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Cricket Re-Shuffles Plans, Offering Better Value

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Friday, 11:41 AM by Rich Brome @rbrome.bsky.social

Cricket has revamped its lineup of plans. While most changes do offer a better value, there are some small trade-offs. Cricket is introducing a $5/month auto-pay discount (which starts the second month) that's now part of the advertised plan price. At the low end, the old 5 and 10 GB Plans are being combined into one new Sensible 10 GB plan. For $30/month — the price of the old 5 GB plan — customers now get double the high-speed data at 10 GB. However, the 10 GB plan no longer includes roaming in Mexico and Canada, and the price for four lines goes up from $110 to $120. Moving up, the new Select Unlimited replaces the old Simply Unlimited plan. Offering "unlimited" data, (but "Cricket may temporarily slow data speeds if network is busy",) the plan price goes down from $40/month to $35. The four-line price stays at $100. Unlimited calling and texting to Canada and Mexico is now included, and hotspot is now available as an optional add-on. A new Smart Unlimited plan replaces the old "Unlimited Plan" and offers the most improvement in value. The price drops from $55/month to $45/month, while adding 15 GB of hotspot included, unlimited calling and texting to Canada & Mexico, and bumping the cloud storage from 2 GB to 100 GB. However, the four-line price increases from $100 to $110/month. As before, this plan tier introduces international texting, and roaming in Mexico and Canada. Finally, at the top end, the new Supreme Unlimited plan replaces the old Unlimited + 15 GB Hotspot Data plan. The price drops from $60 to $55/month, (or stays the same at $130/month for four lines). This is still the only plan that includes unlimited high-speed data. The mobile hotspot allotment has been increased from 15 GB to 50 GB, and it also gains unlimited calling and texting to Canada & Mexico. As before, the top-end plan includes HBO Max (with ads) and 150 GB of cloud storage.

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