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One of the biggest things to do is take a look at coverage maps. You can go put in certain zip codes and see if where you travel, where you live, is going to have the best coverage for you. Another thing to consider is the data speeds. You know, whether it's 4G or 4G LTE. We can help make sure that you get the right speed, and we can pull up those maps and compare the different companies to really make sure you get the best coverage. You've got to break it down into talk, text, and data. How often do you talk on the phone, how often do you text, and then data? What are you using the internet for? The big thing to consider is data because there are overages for data usages and those tend to be pretty steep. They also plans that are specific for families where you can have multiple phones on there, or even if you have, let's say, a tablet or you have another device that could use internet, those plans will work out to be able to have multiple devices on them for one payment. If you already know what phone you want to go with that can definitely determine what carrier you want to go with. A lot of your major phones are on most carriers but not on all of them. One of the best things about shopping at Best Buy is that we are going to offer impartial advice. We have buyer's guides in our stores that will show you the different plans for each carrier. We can explain those to you and break down what the prices would be. A lot of the carriers are very competitive with pricing with each other, but everybody's unique family is different. We can really help match the right carrier and plan for you. We don't want you to overpay for your service. We want you get everything you want at the price you'd like.