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in the battle for the best unlimited data plan carriers keep firing off new prices and offerings every other week it could be hard to keep track of which has the better deal but relax we'll keep it simple for you here's the breakdown of the current unlimited plans for the major US carriers on Verizon $80 gets you one unlimited plan for one line and you can get this on four lines for a hundred and eighty dollars t-mobile's unlimited plan starts at $70 and for lion's cost one hundred and sixty dollars Sprint's unlimited starts at just fifty dollars and five lines not for is only $90 in total that's obviously the cheapest but this is only a promotional price after March or 2018 the plan starts at $60 still very cheap 18t is a little more confusing than the others it has two different types of unlimited plans the unlimited Plus plan is the most expensive of the bunch it starts at around $90 for one line and four lines will be 185 dollars but to entice you to also subscribe to a television service this plan will knock 25 bucks off your Direct TV or u-verse TV built now AT&T also offers a second much cheaper plan called the unlimited choice it starts at $60 for one line and it's cheaper because you're getting less than every other plan out there your speed will not be the fastest 4G can offer it's limited to just three megabits per second max you also will not be streaming video in high-definition everything is 480p tops and you cannot use the phone as a mobile hotspot now all the other plans include 10 gigs of data to share as a hotspot and you get HD quality video so you have to consider if missing those things as worth the savings when Sprint's gonna cost the same and does those limitations now when you're comparing prices remember there will be additional fees and taxes added to your 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 depending on where you live it doesn't always mean they are the best t-mobile is ranking high in many reports these days and keep in mind Unlimited never really means unlimited the fact is if you gobble up data all of these networks are gonna slow you down for example on Verizon if you use 22 gigabytes of data your speed is gonna take a hit and other customers will be given preference over you if the network is congested throttling limits are about the same for every carrier but t-mobile offers the most leeway and waits until you hit 28 gigs before it slows you down 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 are apps these streaming habits demand more data Christina I'm Bridget Carey