes it seem like it’s downright superior to all other ISP’s, and leaves one with very little doubt.
But I had to ask myself-why does Cricket-a bottom of the barrel company charge $40, when Verizon charges $60?
That was a good question, and I found out why here. Thank you.
Cricket preys on the most financially unstable people in the country.
People tell me I shouldn’t use wireless signals-that I’m “stealing internet”
Well, seems like if I don’t steal internet, then internet steals from me.
Posted on December 25th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
I have cricket and it works great. I don’t know what city you people are from but in St.Louis it works fine. It plays video fine and is fast. No problems at all.
Posted on December 30th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
You guys are crazy. I just purchased the cricket broadband modem today and it’s working JUST FINE (i’m in Kenosha, Wi). I haven’t tried to download any applications or music yet, but so far just surfing the internet it’s working just as fast as when i had my cable modem! I did have to tape it up towards the ceiling a little bit maintian a 3/4 bar signal, but that’s just fine with me. I discontinued all services with Time Warner Cable my bill was getting out of control every month. At least i’ll know exactily how to manage my bills more easily every month without any surprises!
Posted on January 10th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
i dont think i have ever had a worse connection i also called cricket for a refund they tgold me they dont give refunds so in so many words im screwed this thing is almost as slow as dial up
Posted on January 12th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
I was considering purchasing Cricket Broadband…but thank goodness I came across this. I have verizon and trust me when I tell you this. Yes they charge $60 a month, but once you go over 5GB’s your looking at $200-$400 extra a month. This has happen to me 3 x’s now. I’d rather pay an early termination fee instead of coming out of pocket like that!
Posted on January 21st, 2009 at 11:38 am
This is interesting… I probably should have come here before buying it.
So far it seems ok. In certain areas I can get 1mbps. At home I get 750kbps. That is not to be confused with BYTES however. The old bits-per-second measurement is kept around for advertising purposes. The real speed for me is between 90 and 100 kilobytes per second.
This is why “56k” dialup users only got 5 kilobyte per second downloads.
So when other high speed services claim 8meg, they mean 8mbps, AKA 1 megabyte per second downloads.
Back on subject, the software is my main complaint. I havn’t updated it yet, but what was given to me on the CD doesn’t work entirely right. It’ll keep detecting and loosing the device, graying out the connect button over and over. You’ll have to click Connect when it becomes green and hide the error message window when it comes up.
After that you’re connected.
Posted on January 26th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
The software problem I had was because QuickLink doesn’t play nice with NetLimiter Pro. Everyone else should be fine I guess.
Posted on January 26th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
You have to watch them. I purchased a braodband from Cricket and I could not get it to work. I called their “Customer Svc/Tech Support” and it was anything but. I was told to wait 48 to 72 hours for a Level 2 tech to call back,that past uninstalling and re-installing, she could not help me. (this by the way, leaves you with having to forfeit your $27.50 activation fee” for not returning the same day. I purchased on a Sat. afternoon and the Level 2 Tech called back on Monday evening. He was no help either—-uninstall, reinstall, ? version of Windows, do you have Svc pack 2—–same stuff I had already been through. I ask if it’s a port setting, answer-doubt it. I turned Norton Anti-virus, and my firewall, off—still same problem. I was advised to return to the same store where purchased—went through all the same steps at the store with their people onsite……….still no luck. It would get to the part of the installation where you have to plug in the broadband device, and the computer would see the new hardware but never let you finish. After 45 min. of this I was instructed to possibly visit one of their corporate stores. I refused at this point and asked for a refund. They actually tried to keep the 27.50 for the activation and told me it was policy. At this point you have to be very persistent about a “full” refund. The store manager did not want to do this. I insisted we call his boss and after much discussion he had one of the girls do this. They put me on the phone with him and we went through a whole checklist of how to install and my version of Windows. He wanted to know if I had a Wireless phone through Crickett. Which, I am happy to say, two years ago I had, had enough of their bad service and moved on. Then at this point he tried to sound like he was doing me a favor by refunding the Activation fee. I told him I could see if the service worked and I had been using it for a couple of days but, it Never worked. Add to this, their support tech instructed me to wait 48 to 72 hours for another tech to help resolve the issues. The long and short of the story is there customer service policies and general practices are sub standard and deceptive at best. Add to this their spotty service area (I live in the Houston, Tx area). It’s really not worth the hassle. Being persistent, I did finally get a full refund. And, I will not use them again.
Posted on January 27th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Hi again, it’s been a couple days now and I think I got the hang of it. In the manual it says to use “Safely Remove Hardware” before unplugging the modem. If it were there, this would be what you would use to prevent the detection problem I was having.
