homeslycer33
@mindspring.com
| reply to formeat
Re: Any experience with Cricket Wireless Broadband?
i had cricket broadband card for a week it was alright but i decided to switch to sprint . It is alot faster alot better coverage and better qualities about the card. Crickets breaks too easily very cheaply made..... Go with Sprint only ten dollars more and alot better too... |
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Promecus
@level3.net
| reply to swsky1netzeronet
I'm glad that you enjoy your new Cricket service. You've had it one week you say? Ok, just wait until the 60 day return policy expires and they move you to the crap list. Mine also worked awsome for the first 60ish days and then suddenly performance dropped down to that of a 14.4K modem. It's nothing but shit in this area now and I'm going to switch to a new ISP the moment I find a decent one. |
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swsky1netzeronet
@level3.net
| reply to formeat
I just purchased Cricket wireless in Arizona. They advertized on internet at their site for $25 activation fee, and 40 a month nothing else.
When all was done, it came to 144.45 total. There is a
$109 dollar fee for modem. and first months rent.
Other than false advertizment of fees, I have been using
Cricket wireless for a week now. So far so Good.
GOOD luck.  |
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cricket_in_ATX
@swbell.net
| reply to cricket_in_ATX
I took my laptop to San Antonio and I ran across slow downs and gaps here and there but the signal has been pretty good from south Austin, down the ih35 corridor all the way to the north west San Antonio. I have also used it for streaming radio while driving and it works great. I didn't realise that the connection also does SMS which has been very useful. |
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judagrmn
@level3.net
| reply to formeat
Hey everyone 1st time post here.
My girlfriends mother recently purchased cricket Unlimited broadband here in Denver, CO since my lady is going back to school, she wanted something mobile to do her school work. I got it out of the box for the first time yesterday and was doing some homework seeing how fast they were etc. I came across this thread and noticed the post about there being a 5gb download cap. Is this true? I thought that unlimited meant unlimited? I noticed some fine print in the pamphlet that came with the modem said "unlimited coverage not available everywhere; coverage maps at mycrickethotspot.com" so I checked it out. My area here in denver shows unlimited coverage area so does that mean there is no download cap? I couldn't find anything on their sites FAQ or help section about a cap.
Thanks |
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lollollol
@level3.net
| reply to formeat
Well, since my last post.
Cricket has apparently fixed their network not responding problems a few weeks ago.
Yippy! Been working as it should be now...
I'm sure glad I don't have to go back to dialup @ 3.9kb max!
and once in a while my dial up would go all the way up to 4.1kb..wooo hooo...lol... it was like a tv with 1 channel.
**** If your using VISTA. You really should change the MTU.
Vista is defaulted to 1500... and that is just to big of packets for cricket.
So you may get pages half way loading up or not loading up at all even when the network is working fine...
I had to drop the mtu down to 1368 for best performance.
Refer to: »www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/vistaMTU.htm
to change vista's mtu.
If you have uac user access control on...
* You would click: Start> Programs> Accessories>
and right-click on command prompt and select
"Run as Administrator"
and then type in:
netsh interface ipv4 set subinterface "Cricket Wireless" mtu=1368 store=persistent
and yes the quotes are included above..
and No need to restart or disconnect as the mtu is changed on the fly.
Although I would stop downloading anything when you change it.
To find the correct mtu using command prompt...
Type: ping -f -l 1400 www.opendns.com
(Thats an -L not a one.)
opendns was the worst ping site so this is what I used to set...
In other words ping the site your having problems with.
Google worked ok at 1428, while opendns and other sites would not load up at all or half way load up.
but setting mtu at 1368, every site seems to work fine.
but yes, it can be different for your location.
Basicly you wanna lower it until you don't see:
Packet needs to be fragmented but DF set.
and then add 28 when you find the right setting...
So I typed: ping -f -l 1340 www.opendns.com
So 1340 was ok, then I added 28, making it 1368 for my mtu.
To bad there's no way to change vista's RWIN values...
its all auto, turning that off did not help.
So just try the mtu setting of 1368 and see if that helps anyone else that may be having page load problems.
I bet it works much better after you change it.
Cause I know the vista default of 1500 is too big for cricket.
Just to note I'm using the usb modem using usb 2.0 ports.
and usually have 85-100% signal..right now its 100%.
and also to note opendnsDOTcom does not work with cricket, so don't bother changing the dns server to theirs..lol
been there done that. and it didn't go to nothin then..
XP should be ok.. I believe it's defaulted to 1300, so you may need to increase the value.
On xp you can change all the settings using Dr TCP. »/drtcp.
