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Comment on Cricket’s Very Limited “Unlimited Broadband” by David P

David P — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:03:51 +0000

I am surprised by some of the comments I’ve read above. I purchased Cricket broadband online, so I can’t speak to the competence (or incompetence, apparently) of the kids they hire to work at their stores. However, the site was clear as to what was on offer. The very first thing below the price was the statement about the 5 gig soft cap. I received my modem by post and it installed without a single hassle, and it works very well, with speeds that, while they cannot compare to cable, are reasonable (right now at 750 KB/s). I suppose that your level of satisfaction might depend upon what you thought you were purchasing to begin with. I have never had cause to contact customer service, as my service hasn’t had a problem. However, as a phone customer of theirs several years ago I didn’t have a problem.

Comment on In a perfect world by Daniel Costalis\

Daniel Costalis\ — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:51:11 +0000

Bob: I’m not sure what’s “gay” about it. You may not like it, but that’s okay. It still isn’t gay.

Comment on In a perfect world by Nick

Nick — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:50:39 +0000

This IS why you live(d) alone

Comment on Add Google Analytics code to your entire website in a flash by Liga

Liga — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:22:55 +0000

“All you have to do is a synchronize after that, and BAM, you’re done.”

Could you please explain what did you mean by synchronizing?

Comment on In a perfect world by bob

bob — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:09:08 +0000

this is so gay

Comment on AJAX Contact form by Gopal Raju

Gopal Raju — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:01:20 +0000

When I click the submit button without filling the form fields, it shows the “Thank you” message.

Comment on Cricket’s Very Limited “Unlimited Broadband” by Connie

Connie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:51:35 +0000

I got Cricket about 2 weeks ago and have called them every single day for help. No help! I cannot load ebay or microsoft, everything else works ok, if slowly. finally I thought to myself maybe those sites are too “big” for cricket. I am having my cable company hook me up tomorrow and am dropping cricket, what a mess this has been.

And you’re absolutely right that I will not get one penny of my investment back.

Comment on Cricket’s Very Limited “Unlimited Broadband” by Mark Hoochuk

Mark Hoochuk — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:18:09 +0000

First, if you want broadband speed it would stand to reason you want it for large data use. Who needs high speed to view pages and send email? I got the TOS only after I bought the service as it was only available in the hardware install files. Before that there was no fine print to read. I asked and asked again and again at the store and they lied over and over and said it was unlimited usage. I am not an ISP expert and have no ability to assume a wireless connection is not really made for heavy use. I assumed I could do all the the things the ad said and showed. It said replace your DSL cable, use it at home or on the road. It said watch video all you want. It said unlimited broadband not limited broadband and then cut to near nothing at a paltry 5gb. Really, what good is broadband if you have such a low limit. Of course they hide the cap until they have your money or it would not sell. It amounts to a scam for those, like most, users who really know very little about ISP policy. I have used many ISPs and none have done anything like this. So my ability to see trouble was limited by the fact that I never experienced such blatant fraud in ISP services before. T I am writing my rep. Forget BBB get your rep on it. That will get leap wireless to stop the lie. When you call them they are almost giddy about the limit and your screwed over attitude. Its like getting tripped in a mud puddle while they crack up laughing at you. You paid for them to do it to you. Criminal is what this is. Let some ass tell me I should have known better than to trust them. They should have been stopped long ago. I trust the law of the land and the hope that this kind of scam is banned. Just put the words 5GB limit right next to the unlimited words and see what it sells. Show the real speed after cap and the faces of users then. That would be a funny ad. This needs political attention as it is really exploiting poor people who are the main target and the least able to take the hit and the least able to know how to fight back. Cricket should just go into low income areas commit armed robbery. at least a robber is honest in his intent, takes a chance with his hide, and needs the money bad. Please write your rep and take a stand against all people like this that have destroyed moral values and made cynics of us all. We have the power yet we sleep as more and more big players take a chunk out our ass. When will it stop. I have nothing left to give to these greedy scum corporate thugs.

[author comment:] You took the words right out of my mouth, but managed to trim it to 498. Thanks for the great comment!

Comment on AJAX Contact form by J

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:47:20 +0000

its not validating for me either.. even tried uploading the folder directly from download.. when none of the fields filled and i click on the submit button it still gives me the thank you message

Comment on Cricket’s Very Limited “Unlimited Broadband” by Daniel Costalis

Daniel Costalis — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:26:51 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Matt!

I omitted a lot of those things as they introduced more variables, and the post was already getting long.

Also, although I use this for web development, it certainly isn’t its intended use, and I probably realistically use about 25gig a month worth of bandwidth when I have a reliable cable connection.

The bottom line is this product they are selling is not “unlimited broadband”, it is “everyday use portable internet”.