How Much is Mobile Web on the $45 Plan?

[!-SaRaH-!]

Cricket is coming to Chicago next month and I want to jump on board. I don't see any reason for me to get the $50/month plan except for mobile internet. It says that on the $45/month plan that mobile web is "available." How much is it on that plan? I couldn't find it anywhere on the website.

Thanks!

[o0.yeah]

Unlimited Mobile Web Access

Access the internet for email & chat, sports, entertainment, weather, news and more.

$5/mo

[ARUN V_S]

aws actually refers to the auction and then indirectly in the markets that cricket won in that aution. however the frequency is technically 1700 & 2100 MHz. each set is paired with one band being used for tower to mobile station, and one band being used for mobile station to tower, (i think 1700 is tower to station but i could be mistaken)
this is probably the nuraber one argument for refering to it as AWS instead of 1700MHz.

but cricket doesn't (publically) use the term AWS, they use triband, referring to the phones' ability to operate in three frequency banRAB, 850MHz, 1900MHz, and 1700(/2100)MHz). again technically it is quadband, however two of the banRAB are paired together so they just ignore one of them.

[nezsem]

Okay, so essentially there is no way to have internet on the $45 plan without paying $50? Is there no a-la-carte internet option?

[Mars Turrez]

T-Mobile uses 1700/2100 for 3G also and its not called AWS to my knowledge They call it 1700mhz 3G because europe 3G uses 2100 up/down, tmo uses 1700 up/2100 down or something like that.

Either way AWS is pretty lame when it is just talking about the frequencies of the spectrum :P

[Lomiie]

yeah. no i think you're missunderstanding what i'm saying. AWS actually refers to the FCC auction that sold the 1700/2100 MHz frequencies.

cricket refers to "aws markets" internally, but not on the consumer side. there is core and expansion (A66 + AWS) that cricket uses to refer to it's markets.

on the consumer side they just say requires tri-band phone.

[randomtigers]

and it shouldn't be used to refer to 1700MHz, because the 700MHz auction that just happened is also AWS i believe.

[♫canto♫Italian♬]

I think of it like this.

I don't call my truck a George Foreman Ford F150 even if I bought it at George Foreman's Ford dealership. Why should we call 1700mhz/2100mhz/700mhz AWS even though thats just the title of the auction

[YungMoney]

AWS
Advanced Wireless Services

A specific band of radio frequencies (spectrum) intended to be used for next-generation wireless broadband services. Most of the spectrum will be used for 3G mobile phone service, using technologies such as WCDMA+HSDPA or CDMA EV-DO.

The AWS banRAB were auctioned off by the FCC to private companies in August 2006.

AWS is actually a set of paired banRAB, meaning it consists of two banRAB: one for base stations (towers) to transmit to mobile terminals (phones) and another band for phones to transmit back to towers.

Those banRAB are sub-divided into smaller "blocks" that are owned by different companies. The spectrum is also divided regionally, so one AWS license covers one block, for one geographic area of the country.

The two initial AWS banRAB are 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz. Additional, smaller banRAB have also been proposed as an add-on to AWS, but they have not yet been finalized or auctioned off (as of August 2006.)

According to Phonescoop ,

[FrankB]

I highly doubt those plans will apply for you, new markets different plans you might get a better deal than you think.

Crickets plans in AWS markets are very agresive
Below is a plan offered in a AWS market out here in Texas.


$40/month UNLIMITED:
talk
long distance
text & pix
mexico text
mobile web
411 directory assistance
30 minutes mexico landline long distance
caller ID, call waiting, 3-way calling & voicemail


$30/month UNLIMITED:
talk
long distance
text & pix
mexico text
caller ID


$25/month UNLIMITED:
talk
text & pix
mexico text
caller ID

Just to give you an idea.