The Different Columns Explained

• Name: This is the name of the cell phone plan
• Country (hidden by default): What country the plan is in
• Carrier: What carrier offers the plan
• Networks: What networks the plan uses for coverage
• Plan Duration: How long the plan is for. Some plans offer 3-month, 6-month, or 12-month options
• Link: A link to the plan (typically a partner link, and when a partner link is not available it brings you to the specific carrier page on the BestPhonePlans website)
• Cost: Price per month in USD for the plan. This cost is rounded up to the nearest whole dollar. For example, if a plan is $32.25 per month, the cost is listed as $33. The cost also includes any auto-pay discounts that are available.
• Data Amount Display: How much data is included in the plans.
• Data Amount Filter (hidden by default): A numerical value for how much data is included in the plans in GB. For example, a 5GB plan would have a value of 5, a 200MB plan would have a value of 0.2, and an unlimited plan would have a value of 99.
• $/GB: Cost per GB. The cost of the plan divided by how much data is included with the plan. Helpful for discerning which plans are the better value.
• Taxes and Fees Included: Indicates of the Cost of the plan includes all taxes and fees.
• Auto-Pay Discount: Indicates whether or not an auto-pay discount is available and what the value is
• Estimated Total Price: How much I estimate the plan will cost you per month, factoring in all taxes, fees, and auto-pay discounts
• Minutes: How many minutes the plan includes
• Texts: How many texts the plan includes
• Data Priority: Indicates the plan's priority level, either priority or deprioritized
• Data Speed Cap: The maximum speeds of the plan. For example, Cricket caps some of their plans at 8Mbps.
• Unlimited 2G data: Indicates if the plan includes unlimited 2G data after the high-speed allotment is reached
• 2G Data Speeds: How fast the 2G data is
• Personal Hotspot: Indicates whether or not the hotspot feature is included, available as an add-on, or not supported
• Hotspot Data is Separate from Handset Data: Indicates whether or not the hotspot usage counts against your total mobile handset data usage and deducts from your high-speed data allotment. This is a new field, and it may not be entirely accurate yet
• Hotspot Dedicated Data: How much data you can use as hotspot data
• Video Streaming Quality: What quality video content streams at. Keep in mind you can use a VPN, like my affiliate partner ExpressVPN, to bypass any streaming restrictions and enjoy full 4K video streaming quality on any plan
• Netflix Data Speed: Shows if there is a data speed cap when streaming video content based on the fast.com data speed test