The best unlimited data plans offered by T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, and some great smaller carriers,
too! We'll explain why you might not want to sign up with one of the big carriers and
tell you about the number one unlimited data plan of 2023. Let's go! Starting
with the best cheap unlimited data plan that is T-Mobile's unlimited data plan for $29 a month,
coincidentally one dollar cheaper than our favorite unlimited plan. Stick around to
the end of the video to find out what that plan is. This plan includes limited minutes,
unlimited messages, unlimited data with a 25 gigabyte high speed data cap, a little bit lower
than some of the premium plans. It also includes Wi-Fi calling, mobile hotspot, and calling to 60
countries. Tello is a T-Mobile MVNO and they make it really easy to switch between plans,
so if you find that unlimited data you don't really need it, you can always lower your plan.
And just for you non-technical wizards out there, MVNO stands for Mobile Virtual Network Operator,
it just means that they're leasing coverage from one of the bigger carriers, in this case T-Mobile.
Speaking of T-Mobile, let's talk about our favorite T-Mobile unlimited plan,
that is the Magenta Max plan. Starts at $85 a month per one line.
Ouch! Just because it's our favorite T-Mobile unlimited data plan doesn't mean we actually
like that plan. Yeah, it's a good plan though. It does include limited minutes and messages,
obviously no high-speed data cap which is great, 40 gigabytes of high-speed mobile hotspot,
you get the high band 5G, so if you live in a city and you're like walking around you get
that really fast 5G in very small coverage areas. You also get standard Netflix, not the 4K version
that you have at home but standard, not bad. Apple TV Plus and one year of Paramount Plus,
you can watch the new Picard series. Terrible. Some other plans restrict the video streaming
quality to 480p or 720p or 1080p, but this one goes all the way up to 4K video streaming. And
one reason we like this plan more than the Magenta plan is that the Magenta plan only includes five
gigabytes of high-speed mobile hotspot. It's pretty low for an unlimited data plan. Garbage.
Next up is Verizon's Unlimited Plan, that's Verizon's Play More plan. Limited minutes,
unlimited messages, 50 gigabytes of high speed data, 25 gigabytes of high-speed mobile hotspots.
Is that right? 25 gigabytes of hotspot, 50 gigs of high-speed data. Yeah, it's pretty
good. Once you hit that cap, your speeds may be throttled after, so you still got unlimited data,
it just might be throttled when their network is congested. Based on what I've heard from people
that have these plans, the data doesn't slow down very noticeably. The difference is that it
doesn't definitely slow down like other unlimited data plans. This only slows down as David said,
if it's congested, right? I have Verizon one time, Myspace got de-prioritized. I was at
Yankee Stadium and the data speeds were just really slow. Like, what's going on here? Oh,
there's 60,000 other people here connecting to Verizon and it's just, yeah. Well,
that's what you get for paying 28 dollars a month for a Verizon plan. This is a different
level. It is the Play More plan. It does include subscriptions to Hulu, ESPN Plus, Apple TV Plus,
and Apple Arcade or Google Play Store pass. And if you're not much of a player, you're a doer,
you can get the Do More plan for the same price and that includes 600 gigabytes of Verizon cloud
storage and one travel pass day per month per line that doesn't expire except after
12 months. You can accumulate up to 12 of those and at the end of the year, you know, take a nice
little 12-day vacation to somewhere that's not the United States. Yep, that'll save you some money.
And before we move on to our favorite AT&T plan, let's talk about some of the things people should
be looking for when they switch. The first is coverage. Seems like a no-brainer, but it is
important to make sure that you have coverage at home, in your mountain chalet, in your workplace,
and also just which coverage do we care about? We care a lot more about 4G LTE than we do about 5G
because 4G LTE is both fast enough and more built out than any 5G network at this point. The next
is that unlimited high-speed data caps. We've talked about three plans so far, one at a 25
gigabyte high speed data cap, one had 50, and one had no high speed data cap. It's really important
to read the fine print with these unlimited data plans because it's really not unlimited
data if your cell phone plan slows down to a crawl once you hit that data cap. Some slow down to 2G
speeds. Not good. That's awful. The next is a nearby physical store location. Some carriers
have them like Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. Some carriers don't. The smaller carriers typically
don't have those in-person stores and sometimes it's just more convenient to walk into the store.
Just make sure you have a plan in mind when you go in. Exactly. David tells the story very well about
how he sauntered into a Verizon store and said, "I want a SIM card. I'm changing my plan and this
is all I want." He intimidated the reps into just doing what he wanted. If you go in there and say,
"I don't know what I want," they're going to try to sell you the most expensive plan they
can. Exactly. So have a plan. If you don't have a plan, you'll get an expensive plan.
The next is lines. The starting price per one line on some of these premium
unlimited data plans is very high, 85, 90 dollars, but when you start to add two,
three, four lines, that price comes down significantly. They definitely want you
to do that. They want you to bring the family and get the family hooked in, get their claws in you,
but you will save a lot of money. I wouldn't buy a 90 unlimited plan for one line.
Verizon and iPhone compatibility. Apple is moving all iPhones to eSIM only in the
United States and therefore if you have a smaller carrier that doesn't support eSIM,
you can't bring your new iPhone 14 Pro when you switch. It's not good. That's awful. Yeah,
they said that they were bringing everybody along, but smaller carriers like Ting can't keep up.
Let's talk about our favorite AT&T unlimited data plan, that is the Unlimited Extra plan.
Unlimited minutes and messages, 50 gigabytes high speed data cap, 15 gigabytes of mobile hotspot.
The plan also includes limited talk, text, and data in Canada and Mexico and unlimited texting
to more than 200 countries, but not from. So when you text those people in Argentina,
tell them, "Please don't text me back or else you're going to pay a lot of money."
Next, the best premium truly unlimited data plan, Verizon's Get More plan. Truly unlimited,
no high-speed data cap, 50 gigabytes of mobile hotspot, but unlimited after that. Right? It's
just 50 gigabytes of high-speed mobile hotspot. Subscriptions to Apple Music, Hulu, Disney Plus,
ESPN Plus, and Apple Arcade or Google Play Pass. Travel Pass, same deal as the Verizon Do More
plan. You can accumulate one day per month up to a total of 12 months, so 12 days. It could save
you ten dollars a day, 120. And it includes that 600 gigabytes of Verizon cloud storage
which you probably shouldn't use. It starts at a low, low price of ninety dollars per line. Yeah,
then it goes all the way down to 55 dollars a line if you bring up to four people. Yeah,
maybe you don't want to pay all that money for a premium plan. You can get a great unlimited
prepaid plan from Mint Mobile for thirty dollars per month and you could pay even less than that,
six months for ninety dollars. What? It's a great intro offer. It sure is. And Ryan Reynolds.
This plan includes limited minutes, unlimited messages, Wi-Fi calling, and 35 gigabytes of high
speed data, then unlimited low speed data. Pretty good. Also unlimited calling to Canada and Mexico,
our neighbors to the North and South. One big con of this plan, only five gigabytes of high-speed
mobile hotspot. Not great. But Ryan Reynolds, you should call him up and say, "What are you doing
here, Ryan?" Well, you should call them up and say, "You know, Ryan, you know where I've heard
about your cell phone plan? It was that Payette Forward YouTube channel I subscribed to it. Right?
And I gave the video a like." Yeah, if you give this video a like, there's a better chance you'll
see it and then you can say, "Hey, Ryan, why don't you go on their channel?" Yeah, pretty cool.
Next up, our best overall unlimited data plan from Visible. They are owned and operated by Verizon,
not like those other MVNOs who lease coverage. There are unlimited plans.