At&t Owns Cricket Wireless

Does anyone use crickets cell service there 4g coverage area is almost the whole country can anyone give me info on this carrier on how good or bad it works

I have Cricket cell service. Their coverage is pretty good, at least in the Northern California area. I would say most of the time it's actually better than my fiance's Sprint service. I will get 4g in areas where he's only getting 3g, sometimes 2g. Their data is pretty speedy, too. But know that when you use up your data allotment for the month you get throttled to very low speeds (Not sure on exact speeds, but it's painful). I'm also not sure how good their coverage is outside of CA, I haven't used my phone cross-country yet.

Also, they charge a $5 fee if you are late for your monthly payment, even though they are prepaid. I used to have Straight Talk which never charged a fee. Their customer service leaves something to be desired. If you have to do anything (like change a billing address) do it online through their chat client. Calling their customer service number is a bit of a joke.

Oh boy.... You are going to find A LOT of dead areas.

Here is the thing about prepaid.... They are not allowed to utilize the entire network.

Take StraightTalk for an example. They use the Verizon network (better coverage than AT&T). Well you can stand side by side with a Verizon phone and a Verizon prepaid or Straight talk and the in some areas the prepaid phones will not have signal but the verizon phone will work. It is the design of the prepaid network. Yeah you are using the Verizon or AT&T network but you are not allowed to use all of it. Kinda like those employee only areas in the back of the store, it is part of the store but you are not allowed back there. This also holds true even for the Verizon prepaid phones.

Oh boy.... You are going to find A LOT of dead areas.

Here is the thing about prepaid.... They are not allowed to utilize the entire network.

Take StraightTalk for an example. They use the Verizon network (better coverage than AT&T). Well you can stand side by side with a Verizon phone and a Verizon prepaid or Straight talk and the in some areas the prepaid phones will not have signal but the verizon phone will work. It is the design of the prepaid network. Yeah you are using the Verizon or AT&T network but you are not allowed to use all of it. Kinda like those employee only areas in the back of the store, it is part of the store but you are not allowed back there. This also holds true even for the Verizon prepaid phones.

Try republic wireless. The phones are bit on the pricey side but there service works great. My grandfather and uncle use it. They are otr truckers one for us xpress and the other works for schneider. The service bounces of WiFi as well as runs on sprint and at&t towers. It won't block you out of service because your "not contract". I also use it and have never had a problem. I pay $25.00 a month with unlimited text and talk + 10 gigs of data.

It is not going to block you in the city or near interstates but it will block you on the back areas. If you run up and down the east coast then not an issue but if you head out west of the Mississippi to places like the Dakotas, Wyoming or Montana along with several other states you will be in the twilight zone....

Never heard of them before your post which means that their coverage is going to be spotty.

Here in Chicago, Cricket is known. They kinda were shotty at best. The only good thing about them was that you were able to get service in Canada. But recently AT&T purchased them and moved them over from CDMA to GSM technology. AT&T is really upgrading them and they now are on the AT&T network.

Here is an article on it: http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/atts-revamped-cricket-will-take-t-mobiles-metropcs-aio-look-rate-plans/2014-05-18

I personally was also looking at Cricket. Especially once they allow service in Canada, since I want to drive across the border as well.

Hope this helps.