- Free 30 day trial available includes 30GB data plus $50 gift card offer
- Includes priority data! With a 5G device, your data speeds will not slow down compared to others during times of network congestion!
- Includes international roaming
- Includes 50GB of mobile hotspot
- Three lines or more get free perks such as Apple TV Plus, Disney-Hulu-ESPN Plus, Netflix, and more!
- Taxes and fees included!
- Prepay annually and pay just $32.50/month
- Use Teleport to manually change to different underlying networks as needed
- 24/7 Customer Service
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Verizon-owned prepaid brand, Total Wireless, is running a limited-time offer that in my opinion is providing the best value for unlimited plans on the market right now. Here’s what they are offering:
- A $25/month truly unlimited data plan for bring-your-own-device customers.
So what makes this plan so great?
This plan includes several features you may not find with any other unlimited plan at this price point. Let’s name them.
1). Unlimited Premium Priority Data
Total Wireless offers the only prepaid unlimited plan on the market with unlimited premium priority data and it doesn’t matter if you are using it while connected to Verizon’s LTE, 5G, or 5G Ultra Wideband networks. You’ll have premium priority data that doesn’t slow down compared to other customers on the network when the network is busy. Some wireless providers want you to pay up to $100/month for unlimited premium priority data. So this is quite a deal.
Update: Total Wireless’s terms and conditions have been updated to contain the following provision about their unlimited plans:
“If the amount of a single mobile line’s total monthly data use in a Plan cycle exceeds the average amount of data consumed by the top 0.5% of users on the network during the preceding six-month period, we may reduce data speeds to your device to 1.5Mbps for the remainder of the cycle.”
2). HD Video Streaming
This plan allows you to stream video in HD by default. Many unlimited plans cap video streaming at 1.5Mbps and a resolution of about 480p. As shown in my review of this plan, I got LTE data streaming data speeds at about 4.5 Mbps (good enough for minimum 720p streaming) and 9Mbps (plenty good for 1080P HD streaming) when connected to 5G Ultra Wideband. You may even be able to get 4K UHD video streaming by calling Total Wireless and asking them to remove the cap as some other subscribers have done.
3). Full Speed Hotspot
This plan comes with a hotspot data allowance of 15GB with no throttling. Other truly unlimited plans at this price point either don’t come with hotspot or restrict hotspot data speeds.
4). Access To Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband Network
There are some other cheap unlimited plans out there, like Visible by Verizon’s $25 base unlimited plan. However, it doesn’t come with true access to Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network. Without it, you won’t experience the fastest data speeds that Verizon’s network has to offer.
5.) Perks
This plan also offers a few additional perks not typically found at this price point.
- 10GB of international roaming data that can be used in Canada and Mexico as well as 15+ other destinations
- You can call 85+ locations and text to over 200.
- You get a 6 month free subscription to Disney+
- $200 in rewards credits after 12 monthly plan payments, which can be used to purchase a new phone
Now is this plan perfect for everyone?
Definitely not.
If Verizon’s network doesn’t work well in your area, Total Wireless isn’t for you. If you need unlimited hotspot with your plan, scroll further down the article to find another plan or switch to Total Wireless’s $65 Unlimited+ plan. It includes unlimited hotspot but at 5Mbps, but it’s also on a promo. You can get it for $30/month with a 5 year price lock. However, if you want to buy a flagship phone for free with number port-in, Total Wireless can’t do it. They do offer some phones for free to switchers though. Finally, if you value a premium customer support experience and a great app to manage your account, Total Wireless doesn’t have a great reputation in those areas. However, they have now opened over 1k branded stores with more constantly opening. This may help to provide you with a better support experience if you live in one of those areas with a store.
Another offer to consider is from MobileX. MobileX is offering a truly unlimited data plan with priority data for $24.88/month. Hotspot access is limited to 10GB and videos stream at 480p. However, the plan will only come with unlimited priority data until December 31, 2024. After that, the plan is expected to go back to offering 30GB of data.
How To Decide On The Best Unlimited Plan For Your Needs?
To find the perfect unlimited data plan for your needs, you’re going to need to answer a few questions:
- Which major carrier network do you need to use for coverage, AT&T, T-Mobile, US Cellular, or Verizon?
