This comparison chart will be quite handy for people in the US who are looking to quickly compare text and data plans from major cellular carriers including Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Wireless.
The base price for a 450 minute calling plan is the same from every carrier but your overall monthly bill will vary depending on your use of text (SMS) and data (wireless Internet) on the mobile phone. Looking at the chart, you can quickly figure out which carrier offers the cheapest plan considering your current usage of text messaging and Internet on the phone.
You may also want to look at the termination fee section in case you want to end the contract with your current cellular service provider.
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Reader Comments
This chart is a great first step. Keep in mind though that plans and pricing change all that time. There are literally hundreds of plans out there. These 300 and 450 minute plans represent a relatively low end of the market too. At FixMyCellBill.com we see lots of folks using family share plans as well as Friends and Family and myFaves plans. If you want a rate plan comparison based on your actual usage, upload the pdf version of your bill to our site. We stay on top of all the current plans in the market and can show you where the best deal is for you from your carrier and from the five biggest carriers. With our “freeview” you can upload your bill and we’ll tell you how much less you can spend for your service too.
Written by Ed Finegold on 09.15.09
I would add couple of more variables to this comparison though. The number of minutes and when the night time starts. I think Sprint beats them all in that case. Also if you compare the family plan for these providers, Sprint has cheapest one among all..
Written by InfoMad on 09.15.09
Individual 300 minutes is $29.99
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Written by Saravanan on 09.15.09
Thank you for a very clear comparison between the major carriers. They are very similar in pricing, really.
But none of them compare all that well against some of the prepaid offers available at the moment. The one I use, for instance, is Straight Talk which costs me $45 for unlimited talk and texting and 30mb of data. The network is also not a problem because it runs on Verizon’s network, which is still generally considered as the best.
Written by James Pearce on 09.15.09
Poor Americans. Atleast in this case, we are the best in the world for cheaper call/text rates and data rates
Written by rubin on 09.16.09