We have 4 phones for under 100. 3 are on tello and 1 is on twigby. Used to have straight talk and virgin. Lots of prepaid options are out there.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone here use Cricket Wireless? I currently have AT&T and paying a fortune for service and equipment fees. Going to pay off the equipment fees immediately and cancel three lines on my account but I still think Cricket would be cheaper than AT&T even after that. Would like to get my cell phone costs down to $100 for two phones. Is Cricket worth moving to or is the coverage and service trash?

I like Cricket. I pay $35 per month for unlimited everything and 5 GB data

I have Cricket. I'm very happy with the coverage. I got a free android LG aristo when I signed up, which is the same phone I had on my fancy-pants t-mobile plan-except Cricket is way cheaper.

I don't travel outside the US so that is not an issue for me. I just like having unlimited data and pre-pay via my credit card, I don't have to worry about this.

Anonymous wrote:Yep. We've had it for 5 years now. It's great. We have 5 phones for $100 a month including taxes.

The only downside is you buy your phones separately.

This is the exact plan that we have. Our bill is literally $100 each month.

Cricket will give you a free cheap phone when you sign up, but the phone will be crap. To transfer your iPhones from one carrier, you need to get your phone unlocked. We switched from Verizon to Sprint, Sprint to Cricket. Coverage has been the same, but our bill is so much more affordable.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought this type of service was just really for drug dealers.

This is the reason why my coworkers are willing to pay $140 a month for 2 lines while we pay $125 for 5 lines. Ignorance is expensive these days. Prepaid services are not what they used to be. No one is going to the store to buy "prepaid cards" to scratch off to input into their flip phone.

Except Cricket isn't prepaid (maybe they have a prepaid option?). Everyone I know has a monthly no contract plan.

It IS prepaid in the sense that you pay for the service 1 month in advance. If you don't pay by the due date, your service is immediately cut off. This is in contrast to Postpaid services from ATT, Tmobile, Verizon and Sprint, where your bill is due somewhere in the middle of your billing cycle. And you can be late up to a certain point without having your service terminated. The line has been blurred in recent years due to postpaid services changing their bill-in-arrears to current-billing model.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought this type of service was just really for drug dealers.

This is the reason why my coworkers are willing to pay $140 a month for 2 lines while we pay $125 for 5 lines. Ignorance is expensive these days. Prepaid services are not what they used to be. No one is going to the store to buy "prepaid cards" to scratch off to input into their flip phone.

Except Cricket isn't prepaid (maybe they have a prepaid option?). Everyone I know has a monthly no contract plan.

Anonymous wrote:How is coverage within the US? I have Verizon too and I'm tired of the constant data overages after they kicked me off of my grandfathered unlimited data plan and now my bills keep creeping up. I do need good coverage though as I own a business that relies heavy on a call line.

Same coverage as AT&T. This has been mentioned on this thread several times.

Anonymous wrote:How is the coverage and quality of data service on Republic Wireless? Which carriers do they use?

Republic Wireless is kind of iffy because they do the same thing Google Project Fi does, which is utilizing public Wi-Fi and wireless carriers sparingly. You have to get their own phones for that stuff to work though. They ride on Sprint and Tmobile. I wouldn't really recommend them considering there are other competitive and more traditional wireless providers out there.

Anonymous wrote:I thought this type of service was just really for drug dealers.

This is the reason why my coworkers are willing to pay $140 a month for 2 lines while we pay $125 for 5 lines. Ignorance is expensive these days. Prepaid services are not what they used to be. No one is going to the store to buy "prepaid cards" to scratch off to input into their flip phone.

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Anonymous wrote:I am just about done with my 2 year contract with Verizon. We will have all four phones so would you say Cricket is a good one to get? Monthly bill is killing us. Any trouble with out of state calls. Son is in Cali.

Sadly, Cricket service will not be compatible with Verizon phones (different technologies).

My family also have Cricket and love it. We do not feel the difference vs. our previous AT&T service except for the awesome price. No issues with using our phones within the USA.The only minus is there is no international plan so when we go abroad we have to get temp sim card for our phones.

No, that depends on what kind of phones they have. If they have 6 or later model iPhones, some late model Samsung, and Pixel, their phones will work fine on ATT and Tmobile.

How is the coverage and quality of data service on Republic Wireless? Which carriers do they use?

Cricket looks like it's got a good deal going right now IF you need 4 lines (4 lines unlimited data for $100).

If you need only one or two lines and don't use a ton of data while out and about, you should check Republic Wireless. I'm on wifi almost my entire day between work and home. I only need to use my data when driving or out at the store or something. So I only need about 2gigs of data/month. I pay $20/month. If I find I need more data in any given month, I just add a gig for five bucks. It's so easy. And so cheap.