Originally Posted by JustinH
Obviously this is regional.
But, we had Metro PCS for about six months, it was terrible. They use Tmobile towers and I never had reception, in many spots of Metro San Antonio.
We went to Cricket because ATT is king here in SA. The coverage has been much better.
Two phones for $70 per month total bill, can't beat it.
We have cheap Iphone SE's. One thing to consider, is all MVNOs do not support Iphone Facetime or MMS.
This is not acceptable for us, so we know that Cricket supports it so we chose them.
As for straight talk, they could not guarantee that I would get ATT coverage, so we didn't choose them.
We pay 3 lines Total Bill of less then $75 ATT through Redpocket and LTE speeds 100% to 400%+ faster LTE speeds then Cricket depending on what Cricket plan you have.
Not that is matters on a cell phone IF you have the 7Mbps plan on Cricket but Cricket (ATT) has dumbed down 3Mbps on some of their new plans so need to be careful on what one chooses.
Im not disparaging Cricket, its a great Service for those not motivated or able to jump through a few more hoops for Redpocket.
(we have had Cricket since around 2013 until this year.)
I would just warn people to grab the 7Mbps Cricket service while they can.Recently they started offering 4 lines for $100 and 3Mbps. More or less they have been raising prices/slowing down data speeds in the last year or so for new subscribers. But you can still get the 7Mbps Cricket by choosing the 5gb high speed plan and adding lines which equals your $70 a month.
I agree on Tmobile and Sprint, doesnt make sense when for less money you can choose ATT or Verizon.
Here is my ATT speed through Redpocket -