100+ plans from 30+ providers, scored against what actually matters to you: who's online, what you do, and what you can spend. We rank by true first-year cost, not teaser rates.
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Five quick questions determine which plans suit you. Every plan gets scored against whether its typical speed handles your household, whether the data cap survives your usage, how latency affects gaming or video calls, and what it costs over a full year once intro rates and credits are factored in. The top plan earns the Best match badge, and each card explains why it ranked where it did. The default ranking suits a two-to-three person streaming household.
A plan advertised at $45/month might not cost $45 after twelve months. Every card on this site shows today's rate, the rate after any intro period ends, and the estimated first-year total including bill credits. Sorting by True cheapest uses that first-year average, so a plan with a short-lived discount can no longer pass itself off as the budget pick.
Each plan carries one of three labels. Price locked means the standard rate is the rate, no expiring promo to worry about. Intro rate then rises means exactly that, with the later price printed next to it. Variable covers plans that are harder to pin down, such as satellite pricing or wireless tiers whose speed varies by address. The More filters menu lets you show only locked pricing.
The figures on each card come from providers' stated typical speeds. Download speed is only part of the picture. Upload matters for video calls and large files, and latency determines how responsive games feel. Cards carry a latency tag for this reason: fibre sits around 5 to 15 ms, cable 10 to 20 ms, fixed wireless 20 to 30 ms, satellite 600 to 800 ms. Fixed wireless and satellite numbers are network averages, so treat them as estimates until your address confirms otherwise.
Most major US ISPs have dropped data caps on their flagship plans, but some cable providers still enforce them on lower tiers. Caps are shown alongside their consequences: Cox's 1.25 TB cap on lower plans, Mediacom's 1 TB threshold, HughesNet's priority data limits. The ranking engine treats a small cap as disqualifying for busy households, and advice banners will warn you before you sign up for one.
The US broadband market spans four technologies. Fiber (AT&T, Verizon Fios, Google Fiber, Frontier) offers the fastest and most consistent speeds with symmetrical upload and download. Cable (Xfinity, Spectrum, Cox, Optimum) covers the most homes but has slower uploads. Fixed wireless (T-Mobile, Verizon 5G, AT&T Internet Air) is expanding fast but speeds vary by location. Satellite (Starlink, HughesNet, Viasat) serves remote areas but has higher latency and often data limits.