[Nosey]

I tried to set up my diamond on cricket, I was able to get a dial tone and send sms but never could get the data to work, but then found out that I'm too far from the preferred roaming area and I was going to always have roaming charges, but to make a long story short...

first cricket told me I had to purchase one of their phones to get an "account" and then I could switch to my phone, so I did, but what they didn't tell me was that they charge something like $15 to swap phones, after I argued with them and explained that when I first called, I had explained that I didn't need one of their phones and all, they finally agreed to setup an account without one of their phones

so what you need to do is get cricket on the phone, which is a pain, and tell them you would like an account so you can use your own number, you might have to ask for a supervisor once or twice until you get someone who will do it, but they can set up an account and give you a phone number without having to purchase one of their phones

hope this helps, I just wish my little town would get in the loop, 20 miles away is fine, just not here