Leap Wireless launched Cricket Wireless first market in Chicago Illinois on March 17, 1999. On September 4, 2007, Competing carrier MetroPCS announced a $5.3 billion bid to merge with Leap Wireless.
The term huckster describes a person who sells something or serves biased interests, using pushy or showy tactics. The term has distinctive pejorative connotations, although historically huckster referred to any type of vendor or reseller.
A Luddite is a person who dislikes technology, especially technological devices that threaten existing jobs or interfere with personal privacy. 2. A Luddite is someone who is incompetent when using new technology. The word Luddite has an interesting origin in pop culture of the early 1800's. Legend has it that a young man name Ned Ludd broke an expensive knitting machine in Nottingham, England. Because Ned was considered to be feeble-minded by his boss, he wasn't held financially responsible for the broken equipment.