T-Mobile vs. Sprint: The battle for unlimited data

Sprint and T-Mobile are bringing affordable unlimited data plans back into fashion.

In dueling press releases Thursday, Sprint and T-Mobile announced competing unlimited data plans for wireless customers who are willing to sacrifice video quality. The new plans cost significantly less than the $95 a month each company currently charges for unlimited data.

For both carriers, the unlimited data plans require that all video on the service be streamed in standard definition rather than high definition, greatly reducing the amount of bandwidth that traverses their networks. A standard-definition video consumes five times less network capacity than a high-definition video, according to Roger Entner, an analyst with Recon Analytics. Read whole article at: https://www.cnet.com/news/t-mobile-vs-sprint-the-battle-for-unlimited-data/