How are the plans ranked?
We rank plans as a function of the two parameters that wireless subscribers tend to care most about: 1) how much a plan costs; and 2) which carriers will provide the best call quality. For cost, we leverage our in-depth understanding of how each plan is structured to calculate exactly how much your cell phone usage would cost on that plan. Naturally, the plans that support your usage with the lowest associated cost are rated highest in the cost dimension. For call quality, we perform a comparison of the expected signal strength provided by each carrier’s network at the locations that matter most to you (i.e. at home, at work, etc). The carriers with the strongest network in those areas will rank the highest in the call quality dimension. Lastly, we combine the cost and coverage sub-rankings to come up with an aggregate plan rank.
