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Choosing the right unlimited data cell phone plan for you and your family can be confusing, and&nbsp;it&rsquo;s&nbsp;common to wonder, &quot;What does an unlimited mobile plan actually offer?&quot;&nbsp;We&#39;re&nbsp;here to make things clearer.

The differences between plans offered by selected&nbsp;providers

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<ul>
	<li>Unlimited cell phone plans&nbsp;are&nbsp;considered&nbsp;postpaid plans&nbsp;with unlimited data, talk, and text services.</li>
	<li>Capped/tiered plans&nbsp;are&nbsp;also&nbsp;considered&nbsp;postpaid plans. However, here,&nbsp;each month&nbsp;you pay a plan charge for a specific&nbsp;amount&nbsp;of calls, texts, and data usage. So, if you go over your data allotment for the month,&nbsp;you&#39;ll&nbsp;either have overage charges or experience data usage limitations for the rest of that bill cycle.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Pay-as-you-go (also known as prepaid) plans enable you to pay upfront only for a set amount of service (minutes, texts, and data) you use. You pay every month or every few months, and&nbsp;you&#39;re&nbsp;only committed to it&nbsp;for the amount of&nbsp;service you&nbsp;purchase&nbsp;ahead of time. And if you miss&nbsp;a payment, your phone service&nbsp;is suspended.</li>
</ul>
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Different mobile&nbsp;providers&nbsp;offer a variety of unlimited cell phone plans.&nbsp;Researching the market is essential to avoid&nbsp;surprises&nbsp;and&nbsp;high costs.&nbsp;But,&nbsp;luckily,&nbsp;unlimited plans are usually reasonably priced.&nbsp;And the&nbsp;premium plans offer great&nbsp;perks&nbsp;that deliver&nbsp;serious value,&nbsp;so the cheapest unlimited data plan may not always be your best&nbsp;option.

You&rsquo;ll&nbsp;find that the best&nbsp;perks&nbsp;and features&nbsp;are reserved&nbsp;for premium unlimited cell phone plans, offering good bang for your&nbsp;buck.&nbsp;With AT&amp;T, these include 4K UHD streaming,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.att.com/plans/unlimited-data-plans/roam-latin-america/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">additional call and roaming&nbsp;destinations</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.att.com/verification/signaturehub/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">special discounts through your work and organization</a>, hotspot&nbsp;data&nbsp;(from up to 50GB for the Extra plan&nbsp;per line per month), premium data allotments, and advanced security features.&nbsp;

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You also have add-on services available with&nbsp;the unlimited&nbsp;phone plans. These services offer you options to enhance your wireless experience. For instance, you can choose one of the international calls, text, and data usage plans for when you travel abroad, or a device protection plan for your phone.&nbsp;&nbsp;

What factors should I consider when choosing an unlimited plan?

Providers&nbsp;offer&nbsp;multiple unlimited phone plan tiers. Those&nbsp;plans&nbsp;with top features,&nbsp;perks, and speeds&nbsp;are&nbsp;reserved&nbsp;for higher-priced options.

That&#39;s why it matters which unlimited plan you choose and should research the market in advance. When you research, you&#39;ll want to consider the following factors:
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<ol>
	<li>Your data usage habits</li>
	<li>Hotspot data (AT&amp;T offers&nbsp;up to 100GB&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;Premium&nbsp;plan,&nbsp;50GB&nbsp;for the&nbsp;Extra&nbsp;plan, and&nbsp;3GB&nbsp;for the&nbsp;Value&nbsp;plan)</li>
	<li>Network coverage</li>
	<li>Device compatibility (such as 5G)</li>
	<li>International calling and roaming features</li>
	<li>Security features (basic or advanced)</li>
	<li>Streaming quality (UHD and HD vs. SD)</li>
</ol>

