The best US mobile data plans side by side.

In the past few months each of the Big Four US carriers has introduced some kind of new service plan. So to help you figure out which plan gets you the most bang for your buck, I’m breaking down each carrier’s pricing for an iPhone 7 with a 3GB per month data plan — the average amount used by most smartphone owners, according to the NPD Group.

I’m also including the cost of a 4-line plan with 3GB of data each for all of you family types, as well as the number of cities in which each carrier offers 4G LTE data speeds.

After digging through each carrier’s website and the various purchasing processes, I found that Sprint (S) came out with the least expensive monthly plans for single people followed by AT&T (T), Verizon (VZ) and T-Mobile (TMUS). If you’ve got a family of four, T-Mobile offers the cheapest plan, while prices increase with Sprint, Verizon and AT&T.

But a carrier’s worth isn’t just about its price. You’re also going to want to take into account its coverage. Sprint might be the least expensive carrier, but it only covers close to 300 million people. T-Mobile, meanwhile, covers 312 million and Verizon covers 314 million. AT&T, according to its own numbers, covers the most people at 325 million.

In the past few months each of the Big Four US carriers has introduced some kind of new service plan. So to help you figure out which plan gets you the most bang for your buck, I’m breaking down each carrier’s pricing for an iPhone 7 with a 3GB per month data plan — the average amount used by most smartphone owners, according to the NPD Group.

I’m also including the cost of a 4-line plan with 3GB of data each for all of you family types, as well as the number of cities in which each carrier offers 4G LTE data speeds.

After digging through each carrier’s website and the various purchasing processes, I found that Sprint (S) came out with the least expensive monthly plans for single people followed by AT&T (T), Verizon (VZ) and T-Mobile (TMUS). If you’ve got a family of four, T-Mobile offers the cheapest plan, while prices increase with Sprint, Verizon and AT&T.

But a carrier’s worth isn’t just about its price. You’re also going to want to take into account its coverage. Sprint might be the least expensive carrier, but it only covers close to 300 million people. T-Mobile, meanwhile, covers 312 million and Verizon covers 314 million. AT&T, according to its own numbers, covers the most people at 325 million.


By Daniel Howley.
Full story at Yahoo News.