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Joe Paonessa


Joe Paonessa
Joe Paonessa is the founder of BestMVNO.com. He started BestMVNO in 2013, because like many of you, he was unhappy with the high price he was paying his wireless provider for cell phone service. After researching how to cut costs on his phone bill, he came across the terms MVNO and prepaid wireless, and learned there was a way he could keep using his favorite network without having to pay a premium price for it.

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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John Legere T-Mobile MetroPCS Promotion

MetroPCS Announces New Promotions For Families, Up To 50% A Line

Joe Paonessa - Jul 6, 2016
MetroPCS, through its parent company T-Mobile, made a few announcements today in regards to some new promotions it is offering as well as to boast of the companies recent growth and success. To start, T-Mobile has made the claim that MetroPCS is absolutely crushing it, and that it is America’s
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ROK Mobile Eliminates Unlimited Data

Say It Ain’t So, ROK Mobile Says So Long To Unlimited Data

Joe Paonessa - Jul 6, 2016
ROK Mobile has announced that on August 1st, its unlimited but throttled data plan will go kaput.  In its place will be a hard cap of 5 GB. ROK Mobile is a Verizon MVNO that initially launched service roughly two years ago as a Sprint and T-Mobile MVNO.  The company only
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RingPlus Logo

RingPlus Revamps Plan Lineup With Less Plans, All Plans Now Include MMS

Joe Paonessa - Jul 3, 2016
RingPlus hasn’t run any new cell phone plan promotions in a couple of weeks.  Perhaps this is because the Sprint MVNO was busy changing its plan lineup around in a big way. RingPlus has reduced the number of its paid, or premium monthly plan count from 9 plans to 3!
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RingPlus 4th of July Add On Sale

RingPlus 4th Of July Sale Offers Plan Add On Discounts

Joe Paonessa - Jul 2, 2016
RingPlus has yet to announce any special plan promotions for the 4th of July, and in fact the Sprint MVNO has been rather quite as of late in regards to announcing new promotional plans.  RingPlus has instead opted to announce discounted pricing for Add ons through Wednesday July 6th, 2016
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TPO Wireless 50 Percent Off July 2016 Sale

TPO Mobile Plans Now 50% OFF. Get Unlimited Talk, Text And 2GB Data For $12.50

Joe Paonessa - Jun 30, 2016
UPDATED:7/2/2016 It seems that TPO has changed their initial promo to now only include select plans. UPDATED:6/30/2016 The People’s Operator, otherwise known as TPO Wireless, has just extended a promotion it had been running where new subscribers could get 50% off of the plan of their choosing for their first month of
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Republic Wirelss Unlocked Moto G4

Republic Wireless Announces Motorola G4 And G4 Plus, Updates App With Voice Roaming Improvements

Joe Paonessa - Jun 29, 2016
Republic Wireless has announced availability and pricing for a couple of new phones, the Motorola Moto G4 and the Moto G4 Plus.  Both phones will become available unlocked on July 28th for $199 and $299 respectively. Specifications Moto G4 $199 5.5″ 1920x1080p 401 ppi display 16 GB or 32 GB
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T-Mobile Announces Summer Unleashed

Headed To Europe This Summer? Enjoy Unlimited Data With T-Mobile

Joe Paonessa - Jun 26, 2016
Every summer, the most popular overseas travel destination is Europe and this summer more than 2.5 million Americans are expected to travel there.  If you’re a T-Mobile customer with a Simple Choice plan and headed to Europe this summer you’ll be happy to know that you’ll have access to unlimited
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ATT GoPhone ZTE Zmax 2 4G Sale

Best Buy Has The 16GB ZTE Zmax 2 4G On Sale For $59.99

Joe Paonessa - Jun 26, 2016
Best Buy has the AT&T GoPhone ZTE Zmax 2 4G with 16 GB of internal storage on sale for $59.99, a $40 savings off of the regular price of $99.99.  The phone should work on any AT&T MVNO and should be unlockable for use on another GSM network. ZTE Zmax
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FreedomPop

FreedomPop Generating Revenue From Almost Half Of Its British Users

Joe Paonessa - Jun 21, 2016
FreedomPop a freemium Sprint MVNO that also offers global GSM service through various partners is reporting that almost half of its British users are paying for optional services in addition to its free voice and data plan. FreedomPop’s CEO Stephen Stokols says that the conversion rate in the UK of
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Cricket Wireless Bill Switcher Credit

Cricket Wireless Offering Bill Credits For Making The Switch

Joe Paonessa - Jun 20, 2016
Cricket Wireless is offering a bill switcher credit to those who make the switch to its network by July 14, 2016.  Those that do will receive a $50 bill credit, and if you bring your own phone you’ll receive an additional $35 bill credit. The fine print states that the
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Major Wireless Carrier Customer Satisfaction Survey

According To A Study By Market Force, T-Mobile and Consumer Cellular Are America’s Favorite Wireless Carrier And MVNO

Joe Paonessa - Jun 19, 2016
Market Force Information (Market Force), a customer experience management and research company conducted a large scale consumer study in May of 2016 polling over 8,600 consumers with the intent of uncovering trends in the wireless industry.  Respondents’ ages ranged from 18 to over 65 with 73% being woman and 27%
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campusSIMS

campusSIMs Partners With Pure TalkUSA To Bring Phone Service To International Students

Joe Paonessa - Jun 19, 2016
campusSIMs, formerly a T-Mobile MVNO has announced a new partnership with Pure TalkUSA.  Through the partnership, campusSIMs will be able to provide service to its customers by reselling talk, text, and data that it purchases from Pure TalkUSA.  Pure TalkUSA will in turn provide all network support services to campusSIMs.
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RingPlus Surfing 6 Free Plan

RingPlus Surfing Free Plan 6.0 Features 3750 Talk, Text And MB Of Data With 200 MMS

Joe Paonessa - Jun 19, 2016
RingPlus is launching its latest beta test research program today entitled Surfing 6.0 and it will run from 5 PM PST until 7 PM PST.  The plan will also reopen on Monday, June 20, 2016 with the exact same hours. The Surfing 6.0 Free Plan is only open to new
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H2O Wireless Logo

H2O Wireless Adding More High Speed Data To Plans

Joe Paonessa - Jun 16, 2016
Come July 1st, several H2O Wireless cell phone plans are said to get higher data allotments without any changes in pricing. All H2O Wireless monthly plans include unlimited talk and text, with unlimited international talk and text to over 50 countries.  When the changes go live, H2O’s new plans will be
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Red Pocket eBay Plan 90 Day Best Value

Red Pocket Adds New eBay Plans

Joe Paonessa - Jun 16, 2016
Red Pocket, which already sells some cell phone plans exclusively on eBay has released two new offerings, a 90 day Unlimited Best Value Plan and a 90 day Unlimited Pro Plan.  Like all of its other eBay plans they are offered with your choice of backing network, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint
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