So all major carriers, sprint, t-mobile, at&t, and verzion rolled out unlimited data plans with some catches. I briefly looked at them all and verizon in detail since their are my carrier.
In a nutshell cost minus taxes, bullshit fees, and any lease payments per line plus probably setup on auto pay (at&t requires some direct tv subscription)
1 line
sprint $50 t-mobile $70 verizon $80 at&t $100
2 lines
sprint $90 t-mobile $120 verizon $140 at&t $140
3 lines
sprint $90 t-mobile $140 verizon $162 at&t $180
4 lines
sprint $90 t-mobile $160 verizon $180 at&t $180
Verizon specifically won't give you an employee discount on the unlimited plan. You can only get a military/veterans discount. My employee discount of 23% is out the window in my case if I change. There is some throttling to 3G speeds as expected once you reach a certain amount of data. It is around 20-25GB per line from what I read. If you are not on auto pay through bank account or debit card add $10 per month to the amounts above. I don't know what the rest of the companies charge does anyone know?
In my case the unlimited is too expensive for my needs. Currently 3 lines, 10GB of data shared, employee discount, plus 1 phone I'm still paying a lease on is $125 and some change a month. I use around 5-6 GB of data combined on a very heavy month. I was lucky to get a special promo on the data plan last year when I was on vacation.
What does everyone else think with these plans? Specifically should I switch to sprint? I can get an employee discount and I think it is around 20% but no idea if that applies to the unlimited plan. Also what about cell phone coverage? I am spoiled by Verizon's coverage. In every state I've been on vacation I can only remember 1 time I had no coverage. A few times I could at minimum browse the internet and receive calls. Over 90% of the time I have LTE with zero issues.