Data Plans

Verizon Will Give First Responders a Truly Unlimited Data Plan With No Caps

Kellen August 27, 2018

Verizon is making changes to the data plans that first responders subscribe to following a story last week that showed the carrier limiting data speeds to fire fighters who were fighting wildfires. Going forward, Verizon claims that they will "refine" their...

US Cellular is Raising Prices on Unlimited, Offering $10 Payback for Little Data Usage (Updated: Official)

Kellen August 23, 2018

On August 23, US Cellular will tweak their Total Plans line-up by dropping one plan, raising prices on unlimited, and offering a cashback incentive for those who use little data. The plan change info comes to us via reliable source. UPDATE August 23: US...

Verizon Wildfire Screw-Up Proves That Throttling “Unlimited” is Bad (Updated)

Kellen August 22, 2018

UPDATE August 27: Verizon has released a new statement that details changes they've already made, as well as ones they plan to introduce to better support first responders. They've already lifted restrictions for some customers and will introduce a new truly...

Tuesday Poll: How Much Data Did You Use Last Month?

Kellen August 21, 2018

It has been years since we last asked everyone at Droid Life about their data consumption. We stopped asking because the carriers turned the greed up a notch shortly after that last poll and started charging ridiculous prices for buckets of data as little as...

T-Mobile Doesn’t Plan to Raise Prices of Its Unlimited Plan

Kellen August 2, 2018

After delivering its "best Q2 ever" and adding more postpaid phone customers than rivals, T-Mobile says that it has no plans to start charging you more for service. Unlike Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint, who have all tweaked, added to, or increased pricing of...

Unlimited Plan Comparison: Verizon vs. AT&T vs. T-Mobile vs. Sprint (July 2018 Update)

Kellen July 24, 2018

Within the past month, Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint have all introduced new unlimited data plans. Because of that, as well as the fact that it has been five months since we last pushed out an unlimited data plan comparison, it's time to see how all of the big...

Sprint Has Two New Unlimited Plans and Holy Sh*t, the Asterisks are Too Much (Updated)

Kellen July 12, 2018

Sprint announced two new unlimited data plans this morning called Unlimited Plus and Unlimited Basic. While we appreciate the straight-forward naming scheme, unlike Verizon's hilariously buzzy wordbarfing, attempting to keep straight what Sprint is doing here...

AT&T’s $15 Watch TV Service is Now Available

Kellen June 29, 2018

At the end of last week, AT&T announced two unlimited data plans that included free access to their new Watch TV streaming service. As of today, all of those new options are available, plus you can sign-up for the $15/mo Watch TV service without an AT&...