For some people, cricket is a good idea.
To each his own. I’m not knocking it at all.
If you live in the buffalo area, and you don’t travel much, and just want a local phone with unlimited calling, and a predictable bill, it might be for you.
Its a better deal than prepaid, and some folks love the no contract element of it.
Its good for younger people with no credit, or people with shitty credit, as they couldn’t even qualify for a phone contract (or the phone carrier would make them pay a huge fee before the subsidized a phone to you).
For myself, I get a new sprint phone every two years, take the 150 dollar credit, and get pretty much a free phone, and have a predictable bill.
People say sprints coverage sucks, thats fine, but when roaming is included in your plan (which mine is), then you roam on the verizon network.
And if you can’t get service on the verizon network, then you are in the middle of nowhere.