why are people hesitant to switch to cricket

I have been with cricket for over 4 years now, and have watched it grow from a you can talk and text provider to a almost everything provider. I have all the things i could want, no contract, and no worries about surcharges or getting screwed one way or another. I get everything I want, call tones, unlimited pix and text, unlimited wap and EVDO, unlimited local and long distance, roaming works well, the places i do travel to have cricket so i get UNLIMITED everything there. I use it for personal and business and it works out great because its the same price every month. More and more local business people here are moving to cricket because they can get any PDA/smartphone they want get it flashed and be mobile with unlimited everything and roam when needed. I love cricket. :hehehe:
 
I only tried Verizon a couple of times, and as good as they are, I could not stay with them with how badly they crippled their phones and all.. Like I mention, I am with ATT not due to image, but phone availability but most important and quality but most important is because even though I dont have an unlimited plan for cheap, I have rollover that I almost never get to use anyways because most of my calls turnout to be M2M anyways..

Who knows, in the future I might end up with Cricket because they are about the only carrier available to me that I have not tried other then Helio, but after putting up with the horrible indoor reception from T-mobile and Sprint's, I am not sure I really want to try a carrier that also uses only 1900 mhz.. But who knows, if they do grow big enough, and start using 800 mhz and manage to do all that before some other carrier buys them out, I would not mind given them a try and if they turnout to be awesome as I would want, I would not mind moving all of my family to Cricket too.. :2thurabs:
 
We use about 5,000 minutes a month...our bill is 60 bucks for 2 lines. My Circle does wonders for us. You could probably achieve a good deal with TMo too.
 
Another common complaint is from the people who used Cricket when it FIRST came out about how the "coverage sucks." I'm on my third year as a Cricket customer, and I haven't had any complaints yet, so that must be a relic. I really do remeraber when Cricket first rolled around, though. I was either a freshman or a sophomore in high school, and EVERYONE had that bricky looking Nokia with the first version of snake on it. Within a couple of years, I had watched those same people switching to different providers, all of whom were complaining about the coverage.

Hell, I was reluctant to move to Cricket for a long time. I ended up dating a girl who had Cricket service, and we texted all the time. I would have a $275 phone bill, hers was always $40 and I never saw her complaining about anything. I overcame my fears, decided to take a contractless risk, and paid my huge early termination fee to Cingular. The rest is history. :cool:
 
i just saw that you are in oceanside.

i don't know how you have such good at&t here, but man it sucks for me :P

i use cricket in oceanside and it works great. i live in clairemont and spend a lot of time in encinitas.
 
Around here, we don't consort with the commoners.

We don't use Cricket, and we drink with our tea with an extended pinky. Tut tut!

I really enjoy the idea that if you pay more for the service, it is of more value. It's as if the IS-2000, or the IS-856 that comes off of Sprint or Verizon towers is hand buffed by nude women, before it's delivered into your mobile.

It's not like a Ferrari vs. a Yugo. It's a red honda civic, a yellow honda civic, or a green honda civic. The red and the yellow civics have more accessories, cup holders, spoilers, rims, but all three go 75mph on the highway, 35mph in the city.
 
Most likely if it happens due to the fact that if the deal that Metro wants (64% ownership) we will become MetroPCS. That is IF it happens. Nothing has been confirmed. No one has signed anything. Cricket/Leap could just say No and call the entire thing off. That is IF it happens.
 
As a new cricket customer, I can say a few things that annoy me about cricket. These are all little things, and they aren't real important, especially if you just want a phone. But, it would seem so easy to change.

