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Virgin Mobile vs. Cricket

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Im thinking about.buying the galaxy s5 but from which carrier? Right now im using virgin mobile. The service is ok. They have the phone i want. But support is aweful.
How is cricket?
Cricket has unlimited calling text and data.
Cap-500mb
Vm has unlimuted text and data
Cap-2.5gb
 
Cricket is great I use it here and I have no issues with it. Cricket also has other plans with 2.5 Gb of data. they are owned by AT&T and the service is phenomenal. I used to have Sprint and they were awful had them for 15 years making the move the cricket has been the best thing I've done.
 
First check coverage for your area > VM=Sprint, Cricket=AT&T. In general AT&T have better coverage, but it varies with location.

Virgin Mobile coverage map:
Check Nationwide Prepaid Voice, Data & 4G LTE Coverage | Virgin Mobile

Cricket coverage map:
https://www.cricketwireless.com/map.html

You can check which carriers have good service in your area - here are three sites that track carrier reception strength from users:
Unbiased Wireless Network Information. From people just like you - Sensorly
3G and 4G LTE Cell Coverage Map - OpenSignal
http://www.rootmetrics.com/check-coverage
 
The coverage for both phones are good in my area. I dont use much data so the 500mb of data should be fine for me. I checked my phone and I only used 40mbs worth since I use wifi mostly.
How significant of a change is there between At&t coverage vs spring coverage?
 
Yes it does go to 3G, and as for email I would say no issues, for video I'm not sure, but I would assume it would buffer more. I have never gone over my data, sorry couldn't be of more help ;)
 
It depends what features you use. Compare plans on paper and at impartial sites. I had AT&T before and now have Cricket. I am very happy with the Cricket service. I use certain features constantly.
 
Jaime J Herrera said:
It depends what features you use. Compare plans on paper and at impartial sites. I had AT&T before and now have Cricket. I am very happy with the Cricket service. I use certain features constantly.
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