What's the catch?

Heavy Reign · Feb 7, 2015

I'm currently on t-mobile and have been thinking about switching to cricket after seeing their new plans. Unlimited talk, text, and 2.5 Gb of data is a ridiculous deal, but I can't help but wonder what's the downside?
I live on southern california and they run on ATT's network so I should have solid coverage. I do understand that the data speeds are capped at 8 mbps which is fine because anything more than that is unnecessary. I have a nexus 5 so I don't need to buy a new phone.

So is there anything that I should be concerned about to reconsider switching? Thanks!

kate · Feb 7, 2015

Other then capped 8Mbps speeds, I've seen some customers complain about customer service but that's not uncommon with most phone companies. Most prepaid carriers have increased their data recently, so we're benefiting from competition.

If you do sign up be sure to get a Cricket referral from one of the forum members

dstephe9 · Feb 8, 2015

No catch whatsoever! I have heard of issues provisioning the nexus 5 causing slow speeds at first but normally a quick chat with cs and a phone reset fix that.

Crickets a great carrier!

morgankslade · Feb 8, 2015

Heavy Reign said:
I'm currently on t-mobile and have been thinking about switching to cricket after seeing their new plans. Unlimited talk, text, and 2.5 Gb of data is a ridiculous deal, but I can't help but wonder what's the downside?
I live on southern california and they run on ATT's network so I should have solid coverage. I do understand that the data speeds are capped at 8 mbps which is fine because anything more than that is unnecessary. I have a nexus 5 so I don't need to buy a new phone.

So is there anything that I should be concerned about to reconsider switching? Thanks!

I switched when they had $100 switch Promo I havent paid a bill since October when I switched. I also refered customers $25 per. I am missing Metros 30mb download though. With a bit of patience youll be fine. By the way...I have a Nexus 5 also.

dstephe9 · Feb 15, 2015

Did you tether? Just curious how you would miss the 30mb downloads??

Not saying you don't lol, I am just curious what people use higher speed mobile downloads for as I honestly can't tell the difference from my old carriers that did offer 20+ download speeds..

I assume tethering but my tethering is limited to just watching videos on my Kindle so I still don't notice speed issues

morgankslade · Feb 23, 2015

I am going to call Cricket CS now for a reset. See if things speed up any. I am not slooow, but not instantanious like Metro was. If I stay away from Speedtest I would probably be great. Just knowing and seeing the difference messes with my head.

zombdroid · Feb 26, 2015

I just kicked Big Red to the curb for Cricket. So far so good. Yes, slower 4G LTE speeds, but I don't really care. I get steady 3mbps download speeds at work and around the area. I have WiFi in most places. 2 phones on Cricket = $93 a month savings.

CyHawk · Feb 26, 2015

zombdroid said:
I just kicked Big Red to the curb for Cricket.

My apologies for hijacking, how was the port in process when you left Verizon? I've heard horror stories about it.

zombdroid · Feb 26, 2015

Very easy, I just went to a local Cricket store and paid for the new SIM and it took about 4 hours before I started receiving calls and that was it. Because I brought my Verizon phone, The APN settings needed to be adjusted manually, but that was a piece of cake. The store has all of the information to make this work. I disabled all of the Verizon Apps. I do get a warning that my phone does not have Verizon sim in the notification section, but you can shut it down until reboot.

CyHawk · Feb 26, 2015

Thanks for the info. No Cricket stores in Iowa.

dstephe9 · Mar 1, 2015

morgankslade said:
I am going to call Cricket CS now for a reset. See if things speed up any. I am not slooow, but not instantanious like Metro was. If I stay away from Speedtest I would probably be great. Just knowing and seeing the difference messes with my head.

Did this help? I normally find it does

If it doesn't help download the ATT mark the spot app and mark your location to see if ATT is having network issues or congestion in that area.. The app is in apple app store or google play

morgankslade · Mar 2, 2015

Wow. Just ran a speedtest. 9.08 down, 4.15 up.
Thats something. I have never got past 7 mbps down.
This was after Cricket reset.

dstephe9 · Mar 2, 2015

Glad it worked for u!! I learned about these network resets years ago when I had Verizon.. They really help when for whatever reason your data becomes slow..

With Verizon I had to call in though, with cricket you can just chat via the my cricket app and they will tell you to turn your phone off for a specific amount of time and they will reset you when you close the chat. Much easier

Hopefully it'll stick!

morgankslade · Mar 4, 2015

Can I buy a No contract phone from another carrier and insert Cricket SIM and it will work?

kate · Mar 4, 2015

If the phone is unlocked it will work, yes, but most carriers lock their phones.

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