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aximtreo Let md do business using a BYOP competitive plan.
Exactly. Agreed. I haven't bought direct from the carrier in years.
No. I'm on AT&T. Cricket charges an extra $10/month per phone for mobile hotspot, which makes it cost more than my current plan with AT&T. Without the mobile hotspot access, I have zero internet at home, so that's not an option for me.
I like the idea of an AT&T MVNO, though. If they included the hotspot, I'd probably look further into it. Cricket will disable it on your account and prevent you from using the phone's built-in feature.
That added with it costing $9.99 per SIM plus up to $25 per line activation, it's a bit expensive to get started with them, considering the SIM is free at AT&T, and AT&T, when they begin charging, will only charge $15 for activation.
I think with the carriers all "simplifying their service" by eliminating contracts, it will help them to reduce the cost of their services and hopefully the prices as well. Hopefully
AT&T will be
NextSM (pun intended.)