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Got this text message an hour ago. looks like they are making changes to their 5 for 100 plan. time to shop for new plans now.


Cricket Free Msg: Starting [July 20], your rate plan price will change. The average price per line on your account will be $26.00/mo. instead of $20.00/mo. Visit a Cricket store or https://www.cricketwireless.com/RatePlans to learn about other Cricket rate plans that may offer a better value for you. If you stay on your current plan, the monthly price for line 4 will be $20 instead of $10 and line 5 will be $20 instead of $0.
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uspeed
06-21-2022 at 07:15 AM.
06-21-2022 at 07:15 AM.
For me still shows $100 for July 1st.
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frogli
06-21-2022 at 07:21 AM.
06-21-2022 at 07:21 AM.
Quote from Butcherboy :
Over 7 years now on Cricket family plan very happy ( next to flawless ) the only other carrier I have considered is Visible by Verizon, Any thoughts Visible ?

https://www.visible.com/plan/
works good for me 2 years
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9erHater
06-21-2022 at 07:43 AM.
06-21-2022 at 07:43 AM.
Quote from ps1589 :
Thanks for the heads up guys. After my cricket credit runs out I think its time to finally move.

Is anyone planning to move to ATT prepaid? I wonder if this slickdeal is still live.
https://slickdeals.net/f/14990168-at-t-pre-paid-5gb-data-unlt-d-talk-text-business-10-lines-140-5-lines-90-more-w-autopay?attrsrc=search%3Aterm%3Aat%26amp%3Bt%20prepaid%20business%20plan%7Csearch%3Apage%3A1%7Csearch%3Aposition%3A4%7Csearch%3Aresult_type%3Athread%7Csearch%3Aresult_id%3A14990168&src=SiteSearchV2Algo1

I went on ATT's site and saw that 5 lines at 5gb is still 90, which sounds pretty good to me. But I could potentially put 9 lines together which would be a better deal than cricket ever gave me!

Here is ATT's family discount calculator fyi https://www.att.com/att/prepaid-family/
Looks like taxes and fees extra on the ATT Prepaid. I prefer prepaid mobile where the price includes the taxes and fees already.
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EagerActivity1630
06-21-2022 at 07:54 AM.
06-21-2022 at 07:54 AM.
Quote from marklin :
How to change $100/ 5 line plan to unlimited $125/ 5 line unlimited plan? Can we do it in phone app?

Great question. Please post an answer here if you discover on your own. Ty
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Dyscalculic
06-21-2022 at 08:24 AM.
06-21-2022 at 08:24 AM.
Isn't at&t prepaid better value under new Cricket pricing?
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theplayer11
06-21-2022 at 09:27 AM.
06-21-2022 at 09:27 AM.
Quote from EagerActivity1630 :
Great question. Please post an answer here if you discover on your own. Ty
did it on computer, have to click on each line at a time and change each.
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pyroskater85
06-21-2022 at 09:27 AM.
06-21-2022 at 09:27 AM.
Quote from Butcherboy :
Over 7 years now on Cricket family plan very happy ( next to flawless ) the only other carrier I have considered is Visible by Verizon, Any thoughts Visible ?

https://www.visible.com/plan/

I've had a second line on visible for over a year. Used to use it as a hotspot for household internet. Worked well for a long time. But then was able to get Verizon 5g home internet for $25 a month. I ended up putting the visible sim into another phone and I haven't had any issues. I've even streamed a webinar while traveling over 100 miles away from home, never cut out or dropped once. But I'm also in a location where there is strong Verizon signal so between my post paid Verizon account and prepaid visible, I don't necessarily see a difference in calls or texts just data speeds. Obviously visible is slower but I do get 40-60mbps with visible in the same locations I'm getting 80-100mbps with post paid Verizon.

now that I think about it I haven't ran a speed test on Visible since I got the Verizon 5g home internet.

on the home internet I get 300-320mbps down and 20up

on visible right now I just got 120down 14 up

just ran my post paid Verizon vs visible
post paid Verizon: ping 31ms 99 down 34 up
visible: ping 53ms 80 up 20 down

not bad but I have seen bigger gaps and longer ping times with visible especially when trying to run it as a hot spot. I've seen as high as 100ms ping as low as 30down and 5 up

hope this helps

also I got a notification from post paid Verizon that my bill will be going up $6 a month. so I might just end up cancelling it and just use the Visible prepaid line.
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CoronaKid
06-21-2022 at 10:20 AM.
06-21-2022 at 10:20 AM.
Quote from iammilitaryman :
I've also been on their 5 line for $100 plan "forever". No text here either but I'll probably stick with Cricket either way. Kroger offers their cricket gift cards for 13% off regularly and I always keep a balance on the account and I get 2% cash back for buying them with my credit card. So $125 would really cost $106.58
$125 - $16.25 = $108.75 (13%) then - 2% = $106.58

Thanks for doing the math. I am in the same boat and was about to figure out
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CoronaKid
06-21-2022 at 10:22 AM.
06-21-2022 at 10:22 AM.
My next bill on July 17 is $100 so it looks like I can hold off making changes until then.
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marklin
06-21-2022 at 10:27 AM.
06-21-2022 at 10:27 AM.
Quote from theplayer11 :
did it on computer, have to click on each line at a time and change each.
I try to do it in a PC but the price come out to be $190 for 5 line. I back off. What do I do wrong?
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dheri
06-21-2022 at 11:26 AM.
06-21-2022 at 11:26 AM.
Never knew about 5/100. Been on 4/120 for 4 yrs.
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godogs
06-21-2022 at 12:59 PM.
06-21-2022 at 12:59 PM.
Just got the text. Been on this plan for many years. Sucks. Might just drop the 5th line since it's just an extra or "backup" phone.
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thefisch
06-21-2022 at 03:16 PM.
06-21-2022 at 03:16 PM.
Quote from godogs :
Just got the text. Been on this plan for many years. Sucks. Might just drop the 5th line since it's just an extra or "backup" phone.
Did you just start a new cycle?
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jay11204
06-21-2022 at 03:36 PM.
06-21-2022 at 03:36 PM.
If cricket changes 5/100 to 5/130 , I think more than half people will leave .
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theplayer11
06-21-2022 at 04:54 PM.
06-21-2022 at 04:54 PM.
Quote from marklin :
I try to do it in a PC but the price come out to be $190 for 5 line. I back off. What do I do wrong?
mine showed $190 as well, but the per line added up to $125 and when I hit submit all was good.
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