Unfortunately, it’s not there. For those who do not see the device listed, Go to the Quicklink window and click on Options, Power Off WWAN Device, before unplugging. This will allow you to plug it and unplug as many times as you want to without causing problems or needing to restart or log out and in.
NetLimiter works fine with it, and in fact I recommend it for managing your bandwidth usage… to hopefully prevent Cricket from disabling your account (read the terms of service!!)
Sorry to hear about everyone elses troubles. I actually got Cricket internet because my neighbor was fed up with Comcast and I had my own troubles with them. All along, they have been a decent cell phone carrier for me, so I figured getting their modem might be a good idea. I still think its ok, certainly not the greatest, but the alternatives aren’t too great. I don’t want the Comcast cable guys coming into my home and installing software on my computer, asking if I have more than one TV or pushing “home networking”
Anyway, good luck everyone!
Posted on January 29th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Wow, this service is horrible. I wish I had found this website before I purchased the service a few hours ago. When I connected to the internet, I only had one signal bar and it constantly would kick me off every minute or two. It’s funny because the Cricket coverage area map clearly covers where I live. The few minutes it would stay connected did not impress me. The speed was slow. Not what I expected from a broadband modem. I called customer service, HORRIBLE, do not waste your time calling. All they do is give you the run around. I’m returning this garbage tomorrow. I know I won’t get a full refund but I’ll take my losses. This is not worth $40 a month. I’d rather use dial up.
Posted on February 1st, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Boy, am I glad I read the web-page. I almost fell in the dungeon with, it sounds like, a whole bunch of other people. I have their phone service which is ok as long as you don’t need to contact customer service. Like many have stated they have no clue as to whats going on and if you are lucky enough to find someone that does you can’t understand them. Anyone that does not need Cricket due to credit problems you will save your sanity by going else where.
Posted on February 10th, 2009 at 9:32 am
I have had this broadband service for 3 months and can’t get the damned thing to stay connected for more than a few minutes before it just kicks me off. sometimes within seconds of reconnecting. CUSTOMER SERVICE IS BEYOND ATROCIOUS. E-mail cust. serv. and they said to call. When I called the guy said to call him back when it was doing it again. I told him it was randon so he’d have to wait on the line with me. HE WOULDN’T!! And told me to call back yet again. To what end? So he could say “It just cut off on you? well it’s too late now. you should be able to predict when it will disconnect and be on the phone with me at THAT time so I will still be unable to help”. Uninstall/re doesn’t help. Full signal. No one will help me. I wish I knew who to contact.
Posted on February 19th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
I’ve had the service for a week and it works fine for me. I’am in the Nashville area and my signal is 100% all the time but Iam also downtown. In fact I can put the modem in my desk drawer and still have 100% signal? I think it really depends on the area. But the 5g thing is confusing think I will cap it before the month ends and see what they limit it to. Cricket is shady though.
Posted on February 20th, 2009 at 12:26 am
I just started service with Cricket n the Pittsburgh area. No issues to speak of other than only seeing a max of 3 bars (75%)signal strength at home. I went to speedtest.net and averaged about 550 kbs down and 120 up but the latency is terrible with the ping rate in the 300 to 500 ms range. It is not cable but a decant solution for what I need to do with a mobile connection.
I only need wireless connection for 6 months for a job I’m working. I wold have preferred Verizon but the up front fees for month to month or ETF on a contract is costly so I thought I would give Cricket a try. I’ll post back in a few weeks to let you know how things are going.
Posted on February 22nd, 2009 at 11:37 am
Ok, well too bad because I just bought the Cricket broadband modem yesterday and it was working good as soon as the guy installed it and everything so i was all excited because i was finally gonna have fast internet!! lol.. yeah then i came home and connected and only got two freakin bars and was super slow!! even when i was on myspace it was taking forever to load my home page! THAT’S HOW SLOW IT IS!! I AM GOING TO RETURN THIS CRAPOLA TOMORROW!! lol.. SO ANYONE OF THINKING OF BUYING THE BROADBAND MODEM!? DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS!! it is not worth 45 bucks a month!! It is super slow.. maybe for like 5 min. it will be fast and all..and you can’t even watch videos on youtube because it takes forever to download.. ok.. well i don’t know about the phone service but the internet sucks! and i also tried calling customer service.. and then they told me to call to some number, and then they told me to call another, and so on, and then they just leave you on hold! all their doing is stealing your money!!! ok well if anyone can refer me to a better internet modem or broadband i can buy and that works feel free to email me at starzy10dc@yahoo.com
i am in need of internet for college! someone help!
Posted on February 25th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
No interface with the Cricket Broadband and Vonage service. Good signal on my desktop, but very, very slow. Service is cut off numberous times per hour. Videos, like news clips, start and stop muliple times making viewing very hard to do. 100 Kpms seems to be the standard when running. I needed internet in move to new house quickly. I am paying the price for impatience.
