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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Coding Error On MetroPCS Website Potentially Exposes Sensitive Information of 10 Million+ Customers
More than 10 million MetroPCS customers had their personally identifiable information put at risk by a coding error on the companies website, although to obtain the information one would have to know the phone number of a MetroPCS customer. Armed with a subscribers phone number a potential hacker would have
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EcoMobile Relaunches With New Plans and Service
Ecomobile Launches New Plans With a Point System Ecomobile formerly operated solely as a Sprint MVNO. It still operates on Sprint today but now the company has added service on Verizon and T-Mobile as well. To go with the new network providers the company has also released some new plans.
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Cricket Wireless Announces Holiday Shopping Deals
Cricket Wireless Announces 2015 Holiday Promotion Cricket Wireless announced some new cell phone deals today that are available immediately. The AT&T owned MVNO is offering the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime for $29.99 and the LG G stylo for $49.99. A quick search on eBay and Amazon shows that both phones
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Walmart Offering Promotional Double Data for Life With Verizon’s $45 Prepaid Plan
Verizon Prepaid Double Data for Life Walmart Promo Walmart is currently running a promotion where new data plans purchased through the store for Verizon’s $45 Prepaid plan can get double data for life as along as the smartphone plan stays active. The promotion is running through 1/17/16. This plan normally
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1.5GB Data, 1500 Talk and SMS Free With RingPlus Eligibility Includes Unlocked Phones
RingPlus is at it again, offering another free promotional plan entitled Leonardo 2. This promotion is open to new activations and select devices from other carriers are eligible. The promotion is live now through midnight central time Friday the 13th. Details of the promotion can be found below: This Promo
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Un-Carrier 10: T-Mobile Announces Binge On Video Streaming that Doesn’t Count Against Your Data and Doubles Data of Simple Choice Plans
T-Mobile CEO John Legere greets T-Mobile and Metro PCS employees on the “Magenta Carpet” at Un-carrier X at the Shrine Auditorium on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/AP Images for T-Mobile) At its 10th Un-carrier event today, T-Mobile announced what it has called Binge On.
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Microsoft Lumia 640 GoPhone $29.99 on Black Friday
Microsoft Lumia 640 GoPhone Black Friday Deal at Best Buy Best Buy is selling the Microsoft Lumia 640 GoPhone for $29.99 on Black Friday. Retail price for the phone is $79.99 although it can often be found for $59.99. The phone can be unlocked for use on T-Mobile or other
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Ting Mobile Adds Fewer Subscribers in 3rd Quarter Blames Sprints FED
Ting Mobile, the Sprint MVNO owned by Tucows has announced that they have added fewer net customers in the third quarter than they did a year ago. Gross additions however were the best ever for the MVNO. Ting Mobile had 9,000 new accounts and 14,000 devices added for the third
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Harbor Mobile Officially Relaunched as ATT Reseller of Business Plans
After several months of having a website that said website under construction and new plans coming soon, the day has finally arrived for Harbor Mobile to release its new website and plans. The company’s new website features a tagline that reads: Designed for business, we have the perfect AT&T plans
Read MoreRingPlus Launches Promotion: Unlimited Talk/Text and 1GB of LTE Data for $12.99
UPDATED:11/4/2015. The plan is now live and available on the RingPlus website. It is called Sugar. 11/3/2015 On Wednesday November 4th, time to be announced, RingPlus will run another promotion featuring unlimited talk and text with 1GB of 4G LTE data for $12.99. Full details of this promotion have yet
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Target Offers 5% Off a Variety of Prepaid Phone Cards
Target is offering 5% off of a variety of prepaid phone cards including airtime for Verizon Wireless, H2O Wireless, Tracfone, and AT&T’s GoPhone to name a few. The sale is good from November 1-November 7 and an additional 5% can be saved with a Target red card. Some prepaid phone
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Motorola Moto E AT&T GoPhone on Sale for $42.99
The sale price expired on 11/2/15. The phone is currently listing at $59.95. Best Buy is currently selling the 4G LTE Motorola Moto E for $42.99. The no contract AT&T GoPhone normally retails for $74.99, a savings of $32. The phone features the following: Motorola Moto E 4G
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Scratch Wireless to Update Plans and Prices and Eliminate Service in Some Areas With Specific Area Codes
A BestMVNO reader sent in a tip today by passing along an email that they received from Scratch Wireless. It seems that the company is no longer able to support its freemium model due to their high cost of operations and regulatory requirements. The freemium model included unlimited talk and
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Get a Factory Unlocked 16GB LG Nexus 5 D820 for $174.99
An eBay seller is currently offering the 16GB LG Nexus 5 factory unlocked, brand new for $174.99. Being a Nexus 5, it is a two year old model phone with the following specifications: 4.95″ 1080P IPS display 2.3 GHZ Snapdragon 800 Quad Core CPU 16GB of internal storage with 2GB
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Republic Wireless Updates Plans With Some Astronomically High Pricing
Republic Wireless has added some new wireless plans and I have a hard time seeing how they’ll appeal to anyone but we’ll get more into that in a moment. Republic has also eliminated one of its plans. The $5 plan that offered unlimited talk and text that only worked on
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