You must restart xp and older for changes to take effect. |
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rocanrolo102787
@level3.net
| reply to formeat
ive had this service for about a month now and recently my download speeds have been going down alot,im not good with this stuff,so can someone explain what the 5gb limit means?im actually in mexico and didnt get very good speeds but would go up to 40kb when doing p2p but now im lucky if it gets to 10kb.im about 10 minutes from the border so i get signal strength of about 45%.can anyone help me out,any feedback would be really appreciated.i wolud call tech support but since im in mexico i know what their going to say. |
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Lil d
@level3.net | reply to formeat
I am using cricket broadband right now and i can tell you it runs great it does have some slow spots but what do you expect for wireless internet. I would recomend it I think it is well worth the money |
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cricket_in_ATX
@level3.net
|  reply to formeat
I have had my modem for a couple of days and it has given me a solid 500kbps - 900kbps+ connection with out any drops. I am very impressed, especially after reading some of the bad reviews. I ordered on line and got $71 off the modem. Now I have only tried it in south west Austin. In a few days I will go to San Antonio and find out how mobile it really is.
So far I have downloaded Open Office using a torrent and stumbled a lot of videos with out to much trouble, also have used hamachi and ultravnc with out any trouble. |
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slowcricket
@level3.net
| reply to formeat
It sounds like there's a lot of variance in speeds here. I'm in Las Vegas, always have full signal strength and have never had speeds beyond 70 kB/s. I can only get those speeds late at night or early in the morning. It can drop down to 15 during the day with lots of timeouts. I'm totally blown away that some people are getting hundreds of kB/s. |
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David33
@level3.net
| reply to Dave33
I called Cricket tech support this morning (5:30 AM PST) and got right through to a tech. She had me disconnect the modem and then said she "refreshed the main switch" . When I reconnected my download speeds were back up to 600 kbps! This was a good experience and I am happy again with my Cricket Broadband |
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Dave33
@level3.net
| reply to HoustonB
Cricket has slowed down disastrously in Fresno County, CA.
I used to get 500-700 kbps downloads, since about Oct 16 it is 90-100kbps any time, day or night. Tech support seems to just say what they think you want to hear so you get off the phone. |
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HoustonB
@level3.net
| reply to NEKRO45
Portland, Oregon. Started off really good for first 5 months (May 2008 to October). Up to 1.1 mbps download bandwidth.
The last 5 days have been truly miserable. Connection strength is still 100% but bandwidth has never been anywhere near 'broadband'.
I've been online at all times of the day and night - even at 3 AM, after a cold reboot, the bandwidth varies between dial-up (56k) and 100 kbps.
The result is frequent web page request time-outs needing a 'refresh' or try-again. Also, I've noticed that the connection status will very quickly (sub 15 seconds) goes to 'dormant' if there is no activity, resulting in the next web page request invariably failing.
youTube and Google videos are impossible to watch.
Cricket tech support number is impossible to find on their web site. Customer Service (lol what a joke) sucks big time.
Since May 2008 I have had 511 sessions and total data transfer is 1.8 GB, no where near the 5 GB per month limit. I am using Windows XP and I'm a software engineer and would know if my laptop was compromised in any way with for example a virus.
CONCLUSION : Cricket Broadband Wireless Service is a fraudulent con. Save your money and use pen, paper and snail mail. |
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NEKRO45
@level3.net
|  reply to formeat
IF YOUR TRYING TO GET CRICKET BROADBAND JUST JUST FORGET ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT REALLY SUCKS  1ST ITS REALLY SLOW IT HAS ITS DAYS WHEN ITS FAST BUT THERE NOT THAT MANY DAYS SO COMPLETELY FORGET ABOUT IT AND WHEN I BOUGHT IT IS CAME OUT LIKE $256 APPROX IT REALLY A DISAPPOINTMENT 
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AbrahamShof
@level3.net
| reply to formeat
Well, I've had this useless piece of crap for over a month... My speeds are down to 10kbs! Try to get to a page without timeing out if you can... There's was no mention of a cap when I purchased it... 10kbs -- I can deliver messages by hand quicker than that... I guess I'll just have to pay my cable bill here in Denver... Cricket is a mess. Tried to talk to them in India... At least, I could almost understand them -- no matter... still have my 10kbs... my reload icon is my friend... I spend so much time with it... I'm 63 years old... wonder how long I have left to reload this page. My headstone will read "10kbs..."... yeah... I like that... |
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Cricketbad
@level3.net
| reply to formeat
Cricket Broadband Wireless is horrible. I got it last week. Very Rarely will it work acceptably. If it worked like it should all the time it would be a great service. But it NEVER DOES!
