The price is why I stay with MetroPCS. 1x really SUCKS when you absolutely have to use it in a pinch, but I don't want to switch to Cricket and pay nearly $10/mo more just to get moderately faster data speeds which will A.) get capped at 1GB and B.) not get used very often anyway. The thing that really bugs me about Cricket's pricing is that not only do they charge more than Metro per month, but they then add taxes and fees on top of the quoted price, meaning $55/mo ends up being close to $60, where Metro's quoted $50/mo really IS $50/mo, and not a penny more.