As usual, location matters most, AT&T in your area is saturated, hence the crappy speeds even on post-pay AT&T.
Those speeds are what I used to get on Virgin 3g (Sprint, which is saturated here), by comparison, most everywhere I go on Cricket I get full speed and low ping times, as well as better coverage.
I would find out who has the faster and better coverage in your area and give that a try.
Also, your pricing,
You based your price on 3 lines, if you only need a single line, Cricket's price would destroy the AT&T cost. I pay $30 a month for Cricket, in fact, I've never paid more than $35 a month for cell service. Ever. It amazes me what people spend on cell service because they don't research it at all.
LOL, Cricket is pretty ghetto TP...
"but Digi, Cricket was bought by AT&T, that means they have the same coverage"
Correct answer = no, cricket is for free phones for people with bad credit. I know TP doesn't have bad credit.. Bandwidth is throttled and coverage takes a backseat to the real cellular providers.
LOL, Cricket is pretty ghetto TP...
"but Digi, Cricket was bought by AT&T, that means they have the same coverage"
Correct answer = no, cricket is for free phones for people with bad credit. I know TP doesn't have bad credit.. Bandwidth is throttled and coverage takes a backseat to the real cellular providers.
Just trying to save $460 ..Show Image(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/embarrassed2-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862502)..
Since I don't go outside that much neway.
LOL, Cricket is pretty ghetto TP...
"but Digi, Cricket was bought by AT&T, that means they have the same coverage"
Correct answer = no, cricket is for free phones for people with bad credit. I know TP doesn't have bad credit.. Bandwidth is throttled and coverage takes a backseat to the real cellular providers.
Just trying to save $460 ..Show Image(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/embarrassed2-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862502)..
Since I don't go outside that much neway.
Just buy a phone, don't activate it, use wifi and skype or something.....just saved you $460! :P
This really just illustrates how BIASED att is with the network traffic..Throttle/traffic shaping usually only kicks in when traffic is heavy, and yes, those numbers are low for a low density area in my experience.
As for saturation.. I don't think that's the case around here.. the bandwidth is about right for a low density area where they wouldn't bother to build a billion towers as ROI is low..
LOL, Cricket is pretty ghetto TP...Actually, almost every carrier, pre and post paid give away free phones with activation a few times a year.
"but Digi, Cricket was bought by AT&T, that means they have the same coverage"
Correct answer = no, cricket is for free phones for people with bad credit. I know TP doesn't have bad credit.. Bandwidth is throttled and coverage takes a backseat to the real cellular providers.
Actually, almost every carrier, pre and post paid give away free phones with activation a few times a year.
Cricket wasn't ghetto, that was/is Metro PCS. Cricket was just shady
Actually, almost every carrier, pre and post paid give away free phones with activation a few times a year.
The phones they give away are crap, I'm talking about real phones here Leslie.Cricket wasn't ghetto, that was/is Metro PCS. Cricket was just shady
Cricket is ghetto where I live, shady is very close to ghetto Leslie.
Actually, almost every carrier, pre and post paid give away free phones with activation a few times a year.
The phones they give away are crap, I'm talking about real phones here Leslie.Cricket wasn't ghetto, that was/is Metro PCS. Cricket was just shady
Cricket is ghetto where I live, shady is very close to ghetto Leslie.
Tp4 wil get real fone when getz rich..
Digi.. you help tp4 get rich..Show Image(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/embarrassed3-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862502)
99.999% of people (especially Iphone users) could do everything they do on a free or $30 Android.Actually, almost every carrier, pre and post paid give away free phones with activation a few times a year.
The phones they give away are crap, I'm talking about real phones here Leslie.
99.999% of people (especially Iphone users) could do everything they do on a free or $30 Android.Actually, almost every carrier, pre and post paid give away free phones with activation a few times a year.
The phones they give away are crap, I'm talking about real phones here Leslie.
While still a popular phone one was giving away an Alcatel Idol 3, which was one of the best bang for the buck models you could get at the time. So, not always junk.
While AT&T bought Cricket, they (at least used to) have their own infrastructure. It may not be fully merged. I know at one time long ago, they were CDMA while AT&T is GSM.
We had it *many years ago* when it first came out here... a Nokia 5170i and a plan that included no long distance or roaming, but unlimited local calls for something like 25USD per month. We could tell exactly where the service cut out at the edge of town (bordering an Indian reservation here). We eventually switched to T-Nobile and sat on a zero-text zero-data plan until like three months ago. My work p[rovided me a series of AT&T devices, so updating the old flip phones was not a priority.
I bought shares in them a while back, and profited nicely when the price doubled on AT&T's takeover bid.
I have 2 Iphone 7 pluses with unlimited data and unlimited tethering and an Ipad with 5 gig of highspeed data and unlimited throttled data.
This is through T-Mobile
Total cost is $170 a month. I can drop the ipad and it would be $150 a month.
Phones are mine after 2 years.
For me $150 for unlimited data on everything including in foreign countrys (Girlfriend is a flight attendent) is huge.
Not to mention their trade up programs for the phones.
I have 2 Iphone 7 pluses with unlimited data and unlimited tethering and an Ipad with 5 gig of highspeed data and unlimited throttled data.
This is through T-Mobile
Total cost is $170 a month. I can drop the ipad and it would be $150 a month.
Phones are mine after 2 years.
For me $150 for unlimited data on everything including in foreign countrys (Girlfriend is a flight attendent) is huge.
Not to mention their trade up programs for the phones.
we're not doing this nemore... it's like Prison..
Rather just buy the phone...
Trade also usually just means a Longer Prison sentence..
hahahaha
Unlimited LTE is good.. but I thought about this alot while considering tmobile or cricket.
And it doesn't actually make sense to have this unless it's for work..
Because the tasks that a person WOULD DO which requires so much data could be accomplished way faster AT HOME or even Starbucks wifi..
So.. while the service is there for peace of mind.. The practical utility of it is low..
Cricket for drug burners