Page wont load
Back click
sits.....sits.....sits....
Click link again
sits....sits....sits.....
Over and over and over and over and over again. It's agonizing trying to use Cricket wireless broadband. Almost painful. Think back to the 56k years and quadruple the irritation. They should offer a free refund if someone is THAT unhappy with the Cricket Service. But forget it. you're stuck with the modem and start up bill. Wasted money. Hopefully they will some day get their service fixed. Has potential. But for now you're getting screwed. |
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thereins04
@level3.net
| reply to formeat
Thank you for choosing Cricket Wireless where unlimited is really unlimited. A representative will be with you shortly.
You are now chatting with Travis.
Travis: Thank you for chatting with Cricket Wireless. Can I help you place your order today?
Robert: Well, thing is, i already ordered, and now have questions...
Travis: How may i help you?
Robert: i got the cricket broadband, and i guess i dont understand what you mean by highspeed broadband when i get dial up speeds......
Robert: i have had it for only a day now i figured highspeed would be at least 1mb
Travis: I am sorry to hear that you are unhappy.
Robert: i know its fairly new, does cricket expect the speeds to increase in the near future??
Travis: Sure, we are always expanding, and as the company and coverage grows, along with technology then you can expect it to grow also, in its performance.
Travis: Are there any questions i can answer about it?
Robert: okay, so could you tell me what max speed on cricket bb would be?
Travis: 400-700kbps uploading/40-70kbps downloading with 5g throughput
Robert: okay, whats the 5gb throughput mean?
Travis: That is the total information/data able to be transferred via uploading/downloading and surfing each month
Travis: Beyond that 5g amount, the service may slow down a bit
Robert: okay, so like, if i watch a video on youtube...that wouldnt count, but say i downloaded an email attachment at 300mb, that would count, right?
Travis: All activity counts towards the 5g throughput.
Travis: That is emailing, surfing, searching via search engine, etc
Robert: so basically, cricket set up the broadband only to surf, not to be able to upload or download.........like, i send lots of emails with lots of attachments, or upload to myspace, those add up over the month.........the service doesnt do any good other than to simply surf the net....
Robert: how is that being competitive with your competitors?
Travis: The broadband is for basic Internet users for now, not for gamers or people who use the Internet a lot for uploading and downloading.
Travis: Was this not explained to you when you ordered it?
Robert: no
Robert: the description even of the service on the order page isnt that descriptive, hence why i am talking to you.....
Travis: I am sorry, you have had it for less than 30 days. You can call customer service and see if they can assist you, maybe give you a satisfactory solution.
Robert: no, i dont mean to mislead you here.........i HAVE to have it, i use it for work, so i imagine i will keep it, not many choices where i am for net.......but, at the same time, at the rate i use the net, that 5gb throughput was over in the first week....
Robert: so it left me wondering....will this improve in the next month, or do i get to wait a year for the next move?
Travis: I am sorry, as of now i dont know of it improving, not for a while. I would still call customer service and see if they can provide you with a little more information.
Robert: okay, sounds like that is what i will do tommorow, thanks for your time tonite travis
Travis: You are welcome, i am sorry for the inconvenience.
Travis: Have a great day
Travis: Thank you for chatting with Cricket today. We value your feedback. Please click the Close button at top right to answer a few questions about your experience with us.
My Positive Feedback to Cricket:
the description of your broadband plan on the order page needs to be a little less confusing, you might consider upgrading the 5gb throughput to like 50gb, and you might consider letting people know its more like dial up right now in its baby stages of development. other than that, i am ecstatic to see cricket go to broadband, and hope it succeeds, just think you could have gone about it a little better than you did. |
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lollollol
@level3.net
| reply to jullom
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* Jullom asked (Can someone tell me if using a Cricket broadband USB modem would change my IP address?)
nawww ALL isp's use the same ip range..LOL
In other words.. YES, of course, a different isp means a different ip address. duhhrrr... lol....
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* Dan knugg - says no ftp no online gaming....
That means no running your own ftp SERVER or a game SERVER.
My FTP software connected just fine to my online web host.
My online shooting game connected just fine...
My encrypted p2p connected just fine.....
Even TOR connected fine...
*But yes, no one will be able to download from you from p2p. who cares..
and you will be unable to run a game Server..thats hosting the game on your pc, not playing online on someone elses server.
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WHAT FOLKS HERE FAILED TO MENTION:
* It can sometimes be the exact opposite of dial-up...
