Cricket 5G Home Internet is officially live, so the prepaid carrier can now handle your home Wi-Fi on top of your phone line, all running on AT&T's network. Whether you're using one of the phones Cricket Wireless sells or a brand-new iPhone 18 Pro, new customers can bundle both for $75 a month.
Cricket 5G Home Internet brings AT&T's network into your living room
Cricket announced the new service in a press release on September 16, and it follows the same no-contract, taxes-included approach the carrier already uses for its phone plans. Here's what the new home internet service comes with:
5G on the AT&T network: a gateway in your home connects to the same 5G network Cricket's phone plans use.
Unlimited data: there's no data cap for streaming, gaming or browsing, although Cricket may slow speeds when the network is busy.
Customers are looking for fast, reliable internet that's simple to buy, easy to understand, and backed by a brand they trust. With Cricket 5G Home Internet, we're delivering the internet you need at the value you deserve while removing the complexity, it's just the smarter way to stay connected.
Angela Rittgers, President of Cricket Wireless, press release, September 16, 2026
If this sounds familiar, that's because we reported back in April that AT&T was turning Cricket stores into home internet storefronts, with chatter at the time pointing to a "Cricket Internet" brand arriving later in 2026.
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Cricket is pitching its new home internet as the same Cricket service you already know, just at home. | Image by Cricket Wireless
Metro by T-Mobile got to prepaid 5G home internet first
For Cricket customers, this is mostly about convenience, since one bill can now cover the phone and the Wi-Fi, and availability is checked address by address at participating Cricket stores.
Over on Verizon's network, Total Wireless also sells prepaid home internet, but this report notes it requires a $99.99 router, which makes Cricket's $49.99 gateway half the upfront cost.
If Cricket 5G Home Internet reached your street, what would decide it for you?
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If you're already on Metro or Total Wireless and your home internet works well, I don't see a reason to jump ship. Home internet over 5G depends heavily on how strong the signal is at your address, so whichever network already performs well at your place is the one to keep, and I'm guessing Metro isn't too worried about matching a price it has been charging for a while now.
Read the fine print before you bundle Cricket home internet
The people who'll get the most out of this are Cricket customers who are tired of their cable bill, or who live somewhere with few home internet options, since it's one more choice at a fixed monthly price. However, the $45 add-on and the $75 bundle come with a few conditions worth knowing:
The $45 price only applies with at least one Cricket voice-and-data line on the same account, plus AutoPay.
The $75 bundle includes the Sensible 10GB phone plan, and you'll need to buy the Cricket Gateway for $49.99 plus tax.
The gateway may be locked to Cricket service for a period after activation.
Heavy users can have their speeds greatly reduced for at least 30 minutes if their usage is adding to network congestion.
I'd like to see Cricket share its home internet speeds
I like that Cricket kept the same simple, taxes-included pricing that made its phone plans popular, and putting two bills on one account will make life easier for a lot of households. Still, home internet is something most of us lean on all day, so a price without a speed estimate only tells half the story.
I'd personally love to see that number on the Cricket website before anyone has to drive to a store just to ask.
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