""Unlimited" is a funny term. Unlimited cell phone plans often come with a long list of footnotes, terms, conditions, and exceptions. Mercifully, all of the Big Three cell companies have, by now, ditched throttling on their highest-paid tiers, and include 5G data access in all their unlimited plans. Yet there are still many differences in the services they offer, and from tier to tier within each company."
"Cheaper "unlimited" tiers do offer unlimited talk and text. But they still have rules on how much unlimited data you get before they start throttling your speed, and some "unlimited" plans may throttle your data at any given time. Data throttling is the practice of reducing your data speeds after you hit a certain threshold of data used in a month or during times of congestion. It's been a fixture of cell service plans for years."
Unlimited cell plans commonly include many footnotes, terms, conditions, and exceptions. The Big Three carriers have removed throttling on their highest-priced tiers and include 5G access in all unlimited plans, but differences remain across carriers and tiers. Cheaper unlimited tiers provide unlimited talk and text yet impose rules that can throttle data after usage thresholds or during congestion. Data throttling reduces speeds after hitting monthly limits or during network congestion. T-Mobile's Experience More and higher tiers offer competitive pricing options, strong 5G coverage, fastest download speeds, and high reliability per OpenSignal and Ookla analysis.
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