cricket i believe uses cdma as their base technology. they usually just concentrate in urban areas where if you're out of your area you can can get dinged unless you're on some national plan. they're really a small time carrier, like metro pcs.
as for the federal taxes etc there's really nothing that the carriers can do about it, it's a tax. You need to evaluate your plan and figure out what it is that you have or need to remove.
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