AT&T PREPAID vs. Cricket

As of typing this, AT&T is also better for family plans consisting of 5 lines. My monthly bill for 5 people is $180 at 20 GB. For Cricket, it's either $150 ($50 + $40 + $30 + $20 + $10) for a measly 8 GB or $200 ($60 + $50 + $40 + $30 + $20) for "unlimited" data for 5 lines.

1. 8 GB per person is measly? Do you not have WiFi or are traveling a TON? For most people, even 4 GB is enough per month (per the Android Authority poll and others).

2. If the 20 GB is shared, then the base Cricket plan with 5 lines is much better: ($40 + $30 + $20 + $10 + $0) for only $100 and 4 GB each (also totaling 20 GB). And in that case, you don't lose all your LTE when another family member forgets to jump on WiFi.

3. 8 GB each is quite a bit of data, and is still cheaper ($150) than the $180 of the AT&T plan

4. You can also mix and match the data of each user, so for example you could have 2 lines at Unlimited and 1 at 8 GB and 2 at 4 GB for $150 ($60 (u) + $50 (u) + $30 (8) + $10 (4) + $0 (4)).

I see. My assumption was that the data is shared as per AT&T's family plans. Thank you for clearing up my misunderstanding.

I have regular ATT service unlimited with access to Mexico included. While in Mexico my phone defaulted to Mexico ATT network and did not connect..I had to rely on wi fi only...my friend had Cricket.  It accessed the American ATT lines in Mexico and worked!! I had problems accessing the wi fi pckg  I purchased on the ship.  He did not. Interesting..needless to say..I’m paying ALOT more for tradl  ATT Svc that did not work for me on my trip when it was supposed to.  Cricket worked well.

Do you having roaming turned off?  I was just in Cancun for 5 days and my wife's mine and daughters phones worked like champs.