Articles by 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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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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AirVoice Wireless Updated Plans To Be Like Mint Mobile, But Forgot To Market Them
In January 2022, HTH Communications announced that it purchased AirVoice Wireless, a brand that had become stale over the years and wasn’t particularly competitive. AirVoice did little to market itself or even regularly update its plans. However, things have been at least partly changing under new ownership. Toward the end
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Tello Mobile Offering $4 Off Your First Month For Several Plans, Get 25GB For $25
Tello Mobile has launched another limited-time promotion offering new lines and new customers $4 off most plans for their first month. This is a step back from the 50% off promo Tello provided last month. The $4 off promo is valid with full-service phone plans as well as data-only plans.
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Mint Mobile Updating Plans To Include More Data Without Price Increases
On April 14, Mint Mobile will be updating all of its wireless plans to include more data. Pricing for each plan will remain the same. Here’s how each plan will be updated: $15/mo – increased to 5GB, up from 4GB $20/mo – increased to 15GB, up from 10GB $25/mo –
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Red Pocket Mobile Offering 15% Off Annual Plans, 50% Off Your 1st Month, $300 Off iPhones
As the tax season heads down the final stretch, Red Pocket Mobile is making one last marketing push to try and sell you a plan. The provider is offering 15% off its annual plans as sold through the Red Pocket Mobile website. The MVNO is also offering 50% off your
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Boost Mobile Offer Gets You 30GB Data For Your Hotspot Or Tablet For $25
Boost Mobile is quietly running a deal for a hotspot/tablet plan. It’s not really being marketed anywhere and isn’t featured on Boost Mobile’s website. The offer is for a $25/month “unlimited” data plan for tablets and hotspot devices. But of course, unlimited isn’t really truly unlimited. This plan that Boost
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Xfinity Mobile Deals Include Free Moto G Stylus 5G, Up To $800 Off iPhones
Xfinity Mobile is currently running a small number of deals. One offer is for a free Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G (2022). Other limited-time offers include up to $800 off a 5G iPhone with a trade-in or $500 without the need for a trade-in. Of course, every offer has some
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Simple Mobile Wins 1Q23 Wave7 Research Prepaid Dealer Survey, Verizon Prepaid Hot On Its Heels
Simple Mobile has won the Wave7 Research 1st quarter 2023 independent multi-carrier prepaid dealer survey. The provider has won every single quarterly survey ever performed by the firm. This was the 33rd survey. However, compared to previous surveys, fewer dealers responded with Simple Mobile as being their top seller, and
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Consumer Cellular Reduces Number Of Plans, Begins To Market 2 Lines For $55
Consumer Cellular has recently eliminated some plans from its online offerings. A total of three plans are now available for purchase, down from six. Last October, the company released an offer of two unlimited lines for $55. Consumer Cellular has begun to market that offer through a newly launched TV
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LycaMobile Offering Free 30 Day Trial
Over the last several months LycaMobile has been running some pretty aggressive promos including deeply discounted phone plans and buy three months get three free deals. The latest offer from the T-Mobile MVNO is for a 30-day free trial. The free trial offer gets you 30 days of service on
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A New Crowd-Sourced Cellular Coverage Mapping Tool Has Launched
Today, Stetson Doggett of BestPhonePlans.net launched a new crowd-sourced cellular coverage mapping tool in conjunction with SpeedSmart. The new tool is available at the website https://coveragemap.com/. The platform initially launched weeks ago as an invite-only beta. The new mapping tool allows users to contribute to the project by uploading their
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DISH Shows Lack Of Commitment To Ting Mobile, Formally Rejects Option To Purchase Ting Brand Name
In August 2020, DISH and Tucows jointly announced that DISH had acquired some Ting Mobile assets from Tucows. However, DISH did not buy the Ting Mobile brand name or even all of Ting’s mobile subscribers. At the time of the acquisition, Ting Mobile was operating on the T-Mobile and Verizon
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Tello Mobile Offering 50% Off Any Plan Above $10
Tello Mobile has just launched a flash sale. The prepaid provider is offering new customers and new lines 50% off for their first month of service. That means you can get a 30-day plan with 5GB of high-speed data to try out for $9.50 before the plan goes back to
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T-Mobile Agrees To Purchase Mint Mobile, Is It A Move To Stifle Competition?
Yesterday, T-Mobile announced that it reached a deal, pending regulatory approval, to purchase Ka’ena Corporation including all of its subsidiaries and brands at a price of up to $1.35 billion. The purchase price is dependent on if a few incentives are met between now and the time the deal closes,
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Boost Mobile Is Activating Some Customers On DISH’s Native 5G Network
Several weeks ago, DISH began sending out “rainbow SIMs” to dealers. Rainbow SIMs allow dealers to activate service on the AT&T, T-Mobile, and DISH networks. Wave7 Research noted in its most recent prepaid report that in late February Boost dealers were informed that the Samsung Galaxy A23 could be activated
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PureTalk’s New TV Ad Pitches 100% Money-Back Guarantee & 50% Off
PureTalk has launched a new TV ad pitching to viewers that they offer a 100% money-back guarantee with 50% off. PureTalk’s homepage is now strongly highlighting the guarantee and it is the headline feature on the page. Wave7 Research detailed the newly launched TV ad in a report that the
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