technoevil Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 I heard a ad for this on 94.5 the Buzz yesterday. https://www.mycricket.com/coverage/ They are another cell phone carrier and are building their own network here in Houston. They are opening up in early June. I think I will stay with Cingular for now, but Cricket does have good rates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Oh good. With all of the consolidation in the cell phone industry, I've noticed a lot of empty spaces in strip shopping centers around town. This should fill them right up.Now, if we could only get a few more dry cleaners around here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Sometimes these aren't really new carriers - they resell capacity from another phone company's network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 from the plan descriptions, it seems like a decent deal for those that only want cellualr and no landline (unlimited "local" calls). outside of that, you have to use your "flexbucket" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
713 To 214 Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Now, if we could only get a few more dry cleaners around here....If you can't. . . find a Pilgrims. . .in ten minutes. . .you're lost! [end of trip down nostalgia lane, we now return you to our regularly scheduled program] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Houston is the largest city in the U.S. with Cricket service. The only other kind of big cities are Denver, Charlotte, San Antonio, and Pittsburgh.Speaking of Houston, Have any of you seen the new Dr. Pepper Commercial? The one with the map of the USA and they have every major city on the map but Houston. Dallas is the, even Rancho Cucamunga, California. I wonder why they left Houston out of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 I wonder why they left Houston out of it?Because it isn't Atlanta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 The best coverage & lowest rates mean nothing without the phones to match. All Cricket has are some junky looking Kyocera's & the RAZR.Finding the right cell phone company is impossible because none will ever have the trifecta - lowest rates, best coverage, coolest phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 The best coverage & lowest rates mean nothing without the phones to match. All Cricket has are some junky looking Kyocera's & the RAZR.Finding the right cell phone company is impossible because none will ever have the trifecta - lowest rates, best coverage, coolest phones....yeah, until i come out with my own cell provider appropriately named "Triple Threat". It will have a network to rival those verizon guys, the coolest handmade phones around, and the best part its FREE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Most of these "private label" cell phone companies are actually reselling Sprint service. Vigrin Mobile and Boost Moble are two. This could be another. There's a couple dozen of these outfits out there. Me? I'll stick with my quad-band GSM goodness. If I can't use it around the world and change phone companies as easily as sticking a new chip in my phone, then I'm not interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouCityGirl Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 right now i'm looking at Alltel (I love the 700 mins free night/weekends ..same thing only 100 more mins then what I get off trash-mobile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Me? I'll stick with my quad-band GSM goodness. If I can't use it around the world and change phone companies as easily as sticking a new chip in my phone, then I'm not interested. Me 3. I just picked up a SLVR L7 quad band. I wanted the Nokia 8801 but its only triband and wouldnt work in a lot of countries including the UAE SLVR next to a RAZR 8801 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Isn't the 8801 the T-Mobile locked version of the 8800? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Don't know if anyone saw the "LAUNCH" on the news, they actually had a Cattle Drive downtown just down form MinuteMaid park, and the Longhorns pooped all over the place. Brilliant marketing , "Our plans are just like everyone else's, really $h!tty !" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 We had Cricket when I was in Charlotte. All that I remember is that their plans were pretty crappy. Their "local calling area" was the most limited that I had ever seen. People couldn't be in the next county and make a "local call" in some cases (as a reference, most, if not all of Charlotte's home county, Mecklenburg, can fit inside the Houston city limits). I seem to remember that they were only really useful if you weren't ever going to make long-distance calls. Maybe they've changed by now. They even bought the naming rights to the old arena in Charlotte (Independence Arena) and named it Cricket Arena.My thoughts when I heard Cricket was coming here? Whoopdy-do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Isn't the 8801 the T-Mobile locked version of the 8800?The 8801 uses the 850Mhz band instead of the 900Mhz. So its the tri-band american brother of the tri-band european 8800. I don't think its locked to tmobile as I know of a couple other carriers using it.My SLVR is unlocked seeing as they lock them to cingular and I'm with tmobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouCityGirl Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Altel is also seperating its cel phone from its landline service. Just a little FYI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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