Cellular Data Plans
Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint are the four major carriers. And there are resellers, MVNO and prepaid options. Check our Guide to the Four Carriers for an overview of the carriers and our Data Plan Pricing Guide for more on understanding the data plans offered.
Sprint's postpaid plans, some offering 50-100GB of high speed mobile hotspot use from phones and data devices.
Released: June 2019
Verizon's prepaid Jetpack data plan - currently offering a double data promo of 30GB of high-speed data for $65/month.
Released: May 2019
Sprint MVNO offering fully tetherable phone plans with smaller data buckets.
Released: January 2019
Pix offers plans on all 4 major U.S. carriers - and a Global SIM option.
Released: January 2019
Ting Mobile . offers a data-only 30GB mobile hotspot plan for $25 a month - as well as lesser attractive phone based plans.
Released: January 2019
$25
Google's unique MVNO option that combines the coverage maps of Sprint, T-Mobile and US Cellular - and provides a decent global travel option.
Released: November 2018
T-Mobile's postpaid plans for smartphones and data devices. Global Plus 15GB allows for unlimited high speed mobile hotspot off a smartphone for $120/month.
Released: October 2018
T-Mobile's offers the Global Plus 15GB add-on to their Magenta plans - which allows for unlimited high speed mobile hotspot from a smartphone for $120/month.
Released: October 2018
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