Cellular Data Plans
Cellular data plans are offered for smartphones, mobile hotspot devices and cellular embedded routers. They come direct from the carriers, prepaid & postpaid and through 3rd parties. Unlimited doesn't always mean unlimited either.
Understanding limitations like caps on hotspot use, video throttling and network management are important in selecting the right plans for your setup & gear. We offer a lot of resources below.
Selecting Data Plans Current Best Plans Unlimited Plans Pricing Grid
Reach Mobile is an MVNO offering phone plans of up to 20GB of high-speed data with mobile hotspot capabilities on the Verizon network.
Released: November 2018
Verizon's prepaid brand for select smartphones, offering unlimited on device data and unlimited 5 Mbps mobile hotspot use - $25-40/month depending on group size.
Released: May 2018
Verizon postpaid native cellular phone, tablet & data plans, with "unlimited" plans offering 15-30GB of high speed mobile hotspot use.
Released: June 2000
Walmart is a reseller of a variety of prepaid and MVNO plans, as well as a host for their own MVNO, Walmart Family Mobile, which offers cellular data plans with some hotspot data on the T-Mobile network.
Released: September 2015
3rd party rental vendors offer Sprint based unlimited data plans ranging in price from $15-$150/month - on a month-to-month, no contract basis.
Released: May 2017
AT&T postpaid direct cellular phone & data plans with multiple high speed mobile hotspot options, and unlimited plans for tablets.
Released: January 2014
3rd party rental vendors (ie. Travel Data, OTR Mobile, Millenicom, etc) offer T-Mobile based unlimited data plans ranging in price from $55-$150/month - on a month-to-month, no contract basis.
A TracFone brand available online and at Walmart offering prepaid smartphone plans on all four carriers, some including 10-20GB of mobile hotspot use.
Released: October 2014
AT&T's Wireless Internet device & paired data plans. They offer a 50GB plan or a 100GB data plan for $100/month that is suitable on the road.
Released: November 2017
Metro by T-Mobile, T-Mobile's prepaid subsidiary offers an array of prepaid plans - including data only plans.
Released: October 2018
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