Americans spend millions of dollars on cell phones. A cell phone can be a significant investment, from buying the phone to going on a plan.
Saving money on a sale phone plan is most people’s goal. And one option is to go with a discount plan. But do those inexpensive plans have the same coverage as the big three?
How Cell Phone Coverage Works
In the United States, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile are the three major phone networks. They’re called carriers. Each carrier owns a set of radio wave frequencies and bands. And each has towers to transmit and receive these radio frequencies. This is how users access data. The data allow users to make phone calls and send texts.
