GoKawiilIt's natural to approach switching to a new mobile phone carrier with trepidation. You want to get the best price, but there are also lots of details around phone plans such as how much high-speed 5G data you get before being throttled, if any streaming services are included and what kind of are international calling options are available.
Here, we're looking at two of the biggest cellular companies in the US: T-Mobile and Verizon.
These two aren't the only carriers, of course, but being among the biggest players means you're likely looking at them first before checking out smaller providers or prepaid options (many of which are owned by T-Mobile, Verizon and the third major company, AT&T).
It's not lost on me that you might be reading this because you were affected by Verizon's widespread and lengthy outage in January and you're only now getting around to investigating alternatives. While every carrier suffers from service outages, that one was especially impactful, and the causes were never revealed.
T-Mobile
Last year, T-Mobile nabbed the title of Best Mobile Network in the US by Ookla, and it wrapped the calendar by being named the best carrier for network quality by J.D. Power. What's notable here is that both of those titles used to be dominated by Verizon. (Disclosure: Ookla is owned by CNET's parent company, Ziff Davis.)
T-Mobile Like T-Mobile's 5G network is generally robust and has broad coverage
T-Mobile's 5G network is generally robust and has broad coverage 5-year price guarantee on its higher-tier plans
5-year price guarantee on its higher-tier plans T-Satellite service in places without signal
T-Satellite service in places without signal T-Mobile Tuesdays and Magenta rewards program Don't like One of the most appealing options, the Better Value plan, is offered for a limited time, though T-Mobile has not set an end date for its availability
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