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Cell Phone Service Comparison

Cell phone service providers and their per-month costs after any first-few-months promo. Promo in 'other'. These prices gathered around 8/30 to 9/15/2024.

DISCLAIMER: I'm only collecting information I've found on the Internet for the companies I've listed. I have no relationship with any of them other than from a consumers point of view.

REQUEST: Please let me know of any information that's incorrect or missing. Thank you.

Provider	Network	cost for one line	other	2 lines
Consumer Cellular	AT&T or T-Mobile	$20/1Gb; $25/5Gb; $35/10Gb; $50/unlimited Plus taxes & fees	AARP member discount. Add $15 per additional line sharing data. Auto upgrade e.g. 1Gb to 5Gb if you use more.	$35/1Gb shared $40/5Gb shared ($50.97 with taxes&fees and AARP discount) $50/10Gb shared. plus taxes & fees.
Mint Mobile	T-Mobile	$15/5Gb $20/15Gb $25/20Gb $30/unlimited Plus taxes & fees ($2.82/line for 5GB, $3.02/line for 15GB)	$15/month for unlimited first 3 months; then rates are per month prepay 12 months; data and plan is per-line. Mobile Hotspot n/c pulls from monthly data, limited to 10GB on unlimited plans free calls to Canada & Mexico. If go over data, service slows: no overage fee or cut-off; data add-on available if you need more.	Second line same price as first line, data can differ for each line. Family plan available (allows multi line management) Two 5GB lines $30+5.64=$35.64 with taxes&fees.
USMobile	Verizon(warp) T-Mobile(lightspeed) AT&T(darkstar) you choose when sign up, you can switch (“teleport”) twice for free, then it's $2 per teleport	$17.50/unlimited premium data; sharable data $10/2Gb; $15/5Gb; $20/10Gb/ $35/20Gb. Add $8 per additional line sharing data; includes international calling and texting from US. $8/2Gb premium data without free teleport, hotspot, Int'l calling, etc Prices include taxes and fees.	prepay 12 months. 30 days free to try it out. When international, calls/data costs extra (on carriers supporting it), Int'l eSIMs cost extra Data cut-off (stops working) when you use up all shared data.	Unlimited data $35; 2Gb shared $18; 5Gb shared $23; 10Gb shared $28 includes taxes&fees
T-Mobile	T-Mobile	$30/line for 2 lines age 55+	other more $ plans offer better streaming, more hotspot, services abroad.
AT&T	AT&T		Prices start at $25/line but you must have 4 lines.
Verizon Wireless	Verizon	Plans start at $65/month for 1 line, $55/month/line for 2 lines
Ting	?	$25/5GB(all can be hotspot), $35/12GB(max 8GB hotspot)	After monthly data allotment, speed is reduced to 128kbps; get more fast data for $5/GB. unused fast data you add carries to next month.
Hello	?	$17.50/mo unlimited (6 mo paid in advance) $5/500MB, $10/1GB, $15/4GB, $20/5GB	free unlimited int'l calling from US to Canada, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, UK; total 60+ countries; land lines, some countries to cell phones.
Red Pocket	all 3 networks	$8/1GB, $15/5GB, $25/20GB, $30/Unlimited per month paid annually includes international calling (1GB & 5GB plans 20 countries, others 80+ countries)	if go over data, service slows; no overage fee or cut-off.
Freedompop	?	$10/1GB(int' calling to 20 countries), $30/10GB(int'l calling to80+ countries)	implies that if go over data allotment, service slows
Visible by Verizon	Verizon	$22.92/unlimited data (paid $275 annual, Visible); $32.92/unlimited premium data (paid $395 annual, Visible+) prices include taxes & fees	if switch f/T-Mobile price $15/mo for 5 years. Unlimited talk&text to Mexico and Canada. Visible: save $5/mo on Verizon home internet, smartwatch $10/mo Visible+ faster data, save $10/mo on Verizon home internet, hotspot twice as fast as Visible, available to use in Mexico and Canada, calls to 30+ countries and text to 200+, smartwatch service included	Visible: 45.83/mo (pay 550/yr) Visible+ 65.83/mo (pay 790/yr) taxes and fees included