By now everyone knows about the Cricket phone phenomenon that has swept through the city of… By now everyone knows about the Cricket phone phenomenon that has swept through the city of Pittsburgh. They have commercials and billboards, their ads are draped around buses and they have a station right in the heart of the Oakland business district where the Sbarro used to be.

Most people from outside of Pittsburgh had no idea about the Cricket experience until arriving here for school this semester. Pittsburgh holds the honor of being one of the few regions to test market Cricket products and services.

Cricket cellular phone service has been the answer to my prayers. The deal is you get a Nokia phone