Cost of 1GB Data Plan from major Carriers in United States of America

Last updated on March 12th, 2023 at 07:59 am

Now all major carriers of the United States offer unlimited plans at the same price as it was offering a 1GB data plan in past with access to a 5G network. So to get details of the latest plans of major carriers click the following links.

Latest phone plans of AT&T

Latest phone plans of Verizon

Latest phone plans of T-Mobile

Latest phone plans of US Cellular

Even after slashing tariffs of 1GB data plans by major carriers in the US, still, 1GB data plan including unlimited talk and text cost $50 but now this time America’s fifth-leading carrier, US Cellular also followed the big brothers and enhanced the data allowance in its existing shared data plans. The carrier also launched a new low-cost data plan for $15.

So the existing customers on a $40 monthly plan will get now 1GB data in place of 300MB which is more than three times the data. The customers on existing shared data plans of 1GB, which costs $50, have been allowed to use double data 2GB without any additional fee. Existing customers on the $60 plan have been allowed to use 3GB in place of 2GB data usage. The device connection charge is very high,  $40 for smartphones resulting in $80 for 1GB and $90 for 2GB to the customer.

The carrier also launched a promotional offer of a single-line smartphone plan for $60 that includes 1GB of data usage.

If we look for a 1GB data plan from the major four carriers, we find plans as tabulated below.

Verizon has also launched two new single-line plans for smartphones, one is a 1GB data plan priced at $60 and another one is a 2GB data plan for $75, both plans include unlimited talk and texting. The overage charge is $15/500MB and $15/1GB respectively. Customer signing the Edge plan gets $10 discount and costs them $50 and $65 only.

Verizon has a 1GB shareable data plan under More Everything for $80 including the device access fee and allows also unlimited talk and texting.

AT&T recently discontinued its $45 plan for 1GB sharable data while it has also dropped the 2GB data plan from $55 to $40 only hence including the device access fee, 2GB sharable data plan costs $65 to the customers.

T-Mobile also going to enhance data allowance in its core data plan at $50 and customers will then starts getting 1GB data instead of the earlier 500MB data for the same price. New offers will start on March 23, 2014.

Sprint has a Framily plan starting at $55 for a 1GB shareable data allowance, with an additional payment of $10, customers are allowed 3GB data usage. Data allowance in Framily plans is not shareable

As per the above table, it is clear, still, T-Mobile would have the most budget data plan costing $50 and $60 only for 1GB and 2GB respectively in the US from March 23, 2014, while Customers right now can get the best data plan from Sprint for just $65 for 3GB data allowance under its Framily plan.

Do you think, US Cellular took the right step to compete with major carriers?