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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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Lyca Group Releases Money Transfer Service Dubbed Lycaremit

Joe Paonessa - Dec 14, 2015
Lyca Group, the company behind Lycamobile, has announced the launch of a new product called Lycaremit.  With Lycaremit users are able to transfer money via smartphone, tablet or PC to family and friends in over 50 countries. Unlike USA based Venmo which is generally free to send money with, Lycaremit
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Consumer Cellular Twenty Dollar Bill Credit

Consumer Cellular Offers $20 Bill Credit If You Sign Up By December 31st

Joe Paonessa - Dec 12, 2015
Consumer Cellular, an AT&T and T-Mobile MVNO is currently running a promotion where new sign ups can get a $20 bill credit if they sign up for service by December 31st. The bill credit is good for new customers and for current customers who add a line of service. In
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AT&T Buy One Get One Promotion

AT&T Offering 2 For 1 Deals on Samsung Galaxy S6 and iPhone 6s

Joe Paonessa - Dec 11, 2015
AT&T has started another holiday promotion, 2 for 1 deals on the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the iPhone 6s.  There are of course stipulations with this promotion and they are as follows: Both phones must be purchased using the AT&T Next installment plan under the following terms: 1) The first
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Boost Mobile Unveils Data Free Unlimited Music Streaming

Boost Mobile Adds Data Free Unlimited Music Streaming

Joe Paonessa - Dec 9, 2015
It seems like T-Mobile was onto something last year when it unveiled unlimited music streaming that doesn’t count against your high speed data cap.  We saw Virgin Mobile announce a similar feature a couple of months ago, and today Boost Mobile has announced unlimited music streaming that doesn’t count against
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ATT Announces New Plans For Business Customers

AT&T Announces New Mobile Select Plans and Equipment Installment Plans for Business Customers

Joe Paonessa - Dec 8, 2015
AT&T is simplifying its wireless and equipment installment plans for its business customers.  The new plans will be available for smartphones, feature phones, data only devices such as laptops and tablets.  All plans with data include shared data. The plans are being aimed at business customers who require 100 lines
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ROK Mobile Drops T-Mobile and Sprint

ROK Mobile Will End Service With Sprint and T-Mobile on December 18th

Joe Paonessa - Dec 8, 2015
ROK Mobile announced on its website that it will no longer provide service on two of our three Nationwide 4G LTE networks, effective December 18th, 2015. The two providers it is dropping service with are Sprint and T-Mobile as ROK Mobile claims that your service will now be better as
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Cricket Wireless is Offering New $100 Bill Credit That Can Be Combined With Other Holiday Offers

Joe Paonessa - Dec 8, 2015
Cricket Wireless has announced a new promotion to try and entice customers to ditch their current cell phone plan provider and to join Cricket Nation.  Customers who made the switch yesterday, and those who switch by January 7 will receive a $100 bill credit for porting their number over.  Customers
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Cricket Wireless Offering Discounts on Select Smartphones

Joe Paonessa - Dec 5, 2015
Cricket Wireless announced earlier today that they will now be offering the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime, LG G Stylo and ZTE Sonata 2 smartphones at a discount both online and nationwide.  The promotions will last until 1/7/2016 and are as follows: Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime $29.99 after $70 instant discount
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Samsung Galaxy S6 32GB Unlocked

Get An Unlocked 32GB Samsung Galaxy S6 For $399.99 Via Amazon

Joe Paonessa - Nov 30, 2015
It’s Cyber Monday and Amazon is selling one of the best phones of the year, the 32GB Samsung Galaxy S6 at a discount price of $399.99. This phone is a USA variant, model number SM-G920TZKAXAR.  It is unlocked and comes with a full USA warranty. The phone features the following: 5.1-inch
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TPO Wireless 50 Percent Off Winter Sale

TPO Mobile Offering Winter Sale: 50% Off All Plans Featuring 5GB LTE Data Unlimited Talk and Text $20/Month

Joe Paonessa - Nov 27, 2015
TPO Mobile, the Sprint and T-Mobile MVNO that offers both postpaid and prepaid cell phone plans as well as plans for your tablet, is currently running a winter sale promotion where all plans are priced at 50% off for the first two months of service. TPO Monthly Unlimited Sale Plans
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RingPlus Switch From T-Mobile $201 Account Top Up

RingPlus Offering $201 Account Top Up to Those Who Switch From T-Mobile to RingPlus Paid Plan

Joe Paonessa - Nov 27, 2015
RingPlus is offering those who switch over from T-Mobile to a RingPlus paid plan a $201 account top up.  The account top up cannot be transferred to a free plan, split, exchanged, swapped, traded or redeemed for cash, credit, refund or anything else of value other than for use with
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US Mobile Everything To Know Before Subscribing

BestMVNO Exclusive: US Mobile Offers New Plans Featuring 5GB of Data for $35

Joe Paonessa - Nov 26, 2015
US Mobile is about to launch a few new cell phone plan options that should grab the attention of many T-Mobile fans, particularly those who favor data above all else. (See latest US Mobile plan updates 7/3/2016) Customers of US Mobile can mix and match various allotments of talk, text
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LG G4 T-Mobile $329.99

Get an LG G4 From T-Mobile For $324.99 No Contract!

Joe Paonessa - Nov 25, 2015
T-Mobile’s LG G4 can now be bought through T-Mobiles online store for just $324.99 with coupon code SAVE75.  This is quite a deal for a flagship device and something that even tempts me, although I’m uncertain about the size of the phone. The LG G4 features the following: 5.5″ 2560×1440
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RingPlus Announces Black Friday and Weekend Deals

Joe Paonessa - Nov 25, 2015
Beginning Black Friday, November 27, 2015 at 12PM PST and lasting until Tuesday December 1st at 12PM PST RingPlus has announced several new plans and deals.  Some of the plans are completely new to RingPlus, offering massive amounts of 4G LTE data.  Another deal offers a regular paid plan with
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Nokia Lumia 530 US Mobile

US Mobile Offers Nokia Lumia 530 For $9.99

Joe Paonessa - Nov 24, 2015
US Mobile Offers the Nokia Lumia 530 for $9.99 T-Mobile MVNO US Mobile is offering the Nokia Lumia 530 for $9.99 in their phone shop.  The phone features the following: 4″ 854×480 screen 246 ppi 512MB of RAM with 4GB of internal storage expandable with a microSD card Windows Phone
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