Sprint Contract's Up! Better deal elsewhere?

T-Mobile and Straight Talk seem to be offering some good deals right now. I have been eyeballing them myself. =) There's always smaller carriers too like Cricket. I think with all 3 of those companies you can get plans under $75.

~ ArmyX

 

*Verizon:
Unlimited Talk + Text
2GB Data
$60

Unlimited Talk + Text
4GB Data
$70

*AT&T
450 Minutes w/Rollover
Unlimited Text
3GB Data
$70

*Straight Talk (Prepaid Only)
Unlimited Talk + Text
Unlimited Data (throttled after 300mb per day of usage)
$45

*T-Mobile
Unlimited Talk + Text
Unlimited Data (throttled after 2GB)
$80

Unlimited Talk + Text
Unlimited Data
$90

*MetroPCS (Prepaid Only)
Unlimited Talk + Text
Unlimited Data (throttled after 250mb of 4G LTE data)
$40

Unlimited Talk + Text
Unlimited Data (throttled after 2.5GB of 4G LTE data)
$50

Unlimited Talk + Text
Unlimited Data (no throttling)
$60

*Virgin Mobile (Prepaid Only)
300 Minutes
Unlimited Text
Unlimited Data
$35

1200 Minutes
Unlimited Text
Unlimited Data
$45

Unlimited Talk
Unlimited Text
Unlimited Data
$55

Hope this helps you

DS

 

Wow! That is an amazing list! Thank you DS.

~ ArmyX

 

I try

DS

 

That I wouldn't be able to do without taking individual screen shots of each coverage map.

DS

 

U.S. Cellular looks like the carrier I'm going to when I ditch Sprint. They have the best coverage around home, and nearly all the places I'm likely to travel to any time soon.

I've heard some buzz that T-Mobile has the best data performance overall. Some carriers boast impressive data rates in a handful of places, which is useless if you don't live there. T-Mobile has OK coverage at the two places where I spend most of my time. Since I want to lose Sprint because it has terrible coverage at those two places, I'll settle for OK data rates and rock solid reception where I need it.

I don't know if any carrier offers loaner phones that you could try for a day. They all want you to go to all the trouble of buying, hoping that you'll be to lazy to return it if it doesn't meet your expectations. That's a shame IMO.