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Verizon the largest mobile carrier in the u.s. is once again selling unlimited data plans to better compete against t-mobile Sprint and AT&T here's the breakdown of the current unlimited plans for the major US carriers on Verizon $80 get you one unlimited plan for one line and you can get this on four lines for 180 dollars t-mobile's unlimited plan starts at 70 bucks four lines goes up to $160 Sprint's unlimited starts at just 50 bucks and five lines not for costs $90 in total that's the cheapest but Sprint's pricing will only last a year because after March of 2018 it's going to go up and close in price to t-mobile AT&T is the oddball right now it only offers an unlimited mobile plan for people who also subscribe to DirecTV or u-verse TV services and if you do it's going to start at around $100 for one line and for unlimited lines will be 180 dollars that's close to Verizon's pricing when you're comparing prices remember there will be additional fees and taxes added to the bill except for t-mobile they fold that into their advertised prices of course you also have to take Network quality into consideration Verizon and AT&T are the largest but it doesn't always mean they are the best t-mobile is ranking high in many reports these days and also there are those limitations to unlimited the fact is if you gobble up data all of these networks are going to slow you down for example on Verizon if you use 22 gigabytes of data in a month your speeds going to take a hit and other customers are going to be given preference over you if the network is congested throttling is about the same for every carrier give or take a few gigs there's often another limit to unlimited HD video for t-mobile Sprint and AT&T they're going to limit your video streams by default to standard resolution but sometimes you can pay more to get around it Verizon is trying to get an edge by offering HD video included with its unlimited plan so that puts razón ahead in that realm as competition heats up let's hope the deals get even better networks are growing to handle more capacity and consumers are hungry for better unlimited deals as our apps and streaming habits demand more data first I'm Bridget Carey