Cell phone Family plans

I made a post previously about cell phone data plans so I figured it could be helpful to make another post since I recently looked into pricing for a friend of mine looking for unlimited texting and data plans for his family (2 lines only). Here is a list of the results, but please note that not all plans are the same even though I did my best to find the same or similar configurations. All plans have unlimited texting and data unless otherwise specified and the minimum voice plan. Listed below are the monthly prices.

• $160: AT&T 550 minutes (4GB with tethering for one line and 2GB for the second line. Add $20 to get tethering on the second line)
• $130: Sprint 1500 minutes
• $140: T-mobile 750 minutes
• $160: Verizon 700 minutes

As you can see, AT&T is the only carrier that doesn't have an unlimited data plan, although most of my research suggests that it is very unlikely to surpass even the lower 2GB in a month using the cell data plan. Also, the details as to which plans include tethering to other devices is unclear in some cases. If that's something important to you, you probably should talk to a sales representative or 7 to figure out what the true story is. Good luck on your hunt.