Cricket Wireless is an MVNO owned by AT&T and specializing in prepaid plans. Like most prepaid carriers, Cricket had just a handful of options that you could choose from, mainly differing based on how much data they give you to use in a month. That starts from as little as 10GB to unlimited data, so there's a little something for everyone.
Today, Cricket has chosen to shake things up a little bit. Things aren't changing drastically, but some plans get more value, and some have their prices dropped a tad. Whichever way you want to look at it, you're not worse off, and that's a good thing in this age of carriers hiking prices.
Cricket Introduces New Plans, Starting From an Affordable $30 Price Point
There's nobody who doesn't like to save money where they can. That's why Cricket's revamped plans are good news. While most plans stay at the same price as before, the AT&T-owned company has reduced its pricing for unlimited data, which will give you the chance to enjoy as much data as you can eat, without paying through the nose for it. Here's a look at the layout of the new plans that Cricket Wireless has just introduced:
- Sensible 10GB Plan: $30 monthly with Auto Pay, 10GB of high-speed data
- Select Unlimited Plan: $35 monthly with Auto Pay, unlimited data, international calling to Mexico and Canada
- Smart Unlimited Plan: $45 monthly with Auto Pay, unlimited data, international calling to 200+ countries, unlimited calling/texting/roaming in Mexico and Canada, 15GB hotspot data, 100GB cloud storage
- Supreme Unlimited Plan: $55 monthly with Auto Pay, unlimited data, international calling to 200+ countries, unlimited calling/texting/roaming in Mexico and Canada, 50GB hotspot data, 150GB cloud storage, HBO Max with Ads
As you might expect, regardless of the Cricket plan that you choose, you get unlimited talk and text, so you can always stay in contact with all of your friends and family.
How Do Cricket's New Plans Compare to Its Old Plans?
I was very curious to see exactly how Cricket's new plans compare to the old ones. Things have switched up quite a bit. Instead of five plans, there are four, and the unlimited plans have been structured a lot better than before.
| New Plan | Old Plan | |
| 5GB | N/A | -$30 -5GB data -2GB cloud storage |
| 10GB | -$30 -10GB data | -$40 -10GB data -2GB cloud storage -international calling add-on |
| Base Unlimited | -$35 -unlimited data -no cloud storage -hotspot add-on -unlimited calls/texts to Mexico/Canada | -$40 -unlimited data |
| Mid Unlimited | -$45 -unlimited data -100GB cloud storage -15GB hotspot -unlimited international texts -free use in Mexico/Canada -unlimited calls/texts to Mexico/Canada | -$55 -unlimited data -2GB cloud storage -hotspot add-on -unlimited international texts -free use in Mexico/Canada |
| Top Unlimited | -$55 -unlimited data -150GB cloud storage -50GB hotspot -unlimited international texts -free use in Mexico/Canada -unlimited calls/texts to Mexico/Canada -HBO Max with Ads | -$60 -unlimited data -150GB cloud storage -15GB hotspot -unlimited international texts -free use in Mexico/Canada -HBO Max with Ads |
Just from a quick glance, you can see that the new plans from this MVNO seem to be cheaper and offer more value than they did before, and that's nothing but a good thing for us as consumers.