Good for casual user, would not recommend for anyone on the net one or more hours per day.
Posted on February 26th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Cricket broadband here in houston,is the slowest service I ever wasted my money on,never thought anything could be slower than dialup til now.forget ever watching any video online,lucky if web page loads up enough to check email
Posted on March 3rd, 2009 at 7:20 pm
I like cricket i’m in st.louis and i use it in illinois and the service is just a bit slower than dsl.the only problem i have is i can’t access my on-line banking from cricket for some reason. that’s the only reason i may switch
Posted on March 4th, 2009 at 4:30 am
Thank God! I was just on live chat with an agent and she couldn’t give me any stats. I live in the Phoenix area and the couple reports i heard were good but scetchy. does anyone have it in the Phoenix areA? I love their phone service cause i talk alot but other services were well but not if u talk alot like me
Posted on March 26th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Ok,I am going to have to jump in here…
I just got Cricket today & it gave me a lot of trouble,the guy said to bring the modem and my computer to his store tomorrow and he will set it up for me.
I tried it on an old Dell desktop I have,windows xp,but needed to connect to the internet to update everything.
it detected and ran the setup software,but then disapperaed because like i said,i just wanted to make sure the modem was okay,which it is.
I then ran it on my laptop computer,it detected the modem,but did not show up in My Computer.
There probably was another way to turn that back on,but i just did a complete system restore,re-ran the setup again..it works like a charm.
Just make sure the computer actually SEES the modem in My Computer,or you’re screwed. Then,after the computer detects the modem,all you have to do is run the setup program,reboot,and you should be fine. make sure your computer is new or updated enough to support this.
Any1 needs any help,please email me at noreneol@juno.com.
Posted on April 1st, 2009 at 1:36 am
Signed up last week. So far working great. Fast enough that I can’t tell it’s wireless.
like the fact no contract and first month is free, so they basically cover the modem costs.
You tube is a bit slow, but acceptable.
I’m in Chicagoland area so my signal might be stronger than some people in the fringe coverage areas.
Posted on April 5th, 2009 at 10:23 am
So I bought this service a few days ago and it’s actually pretty decent. I was paying 10 dollars a month for my previous dialup service plus another 70, (yes 70 dollars) for the home phone line I used the dialup for. It’s only slightly faster than dialup in my room, but a lot faster when I move my laptop to my living room, plus 40 a month was better than the stupid 70 I was paying for slower service.
The download/upload rate is good, ping is horrible but still workable.
I would recommend this only for the casual internet user though.
Posted on April 6th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Anyone tried this in Kansas City?
Posted on April 16th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Just bought the A600 Cricket Mobile Broadband USB card here in Overland Park, KS (Kansas City) and it works great for what it was made for. I typically get 80 - 110 KBps and it was an easy install on all 5 of my computers. (Windows 7 beta( build 7000.xxx), WinXP SP3, Windows Vista 32bit & 64bit(sp1), Windows Media Center SP (sp3). Admittedly I am an expert user, but I did not experience anything during install on any of my machines that would require any more knowledge than a basic user would posess. My only problem with Cricket was that they included an Extended Warranty ($4.95/mo) without my knowledge or approval, and they also included a printed bill to my home address for another 55 cents per month. I called up Cricket customer service and talked to a barely intelligible person (most likely in India somewhere) and had both charges removed and refunded immmediatley. My monthly bill will now be $40 even. Other than that, I am very satisfied with the service so far.
Posted on April 22nd, 2009 at 4:42 pm
my husband works for antenna towers that provide the signal for cell phones, etc.. and they cover t-mobile, verizon, sprint, and they started with cricket last year, he said that cricket spent the least amount in their products (antenna wise) and that sprint is putting extra effort to improve signal. I dont have cricket but was considering it, from reading your reviews it seems that you all are not satisfied, which makes me think twice, and knowing that they put so little effort and money into their investments versus the other companies out there it really comes down to if you want good service you have to be willing to pay more money for it.
Posted on April 23rd, 2009 at 6:25 pm
wow. great! I was about this close to getting one.I think I will stick with sprint aircard.
Posted on April 27th, 2009 at 3:52 am
Cricket has instituted a 5GB soft cap since this thread began. 100 meg files that took 20 minutes to download now take between 2 and 3 hours. For the sake of truth in advertising Cricket should adopt a new slogan.
Cricket - Dialup speed at broadband prices.
Cricket - Where “unlimited” really means “limited-to-5-gigs-of-total-transfer-per-month-and-then-we-put-the-brakes-on-for-no-reason-whatsoever-other-than-”we can”-because-we-want-to-be-total-dicks-to-our-customers.”