Instead of waiting on a page "too" load up...
Your waiting on it to send the page back to you..
But once it finally does, it loads up fast for me.
In other words, their page response times can be down right horrible.
Yeah, I'm always happy reloading page after page. Gives me more to do. cool...
So it can be like: You click a link.. it just sits there. still sitting there.. oops.. Page timed out.. Hit reload, page loads right up. That can get very very annoying.
Good old Packet Loss.
but of course, really late, everything works pretty great.
So everyone, please Disconnect from cricket at night. 
Like right now.. in the A.M. it's working real good..
I think I'll play an online game now...
an Online game on different servers:
180-245 ping - playable for me.. same as dial-up.
240-480 - during the unusable hours... not very playable.
Although my Dial-up would skyrocket into the thousands with 17 or more players.
so on a good cricket "night". I can play with more players than on my dialup.
* Download Speeds: Are NEVER STEADY..never.
It goes up and down more than a hooker on friday night.lol
Downloading...45kb--goes up to 79kb then back down to 65kb..and so on and so forth.
I downloaded 95MB in 22 minutes..sure beats my dialup.
Downloaded 430mb in 1 hour and 50 minutes.
That would have took 4 days or more on my dialup. lol
* Bandwidth Limit: 5 Gigabytes.
That seems pretty skimpy to me...what you think?
Are there people turning a crank sweating when I download something? NO.. it's all automatic no one does nothing.
Does it make their light bill go up or what?
I'd say 25gigs would be reasonable. heck even 10gigs.
5 just seems to darn skimpy making you watch what you download so your speed don't get cut down.
Websites say I'm from California or Texas, when in fact I'm not. That's probably why webpage requests are slow.. when I click a link it's probably sending the request 5 states over, and then sending the page back to me. So my question is, is page response times superfast in california...lol
* If you run an isp, I would hope to think you would have a main system IN that perticular State.
and not be piggy backing off of your already overloaded networks five states over. o m g.
* But the good news is, I can send and receive text messages without even being connected online.
Yeah, You can txt your buddy and say: Sorry , but I can't play right now, cause it's Lag a lot Hour... LOL...
or txt: If it would send me back the page I could view it...
* Cricket has been here about 20 days.
The first 7 days it was really usable at any hour. very acceptable.. After day seven, uh oh..
time to reload that page cause the network didn't send the page request back.
* UNable to change DNS servers to a better one that's not a thousand miles away. Tried: Wouldn't go to anything then,
So Stuck with their crappy responding dns server. Their dns server is a 486! The 33mhz one.. not the 66mhz one...LOL.
* UNable to set to the right MTU.. cause at least 1 packet fails upon every PING command
no matter what setting you choose or what site your pinging.or what time it is...
thats not very good if you ask me....
and just to note: My signal usually stays at: 96% - 100%
and my pc and browser settings are optimised of course.
*Got NAT?
Websites see: 8.x.x.x. while your adapter reads: 10.x.x.x
and That will be why a Server probably won't work.
* Like using RapidShare?
You'll sometimes get the never before seen...
"Your IP is already downloading a file"
When in fact.. you won't be...
but of course there's ways around that problem...hee hee.
* by all means, if you can get dsl or cable.. run that wire!
* Need mobile for your laptop, get any other service.
Ok, well that about sums it up from my experience with cricket so far.
Oh Wait, I better copy this text in case this page doesn't attempt to load up with the first click .
aww wait.. its in the a.m. everything works good now. |
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jullom
@comcast.net | reply to formeat
Can someone tell me if using a Cricket broadband USB modem would change my IP address?
Thanks. |
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formeat
join:2002-03-23
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to formeat
Thanks to everyone who has responded so far.
From what I’m reading, Cricket is not an alternative to my current service. The only thing they’re good for is reading e-mail (without attachments), and I can do that at the local library for free. They are a perfect example of a company that starts with a business model, and then minimizes the product before handing it over to marketing for introduction. They got as close as possible to selling something that is outright defective.
But the way Cricket suddenly appeared here shows the HUGE market seeking a lower cost alternative to Cox (cable) and Embarq (DSL) in Las Vegas. One day they didn’t exist, and the next day every third commercial on TV was for their, “$40.00 per month Internet service.” And how threatened was Cox by this competition? They actually raised their price! No company in a TRUE free market has that kind of confidence or audacity.
It proves that if someone were to offer basic Internet service with an acceptable download speed and WITHOUT implementing every possible way to make the service USELESS, they’d have customers lining up.
Huge instant customer base available! Big profits! Any takers? Anyone? Hello? |
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