Here&rsquo;s a breakdown of AT&amp;T&#39;s unlimited plans 

The best&nbsp;<a aria-label="Link AT&amp;T plans with unlimited data" href="https://www.att.com/plans/wireless/" id="menur7sjj" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" title="https://www.att.com/plans/wireless/">AT&amp;T plans with unlimited data</a>&nbsp;fall under the&nbsp;<a aria-label="Link AT&amp;T Unlimited Your Way" href="https://www.att.com/support/article/wireless/KM1182926" id="menur7sjl" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" title="https://www.att.com/support/article/wireless/km1182926">AT&amp;T Unlimited Your Way</a>&nbsp;umbrella.&nbsp;They include AT&amp;T Value 2.0SM, Extra 2.0SM, and Premium 2.0SM. With&nbsp;AT&amp;T Unlimited Your Way&reg; plans, you can&nbsp;mix and match any of our best&nbsp; eligible&nbsp;unlimited plans on any line,&nbsp;starting at $30 per line per month.&nbsp;The choice is yours.

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<div>AT&amp;T may temporarily slow data speeds if the network is busy. Req. AT&amp;T Value 2.0 plan, eligible AutoPay and paperless billing. Plan price after $5 per month bill credit for up to 36 months with new bring your own device (BOYD) smartphone on each line. Taxes and fees extra.</div>

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<h3>Top features included with every AT&amp;T unlimited&nbsp;plan</h3>

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No matter which unlimited plan you pick, every line gets:

<ul>
	<li>High-speed data</li>
	<li>Access to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.att.com/5g/consumer/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">AT&amp;T 5G</a>1</li>
	<li>Access to&nbsp;the basic tier of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.att.com/security/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">AT&amp;T&nbsp;ActiveArmor</a>&nbsp;mobile security1&nbsp;with no&nbsp;additional&nbsp;charge,&nbsp;and the&nbsp;option&nbsp;to upgrade to the advanced tier</li>
	<li>Access to hotspot2</li>
	<li>Unlimited texting from the U.S. to 200+ countries</li>
</ul>

AT&amp;T may temporarily slow data speeds if the network is busy.​

And with SplitPay,3&nbsp;we make it easy to share your wireless account with family, friends, roommates, whomever.​

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<h3>&nbsp;Learn more about each&nbsp;AT&amp;T unlimited&nbsp;plan</h3>

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In addition to the features&nbsp;included in&nbsp;all unlimited plans,&nbsp;you&rsquo;ll&nbsp;also get&nbsp;specifications and&nbsp;additional&nbsp;features based on the&nbsp;plan tier you select.

<ul>
	<li>AT&amp;T Value 2.0: With this plan,&nbsp;you&rsquo;ll&nbsp;get unlimited talk, text, and data in and between the U.S., Canada,&nbsp;and Mexico,4&nbsp;plus 5GB of high-speed data,&nbsp;and 3GB2&nbsp;of hotspot data.

	After 5GB, AT&amp;T may temporarily slow data speeds if the network is busy.
	</li>
	<li>AT&amp;T Extra&nbsp;2.0: The next tier&nbsp;in line&nbsp;offers you everything in Value 2.0,&nbsp;plus&nbsp;100GB of high-speed data, 50GB2&nbsp;of hotspot data, and your choice of our best smartphone deals.5
	After 100GB, AT&amp;T may temporarily slow data speeds if the network is busy.
	</li>
	<li>AT&amp;T Premium&nbsp;2.0: The third unlimited plan tier provides even more of what you need to stay connected. It&nbsp;also&nbsp;includes&nbsp;unlimited high-speed data that&nbsp;can&rsquo;t&nbsp;slow down based on how much you&nbsp;use, 100GB2&nbsp;of hotspot data, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.att.com/plans/unlimited-data-plans/roam-latin-america/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">unlimited talk, text, and&nbsp;high-speed data in 20 Latin American countries</a>6&nbsp;at no extra cost.</li>
</ul>

Tamar Levin is a Sr. Digital Content Editor at AT&amp;T, who specializes in wireless technology and innovation. With dual Master of Science degrees from the University College London, Tamar brings over a decade of editorial expertise to her role. She currently spearheads the Content Standards Council at AT&amp;T. Tamar is based out of Dallas, Texas.

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