1. No text messaging to/from an email address. This means I can't use google SMS. send mail to #@mms.mycricket.com and you can do email. granted sms doesn't work like this though. This works, unless you can't do mms because you flashed a palm treo (like me).
2. No call forwarding when busy or no answer. This means I am stuck using cricket's voicemail rather than youmail, for instance. I like youmail because my clients can get a different voicemail than my frienRAB/family. Also, I like getting voicemails emailed to me.
3. Roaming. Luckily, I don't roam often, but it will be a hassle when I go on a vacation those one or two times a year to switch plans/packages to get roaming, *228 my phone, then call back on my return and switch my plan/package back. you can set roaming to use flex pay so you don't have to add the roaming package. its what i use when i have company business elsewhere. Cricket insists I either have to get the nationwide plan or buy at least 30 minutes/month for $5.
4. Email: When I flashed my phone over I wasn't aware of Cricket's port 8080 issue, which means I can only get webmail. this will change once ev-do is launched. they will have to open more ports so people can use normal applications.

They're all little things, they don't outweigh the unlimited minutes or the price, but they are annoying.
 
because the option that isriam is talking about is technically only still offered in a few of the core markets. all expansion markets, and most of the core markets do not offer it anymore. at least that is my understanding.
 
If Leap says no, metro could easily attempt a hostile takeover. The financial situation of both companies would support it. Leap's management isn't crazy. They see the writing on the wall, that's why their CFO just called it quits.
 
That plan, the 35 dollar plan would only appeal to a very small percent of folks. That is the plan with no long distance and no travel/roam time. If that is what you want, then yes it is a good deal. However I think for someone to switch from say Verizon or Cingular, they will want the freedom to travel a little bit out of their community and the ability to call long distance. So, at minimum, you are looking at the 55 dollar plan. $55x2=110-$5 DISCOUNT=$105. Add in the expense of phones and many people are turned off. Or, if you have two parents and a child you are looking at $155. You can get a pretty good plan with the big 3 for that kind of money plus a cheap phone. Cricket is good...if you are a single, young person. For me, a 35 year old married man with kiRAB, it would cost me a lot more to switch. I am not beating up on Cricket, just pointing out some different prospectives. Every carrier has their niche.
 
i guess if you don't talk alot, then cricket isn't worth it.

however you can buy phones on ebay for 100 bucks. i used to work for AT&T, i've seen and used everything. I hate CDMA, but man, you can't beat the prices here.

I even had an unlimited voice line on AT&T Wireless at 99 dollars a month. That didn't include text, mms, or wap. But it did have roaming. I travel to LA about once a month, and 100 minutes is too much roaming for me.
 
I Love cricket! not everyone has the best of credit.IT HAPPENRAB.Wife is a RT(Respiratory Therapist)and she was playing her 6700 with her checking her mail and watching a few videos.Her frienRAB were dorabfounded when the asked what service she had and she said cricket(there responce was you can't go out of town with it)and she laughs i have sold 10+ moto Q's to doc's,rt's and nurses at her hospital and get thanked everytime i see one of them about cricket.poeple just don't know or remeraber 5 years ago
 
These are the same phones - From Motorola that verizon uses etc, so how can they be crap? and don't talk about the price because there is no contract, its not our fault some people don't see the value in that
Doesn't that exist everywhere? and I don't think meth addicts can afford our phones remeraber they are premium.....
Actually the advertising is pretty good, so i'm not sure why you'd call it crap
I'm glad you're personal credit is good enough that you can sign for your business... but back to topic- If you're colleagues are business owners also and have a chance to save $600+ a month and aren't doing it, then I'm not to sure they are "SMART" business owners.... I only say that because they won't switch to cricket because of the IMAGE? I carry my Krzr with me everywhere and nobody looks down on me


Go ahead and pay an extra $150 dollars a month, with your excellent credit you can afford it oh wait that has nothing to do with saving money... just being smart
 
The funny thing about cricket bashers is that most of them are getting there belly full and pockets fat from cricket flashes/reprograming. The same people who are bashing cricket are staying up late on ebay looking for that cheap 6800/6700,Q,A900,vx9900,Treo. to reprogram.Remeraber if it was'nt for cricket you might be broke.So be proud of all the so called"Gangstas and MethheaRAB..You know who you are. Why else would you be on this side of the tracks instead of uptown...lol
 
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