Other Options: AT&T does offer a less
expensive unlimited data plan — $ 155 a month for a family of four — but the Unlimited Choice plan has plenty of gotchas.
Comcast is also offering a more
expensive unlimited data plan in which you can keep the unlimited data plan you've traditionally had for an extra $ 30 a month.
This means that the average person, regardless of network, doesn't need to pay for
an expensive unlimited data plan.
With those latter two carriers, if you want full - resolution video streaming you have to pay up for it in the form of a more
expensive unlimited data plan.
Not exact matches
Instead, the carrier abandoned its opposition and rolled out an
unlimited plan that was somewhat more
expensive than
plans from Sprint and T - Mobile, but which deeply undercut its own previous pricing
plans for heavy
data users and family
plans.
After touting a new single, low - cost
unlimited data plan this summer as the best choice for most customers, T - Mobile unveiled several more
expensive versions of the
plan this week, each with different features and limitations.
The less
expensive Go
Unlimited plan streams video at 480p resolution, slows hotspot
data to 600 kbps and gives Verizon the right to slow down
data speeds if its network is congested.
While Verizon, T - Mobile and AT&T all continue to offer their own new
unlimited data plans, they're more
expensive than the three in this list, and the extra perks you get for that extra money may not be worth it.
The less
expensive $ 75 Go
Unlimited plan restricts video streaming to 480p resolution, caps hotspot speeds at 600 Kbps and raises the possibility that your
data speeds will slow if there's a lot of traffic on Verizon's network.
The Big Four carriers want you to sign up for an
expensive unlimited plan, and their pricing on small
data plans often is so close to the
unlimited plan that it's difficult to recommend them.
It's $ 10 more
expensive than Sprint's
unlimited data plan, but you get a better network and other perks with T - Mobile.
Do make sure that you have at least 50 % of the battery and that your phone is connected to the internet via a Wi - Fi hotspot, otherwise, you'll end up using cellular
data, which could be way
expensive, especially if there's no
unlimited plan.
Verizon's recent shakeup to its
unlimited data plans costs $ 80 for a single line and $ 180 for four lines, making it more
expensive that AT&T's Choice
plan but cheaper than its Plus
plan.
AT&T's less
expensive unlimited plan caps
data speeds at 3 Mbps, for example.
AT&T's
unlimited data plan costs $ 100 a month for a single line, the most
expensive of any
unlimited option.