Cricket 5GB for 1 Line: Is It Worth It?

Cricket Wireless's 5GB plan for 1 line costs $30 per month.

It rides on the AT&T network for coverage.

It includes unlimited minutes, unlimited texts, and 5GB of high-speed data per month. After your high-speed allotment, you get unlimited slow data at 128Kbps. Unfortunately, you do not get any hotspot data with this plan. Video streams at 4K quality.

The Cricket 5GB plan has deprioritized data. Having deprioritized data means you may temporarily experience slower speeds during times when the cellular network is busy. You'll resume getting the fastest speeds available when the network is no longer busy.

All taxes and fees are included, so your grand total is just $30 per month.

Overall, I do not recommend the Cricket 5GB plan. It is too expensive for the features and data you get.

Check out my current ranking of the best cell phone plans for plans that will give you a better value for your money.

Cricket 5GB Full Details

• Coverage: AT&T coverage
• Duration: Billing cycle is every 1 month. High-speed data renews monthly.
• Data: 5GB high-speed, then 128Kbps
• Data priority level: Deprioritized
• QCI value: 8
• Data speeds: Full speed
• Video streaming quality: 4K video streaming (unconfirmed speed cap)
• Features: Wi-Fi calling, visual voicemail, MMS, eSIM, 5G, VoLTE
• Device financing: Device financing available
• Smartwatch support: Included, add a smartwatch to this plan for $10 per month
• Tablet support: Included, add a tablet to this plan for $35 per month
• International Texting: Not supported.
• International calling: Not supported.
• Canada and Mexico: Not supported.
• International data roaming: Not supported.