Unlimited EV-DO data on Cricket for $35
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Yeah, we know..it sounds to good to be true, and in many ways it is. Cricket is nothing more than a small regional carrier, servicing Portland, Spokane, Albuquerque, and Central California. As such, this deal is only applicable for anyone that lives in those areas and doesn’t travel too often. That said, if the previous statement applies to you, please run out and take advatage of this. Cricket Wireless is now offering unlimted EV-DO Rev. 0 (sorry, no Rev. A love) data access for the incredibly low rate of $35/month. They currently offer a single PC data card, but should have a USB version coming in the very near future. Will the big boys follow suit here? Probably not, but we can always wish, right?
Cricket is in quite a lot of areas, according to their coverage maps. I’ve also read in our local newspaper (northern Delaware) that they are building towers in this area as well.
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They have coverage in Southern California as well, since they lit up San Diego last year. Not a bad deal, next option you can get is for $15 more to get Rev. A with Sprint if you do it through SERO.
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Cricket is also in North East New York (Rochester). I have Verizon, but Cricket is at least available here.
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theyre in Phoenix AZ as well.
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Has anyone else noticed that the “major” carriers are no longer OFFERING unlimited data plans with aircards? I have been on Sprint, AT&T, AND Verizons websites & the unlimited data plans with air cards are conspicuously absent!!!
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Cricket is also in Houston, Texas.
and they’re spreading fast.
but egh crappy phones.
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Ummmm, Cricket is also available in Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Looks like a certain writer needs to go to their coverage maps before posting.
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Well, you could pay Cricket $35 for data or you could get a PPC 6700 cheap on E-Bay and pay Sprint $30 for a SERO Plan with unlimited Power Vision. You get 500 minutes of voice with that and unlimited SMS depending on when you sign up. Use it tethered to you laptop via USB. Great assuming they don’t fold this week.
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Yeah– Cricket has ALOT more areas than Portland, Spokane, Albuquerque, and Central California. Take a look at their coverage map- http://www.mycricket.com/cricketcoveragemaps/
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Maybe the EVDO unlimited data is only available in a few select cities though cuz it’s not available in PHX.
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Yes, Cricket is available in many areas across the nation, but this EV-DO data plan isn’t. It’s only available in a few select areas. It’s available here in the Central Valley. You can check if that plan is available at their website:
http://www.butyoucould.com
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EVDO with Cricket is only officially launched in the markets mentioned above. Unofficially, people are using EVDO with Cricket in most of the larger Cricket markets.
To the poster who suggested purchasing a 6700 for use with Sprint’s Sero plan; the same phone can unlocked and reprogrammed (”flashed”) to work with Cricket, including EVDO and tethering with your computer. You’ll have unlimited EVDO + Unlimited minutes/SMS/MMS/Long distance/411 for $50/mo. Or less ($35) if you don’t want long distance/411/voicemail….
This is not something I’ve heard, this is something I do, here in Denver, for people, all day, and is my full-time job. I’m also posting this comment while connected to the Internet on my laptop, using a flashed Sprint Mogul, which of course has the WM6.1/GPS updates. I get about 1100-1300kbps downstream, 320kbps upstream, according to speedtest.net, dslreports and other online bandwidth speed tests.
Visit the cricket forum at howardforums, it is easily the largest gathering of cricket enthusiests and experts that I know of. You’d be amazed what we have accomplished on our little regional carrier.
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