Articles by Joe Paonessa
Joe Paonessa
Through BestMVNO.com, Joe shares his research and experiences with MVNOs and prepaid wireless providers, helping others learn how to save money on their phone bills. Joe's current providers are Total Wireless and MobileX. When he's not working on BestMVNO, you may find Joe playing pickleball or going out for a run. For inquiries use the contact button.
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By Joe Paonessa • 08/28/25
Verizon Value brand Tracfone has launched its first ever truly unlimited data plan. The new offering includes unlimited talk, text, and data, plus 15GB of hotspot use, interna...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/21/25
Verizon announced at the All Wireless and Prepaid Expo, and in a press release, that its Value brands Simple Mobile and Total Wireless have received major plan updates. Both p...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/17/25
SurgePays, the parent company behind MVNO LinkUp Mobile and Lifeline provider Torch Wireless, has reported strong subscriber growth following its Q2 2025 earnings release. Lin...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/09/25
Visible is piloting a new feature called Inner Circle that lets customers connect multiple Visible accounts under one roof for centralized management and payment, something th...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/09/25
If you open up your MobileX app like I recently did, you’ll notice that MobileX has removed its $24.88/month unlimited plan, which offered 199GB of high-speed data before full...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/08/25
New York Mobile is a relatively new postpaid MVNO that launched in March 2025 on the T-Mobile network. The company seeks to differentiate itself from the dozens of other MVNOs...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/06/25
MobileX has finally added a feature long requested by its users. Customers can now manage multiple lines on their accounts through what MobileX is calling Xtensions. According...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/26/25
Rabona Mobile, a brand designed for soccer fans and likely Italian immigrants, has officially launched in the United States using the T-Mobile network. Rabona is both an MVNO...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/25/25
Cricket Wireless has released new plan updates today. The biggest changes revolve around hotspot usage. Cricket’s flagship $60 plan, now called Supreme Unlimited, saw its hots...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/19/25
US Mobile has rolled out significant upgrades to its Unlimited Premium and Unlimited Starter plans across all three of its network offerings: Warp (Verizon), Light Speed (T-Mo...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/11/25
Boost Mobile has refreshed its new customer offer. You can now get the $25 unlimited plan for $10/month for your first two months of service. This offer replaces one Boost sta...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/10/25
Tello Mobile has kicked off what appears to be the first “Back to School” promotion of the season. New customers who activate by August 11 can get Tello’s 5GB plan for just $1...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/10/25
For the 41st time, Simple Mobile is the winner of the latest Wave7 Research quarterly prepaid survey which was conducted in 2Q25. Ultra Mobile climbed back up to the number tw...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/09/25
Lyca Mobile is currently offering a phone plan that provides 5GB of monthly 5G data for three months with an upfront payment of $21. That brings the average monthly cost to ju...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/08/25
A recent report from Wave7 Research highlights a new partnership between RedPocket Mobile and the Pioneer Baseball League (PBL), a professional baseball league made up of 12 t...