CricKet PAYGo

Network: CricKet (tri-band phone required for full coverage, older phones are dual-band)

Shop a phone: click here (PAYGo kits available in stores only)
Phone reviews: Coming Soon!

Website: www.mycricket.com/paygo
Customer Service: 1-800-698-0358

Claim to fame: If you have a feature on PAYGo, it’s unlimited. Pay per day, only on days your phone is used. No taces, fees, contracts or overages.

Standout features: Unlimited voice, text (including international), web, MMS (picture messaging)

Pros: Unlimited calling, pay-per-day only when phone is used, can activate with any CricKet phone, unlimited service with prepaid convenience

Cons: Expensive roaming charges outside CricKet coverage area, low-end prepackaged phones, network overloading issues at times, $2 and $3 plans much more expensive than comparable monthly plans if used for most of the month

Good for: People who want a “grab ‘n’ go” unlimited phone, who use their phone only on certain days

PLAN SELECTION
$1 per day – Unlimited local calling, 10¢ per minute long distance
$2 per day – $1 plan plus unlimited long distance, domestic text and picture messaging, international texting, premium extended coverage
$3 per day – $2 plan plus unlimited web browsing, directory assistance

Web Browsing on $1 and $2 plans – $1 per day
Directory assistance on $1 and $2 plans – $1 per call
Roaming – 39¢ per minute

Pay-per-day fee is not assessed for calls ending after midnight but starting before, incoming text or picture messages

PHONE SELECTION (all phones are tri-band)
Samsung MyShot (1.3 megapixel camera flip phone with Bluetooth)
UTStarCom CDM7126 (flip phone with Bluetooth)
Samsung R211 (bar phone)
All phones include text messaging and speakerphone
All CricKet-compatible phones (including select phones from other carriers like Verizon and Sorint, via “flashing”) can be used with PAYGo service

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