Independent Prepaid Wireless Site Rates 30 Carriers; T-Mobile Tops the List

PrepaidReviews.com, which is an independent site for consumer information on low-cost prepaid wireless service, has rated the following 30 carriers in order of highest ranked to lowest:

1. T-Mobile (5.0/5.0)
2. AT&T (4.5/5.0)
3. Page Plus Cellular (4.5/5.0)
4. PlatinumTel (4.5/5.0)
5. Boost Mobile (4.0/5.0)
6. Locus (4.0/5.0)
7. MetroPCS (4.0/5.0)
8. Net10 (4.0/5.0)
9. Ready Mobile (4.0/5.0)
10. Red Pocket Mobile (4.0/5.0)
11. Total Call Mobile (4.0/5.0)
12. TracFone (4.0/5.0)
13. Verizon Wireless (4.0/5.0)
14. Virgin Mobile (4.0/5.0)
15. Alltel (3.5/5.0)
16. Consumer Cellular (3.5/5.0)
17. Kajeet (3.5/5.0)
18. Simple Freedom (3.5/5.0)
19. Straight Talk (3.5/5.0)
20. U.S. Cellular (3.5/5.0)
21. Earth Tones (3.0/5.0)
22. Jitterbug (3.0/5.0)
23. o2 Wireless (3.0/5.0)
24. Xtreme Mobile (3.0/5.0)
25. Cricket (2.5/5.0)
26. Jump Mobile (2.5/5.0)
27. Liberty Wireless (2.5/5.0)
28. Mojo Mobile (2.0/5.0)
29. STI Mobile (2.0/5.0)
30. Venture Mobile (1.5/5.0)

The site awards T-Mobile's prepaid wireless service with a perfect 5.0 out of 5.0 rating. PrepaidReviews.com says about T-Mobile: "T-Mobile's to-go plans offer great coverage in T-Mobile-friendly areas, a wide array of basic phone features and competitive pricing."

With AT&T following T-Mobile by just a hair, PlatinumTel and Page Plus Cellular are tied for the highest-rated mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) prepaid carriers. PlatinumTel uses the Sprint network and Page Plus uses Verizon.

PrepaidReviews.com says its editors determine carrier ratings based on pricing, ease of obtaining service, fees to obtain service, coverage area, quality of phones, ease of buying minutes, customer service, features included, additional features, roaming and consumer feedback.

You can learn about the specifics of all the prepaid wireless plans at AT&T, Boost Mobile, Cricket, Jitterbug, PlatinumTel, Straight Talk, T-Mobile, TracFone and Virgin Mobile in this mega compilation! You can read all 30 carrier ratings at PrepaidReviews.com here.