U.S. Cellular following AT&T's lead, is now only offering shared data plans to new customers. Existing customers do not have to change to a Shared Data plan.
U.S. Cellular announced its Shared Data plans that offer data buckets starting at 300MB for $40 a month and going up to 75GB for $560 a month.
The plans start with $30 a month for a basic phone and $40 a month for a smartphone with unlimited texts and minutes.
There is $20 a month for fee a mobile hotspot and $10 a month to connect a tablet.
Tethering is included for free. There are also data-only plans for tablets, hotspots and modems that start at $10 a month for 1GB of data.
| Monthly Device Connection Charge | Minutes and Messaging | Shared Data Offering | Monthly Recurring Data Charge |
| Smartphone: $40 | Unlimited on all plans | 1GB | $50 |
| Basic Phone: $30 | 2 GB | $60 | |
| Hotspots/Wireless Modems: $20 | 4 GB | $70 | |
| Tablet: $10 | 6 GB | $80 | |
| 8 GB | $90 | ||
| 10 GB | $100 |
For basic phones, users "Talk and Text Only Plans" that include 450 minutes and unlimited messaging for individuals for $50.
The family "Talk and Text Only" plan comes with 1000 minutes and unlimited messaging for families at $100 for two lines and $20 for each additional line.
Earlier this year U.S. Celllular stopped offering many of its popular new customer promotions, which was probably a sign that shared data was coming soon.