I’m looking for a cheap plan for two unlocked phones that I already have. I’d like a plan that has 5-10 gigs per line, works with T-Mobile or Verizon, and available in Ohio.
Once upon a time, there was a lovely website that would easily and clearly compare cell phone plans from any provider who had service in a given area. It has since been filled with ads, featured partners and compares only introductory rates.
Is there another site that compiles and compares real world information on data plans and stuff? Do I have to just poke around on multiple different websites and compile information myself?
Maybe you could say where you are and what you are looking for. Then people can make suggestions. Comparison sites aren’t that useful because a lot of the differences between vendors will be intangibles like support quality.
Ok, I’ll edit the post to include what I’m looking for
Excellent suggestion, many useful comments came in since I edited in what I’m looking for.
I’ve been pretty happy with mint mobile the past few years. 5gb for $15 per month if paid a year up front
As someone who A/B tested mint and T-Mobile. They are virtually the same (mint is owned by T-Mobile) but in the middle of no where Kansas T-Mobile had full data but mint only had voice/text. I’m 98% sure that’s because it was a dead zone for T-Mobile so you defaulted to roaming on a locally owned tower. So keep that in mind if you travel a lot to sparsely populated areas.
We decided to stick with T-Mobile in the end just because both the W and I got big pay bumps but if we hadn’t I would have strongly considered switching.
Visible Wireless. Unlimited on Verizon towers for about $30 per month.
Cheapest that I know of for what you are asking is redpocket.com which is an MVNO for both tmo and Verizon. I have been using them for a few years and there were several issues with my old phone not supporting LTE properly, but with my new phone that seems to have cleared up. Their online chat support was very slow for a while but seems to be better now.
5GB/month is $20 on a monthly plan or $15/m ($180/year) on an annual plan through their site. Their very cheapest plans are annual and sold only on ebay, but $30/year ($2.5/m) for basic voice and minimal data is hard to beat. They have 20gb and unlimited plans for correspondingly more. I’m on a 1gb plan which is plenty for my own usage, which is to rely on wifi most of the time. I use mobile data if I need to look something up while out and about, rather than for youtube or anything like that.
Look up Stetson doggett on youtube. He has the most granular reviews on the (pre-paid especially) options. Personally, I am content with mint mobile, but I occasionally review his videos just to make sure I’m getting the best price
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