Cricket ready with $40/month unlimited prepaid broadband
Earlier this year, Leap Wireless announced that Cricket would begin carrying unlimited broadband plans. They started at $35 for customers of the Cricket voice service. Now we’re seeing a larger offering. Via PC Mag, we hear that Cricket is now offering unlimited — yes, truly unlimited — wireless broadband access for $40 per month. Like Cricket’s voice services, the wireless broadband access will come without a credit check or a contract. The offering is intended as a primary Internet access medium.
“There is nobody in the market providing wireless broadband to a low-income customer with no contract,” said Cricket VP of product marketing Jeff Toig. “These are people under $50k household income, with no broadband Internet in their homes. This becomes their alternative to DSL or cable.”
Cricket wireless broadband is currently available in the markets Leap rolled out earlier this year: Texas, St. Louis, Oklahoma City, and Las Vegas. It will expand to Cricket’s other markets by the end of the year.
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I was excited to see Cricket enter the prepaid broadband business. I think there’s a huge potential for this service, and I’m interested to see even more competition as time goes one. Hopefully their model is profitable and they have a means to manage potential abusers.
Cheers,
PrepaidWirelessGuy
http://www.prepaid-wireless-guide.com/prepaid-wireless-broadband-plans.html
Posted on September 18th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
I hope you get your broadband business
in all states.
Thank you,
Shawn
Posted on January 16th, 2009 at 7:21 am
All I can say is thank u Cricket. At a time of ressession, some parents cant afford the pricie stuff that is need for thier kids to keep learning. At that price my kids can keep researching and doing other work online.
Posted on January 18th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Low income my ass. What size is your savings account Bubba?
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 at 10:47 am
Thanks to Cricket my family and I have broadband wireless Internet during our transition. I am an online college student who is “in-between” homes right now so Cricket’s wireless Internet is a great alternative and help to me.
Posted on March 17th, 2009 at 2:01 pm