Posted on April 28th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
…to all of the cricket broadband card owners out there…I keep hearing the same thing about a “connection” problem and I have to admit I had one too, however, if you have the newer A600 broadband card…this is what you must do…go to the menu board click on options then preferences then wwan place a check mark in the ncis box…this allows your computer to stay connected always until you log off.
Posted on May 3rd, 2009 at 4:02 pm
I have to say that the stories here are alarming but I have never had any major issues with my Cricket and I have had it for several months now. Of course, I am not a big time gamer and I don’t download huge amounts of data, but for surfing, e-mail and music it seems to work just fine. The only complaint I really have is that when the network is really busy, I have been kicked off a time or two. No biggie, I just reconnect and keep going. I live in the Albuquerque area and connection strength is just wonderful. I do wish that the coverage areas would expand. I do spend some time traveling and it would be nice to have in the outlying areas.
Posted on May 14th, 2009 at 11:47 am
wow, if i’d seen all of these comments i prob wouldn’t have gotten the broadband. but, it’s been strong connections, stays connected, set up was fast (Mac). HOWEVER: i have no icon/link/ANYthing that helps me power off the device to remove it. guy at store helpful but could only give me 800#. first “customer service” was kind of an asshole; she insisted all i could do was shut the entire computer down to remove it, then hung up on me! next call: nice guy; also says unless i find Mac has a “remove hardware” thing (he knows not Mac) that i must shut down to remove. well, that’s just stupid. but since it’s all we can get here in farmland CO, & we aren’t always here, i suppose it’ll do for now….
* anyone know how to easily get Mac to allow me to just remove modem while keeping computer on?? thanks
Posted on May 16th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Cricket is without doubt a 100% ripoff company. Right now I’m on hold (10 minutes and counting) trying to find out why they are still billing me after I already canceled. The Internet service was incredibly slow. They DO NOT want you to call them so their number isn’t listed ANYWHERE. This is a company that shouldn’t exist…
Posted on May 18th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Has anyone tried Cricket’s wireless broadband in the Memphis/Bartlett, TN area?
Posted on May 19th, 2009 at 9:49 am
the fact you guys are ready to form a lynch mob on cricket and storm the gates is a good indication that i should stay away..i was thinking of getting this cause my bundle package of phone,internet and cable bill was getting out of control. specially if you miss one payment.so i decided to cut cost and go to cricket.i had a cricket phone 2yrs ago it was decent but i just decided to pay 10-20$ more a month with sprint to get a phone that had better features. I figured that with in 2yrs that service would get better especially with the broadcom..i think ill just either get my time warner cut back on or just pay 50$ for sprint broadcom..
thanks for the head up and steering me clear of Cricket !
Posted on May 21st, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Austin, Texas area.
Worst than dial-up!
Big rip off!!!
Posted on May 26th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Cricket Broadband sucks. It’s slower than dialup and the service is totally rotten - if you get service at all. Don’t be gypped. Also, their modem is way overprices and the base phone you have to buy to get the service, stinks for the high price, too. They stink. They rot. I hate Cricket Broadband
Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 3:01 pm
cricket is horrible. mine keeps saying connection interrupted. Shit half the time im using a unsecured wireless signal from someone else. i talked to a tech and after taking me thru countless steps she ended up making my issue worse. she said someone would come out to check some tower issue but no has come. and my bill has not been credited like she said. i am upset to say the least…
Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 10:36 pm
I was thinking of getting this for my son so that he could go to high school online. I think I will go another route. This will not be just for fun but a required part of education. This sounds like such a hassle and waste of money!
Posted on June 2nd, 2009 at 5:06 pm
I don’t understand why so many people are so down on this service!
I got it today and I am very pleased with the results. I am not getting dropping signals or any of the problems mentioned. I have to admit I didn’t know about the 5gb ‘cap’.
The manager at a Cricket store told me their support is located in India so he said ALWAYS ask for a supervisor as these people are sharp and can actually help you!
My speeds are running about 230-260 KBPS and it is a solid connection. Also, they came out with a new device so after the rebates the ‘old’ unit is free!
Posted on June 3rd, 2009 at 1:31 am
To Jim Mooney,
You had to buy one of their phones to get the service? That’s funny,because I didn’t,just got the modem and that’s it.
So far I am satisfied with this service,it fucks up sometimes but I can deal with it. In fact I’m thinking of switching my plan to include a phone from them,having to pay 40 bux a month plus another 30 seperate from the phone I have now is just too much.
N.Y.
Posted on June 14th, 2009 at 5:07 am
I am having trouble with video on my desktop at home but when i try the card on my desktop at work it’s just as fast as my ethernet connetion with only two bars showing. I connected my work laptop and again having horrible download speeds. I’m searching the net for a configuring solution. Can’t hang cricket just yet.
Posted on June 25th, 2009 at 12:35 pm