- How many lines of service do you need?
- Do you need a truly unlimited data plan, or are you ok with an unlimited data plan with a finite amount of premium (priority) data or always deprioritized data? Priority data is data that doesn’t slow down compared to other customers on the network when the network has a lot of traffic on it. A person on a plan with deprioritized data will always have their data speeds slow down compared to other customers on the same network when the network is congested.
- Do you need to use mobile hotspot?
- Do you need any perks?
- Do you care about the resolution of your video streams? Is SD streaming ok, or do you need HD or 4K UHD video streaming?
Once you have answers to the questions above, you can easily use and sort the table down below to find the best plan for you. And if you can’t answer any of the questions above, there are some free trial offers available for you to consider.
Visible by Verizon offers a free 15-day trial with no credit card needed or any strings attached other than you have to have a phone that supports eSIM. You don’t even need to have a credit card to take advantage of the free trial offer. T-Mobile offers a free 30-day trial too. T-Mobile’s trial also requires the use of an iPhone, Google Pixel, or Samsung Galaxy with eSIM.
Another thing you may want to do is to take a look at the FCC’s BroadBand coverage map which shows coverage areas provided to the FCC by the carriers. If you download the FCC’s app you can even use it to run speed tests in your location and report to the FCC areas where you have no coverage but a carrier says you should. You can also download OpenSignal’s app (available for Android and iOS) to check data speeds and coverage in your area. Keep in mind that data from an app like that is sourced from consumers who like to run speed tests on their phones. And if consumers in your area haven’t run speed tests or run them on specific blocks, it may make those areas look like they have no coverage from a particular provider, when in reality, there is coverage.
Complete List Of Unlimited Data Plans
There are very few providers out there that offer truly unlimited data. The table below compares all the unlimited data plans on the market from all the legitimate providers that offer them. You can compare pricing for single lines and multiple lines and sort them by the features that matter the most to you. The table does not include plans from wireless providers who claim their plans are “unlimited” when in fact they slow to a crawl for the remainder of your billing cycle when you go over some data limit that they may not even disclose.
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Altice Mobile and Nettalk connect not on here. I understand they have unlimited data at 600kbps and 3g. What does 3g mean for real and how they they compare, and how do they compare to these? Thanks for any info… looking for an inexpensive plan to work on train commute around NYC.
What do you mean by unlimited 3G for real? It’s typically 600Kbps as you mentioned. Nettalk is for business class customers only. You have to run a business to subscribe. That’s why it’s not here. Altice Mobile is a tough one. They call their plan unlimited, but if you plan to watch a lot of videos it’s not unlimited. Data speeds after 50GB become virtually unusable for video only and are throttled to 2g data speeds. Other types of data after 50GB is not throttled. That limitation is why it’s currently not listed here.
Why is Xfinity Mobile not listed here?
Because they don’t offer an unlimited LTE data plan
Yes they do
No they do not. They have a true LTE data speed cap of 20GB. After that speeds are permanently slowed for the remainder of billing cycle. Read the fine print for the plan.
Boost has been throttling my data the last two billing cycles, and today I couldn’t even access maps or Facebook, after using only 4 GB this cycle. A text message was unable to go through at one point. I’ve been with them for 2 years. Last month, I told the tech support person I was leaving and hung up. 30 seconds later, the system reset and my data was fine. Had to do the same this month, except it took three calls and my entire evening. I am looking for a new service provider, so far looks like T-Mobile is top of most lists.
Messages getting stuck sending is something I’ve seen on rare occasion happen to others with Sprint MVNO’s in particular. This MIGHT be a network congestion problem. Perhaps Sprint no longer has the capacity in your area to handle all of its customers in a satisfactory way. Have you checked if the speed problem resolves late in the evening, at say 11PM or later? That would likely indicate a network congestion problem.
Boost mobile is already $45 on their unlimited plan ($50 without Auto pay)
Has been for awhile.
I’m with a provider using At&t towers and looking for a switch that uses the same or better coverage but with way more data and even hotspots capability. My profession is an over the road trucker so coverage is rather important to me but my current plan with ‘straight talk’ limits me on data usage. Please advise on what would you recommend? thanks