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Cricket Unlimited No Contract 3G Broadband Modem with No Contract

by Sinclair Hubert
(Arlington, VA US)

I have tried a lot of broadband services over time, but Cricket 3G Broadband is by far the best broadband service out there.

Here are the reasons why:
1. No Contract or Credit Checks.
2. Free after $50 Mail in Rebate.
3. 200 - 400 KBS which is pretty fast for mobile broadband.
4. First month is free when ordering online.
5. Just $40 a month afterwords.

It really kills the competition especially with the online pricing.

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Jul 05, 2011
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Cricket Broadband Fair Usage Policy
by: PrepaidWirelessGuy

I agree. Once you go over your data limit in a given month, they throttle your speed so much that it's basically useless.

One point of clarification is that while Cricket used to do a rolling average calculation, your speed is restored at the beginning of each month (i.e. each billing cycle).

On their site they state:
"Once you begin a new bill cycle your rate plan Usage Level upload and download speeds will be restored."

You can view all of the details here:
Cricket Fair Use Policy

Jul 04, 2011
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Cricket Broadband is InterNOT
by: Anonymous

Sadly, we have had Cricket broadband for almost 5 months. Our family calls it the "InterNOT."

Unlimited is meaningless because they throttle your speed down to .01mbps (I am not kidding) when you get to 1/2 of whatever GB's you paid for. So they slow you at 1GB on the 2GB plan BEFORE you get to the 2GB!

And if you decrease your usage, the next month you do not start at the fast speed again because they use your average usage from the month before. So you are never getting fast internet.

The above reviews LIE LIE LIE. Cricket broadband internot is terrible. Forget youtube, no Hulu, and kids cannot play online game; the only thing you can do is check email, which is also slow slow slow!

Mar 23, 2010
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Cricket Nationwide Coverage
by: PrepaidWirelessGuy

Cricket just announced today that it will have nationwide coverage for its customers with no additional roaming/traveling fees. The news doesn't specifically mention prepaid broadband, but the assumption is that it includes all of its wireless offers.

The nationwide coverage is a result of partnerships with Verizon and Sprint. While they will continue to sell product only where Cricket has native coverage on its own network, if you have their products, you'll be able to get coverage nationwide. This is fantastic news for Cricket customers, and changes the game for them considerably.

Mar 22, 2010
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Cricket has limits
by: Oliver

I think the $40 price is justified if you consider the coverage limitations. I used to travel between SD and LA a lot and you can't roam with your Cricket card in MetroPCS markets and even within San Diego, coverage was not perfect.

I rather go Sprint or Verizon with their EVDO coverage than Cricket because you have more coverage unless you never travel outside a Cricket market.

Go with Virgin (Sprint) and you see not only better speed but better coverage.

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