This means that if you are in your local service area and receive a phone call from outside that area, you are only charged for a local call. However, if you make a call to someone who is outside your local service area, you will have to pay long distance charges. You must pay for long distance charges in addition to the monthly access charges, unless otherwise indicated. If you make or receive a long distance call while roaming, you will be charged the roaming fee plus long distance charges, unless otherwise indicated. Unlike regular telephone services that only charge outgoing calls, wireless services charge for local and long-distance incoming calls.
Some plans also charge a landline fee, a fee for a call made to any regular telephone.
How This Survey Was Conducted The data in this survey was compiled by gathering information from the Internet and local stores. The service companies verified the data. We included pertinent information about analog and digital plans for comparison purposes to aid consumers in choosing a wireless service company. We only included the prices of the most and least expensive plan of each company. Please note that the companies surveyed have a wide range of plans between the least and most expensive.