They un-throttled their network back in Feb (I think all markets, if not then most markets). Tho they are still advertising up to 700kbps, on average in my market I get right around 1.5mbps, and up to 2 sometimes. Can't beat that, esp on 5gig for $40 or 10gig (soon to be 7.5gig) for $60, and with no contract and free card after rebate.

If Metro and Cricket merge, it won't effect the BB cards right now as Metro doesn't even use 3G. They'll go LTE, but when is the question. Tho that merger will make a co of about 13 million customers and will make some heads turn.

T-mobile may be trying to steal from cricket, but its not working very well. Take a look at Tmobile subscriber numbers in the markets that cricket launched last year, they got hurt worse than anyone (i.e. Chicago, Philly, Baltimore and DC).