Cheap Mega-Data SIMs Are Fading Out
Carriers are quietly winding down the budget data plans that once sold on price — and users are starting to read the fine print.
The era of "ten bucks for a hundred gigs" is losing signal, one bar at a time.
Carriers are pruning the budget data plans in earnest: once the promotional window closes, monthly fees drift back to baseline — and new SIMs arrive with leaner data and higher thresholds.
With the bill in one hand and the 5G toggle in the other, the customers who stick around are finally learning to read the fine print.