I had Cingular/at&t , T mobile. I dont like the feeling I have to hang up the phone because there's a minute about to be up around the corner. I have never had any problems with Cricket. In fact, I cancelled my house phone ($45 month) and got the $30 contract for my wife, the $55 for me and fixing to get one for my son. I can talk on the phone 24 hrs (as long as there battery holds up) and not having to worry about a damn $500 bill like I did with the others. I dont ever go out of houston anymore, so "I dun need no stinking t-mobil,at&t" phone. However, the only down thing I can see for me is they do have a limited range of phones, but they try to please the general crowd.