Which Networks Do the Prepaid Wireless Carriers Use?

Some of us choose AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile or Verizon Wireless for their large coverage areas and wide phone selections.

Others choose prepaid wireless carriers for their lower-priced plans that come without contracts. The prepaid carriers, though, typically don't own and operate their networks.

Instead, they usually buy wholesale minutes from the major carriers and resell them to you at a lower retail price.

If you're sold on a major cell phone carrier in your area because of its coverage but wanting to use a lower-priced prepaid carrier, wouldn't it be nice to know which network you're actually using?

Sometimes it's clear which network a prepaid carrier is licensing and sometimes it's not. This new article simply lists which carrier you're actually using with a lower-cost prepaid carrier.