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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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Microsoft Lumia 640 GoPhone Black

Best Buy Offers Microsoft Lumia 640 4G No Contract on Sale for $59.99

Joe Paonessa - Oct 24, 2015
Microsoft Lumia 640 GoPhone Black Best Buy is currently discounting the no contract Nokia Lumia 640 to $59.99, regular price is $79.99.  The phone is designed for use with ATT and ATT MVNO’s and may require 6 months of active service on a GoPhone plan before it can be unlocked
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Boost Mobile Switch and Save $50 Credit

Get a $50 Credit When You Port Over to Boost Mobile

Joe Paonessa - Oct 23, 2015
Boost Mobile Switch and Save $50 Credit Promotion New customers who purchase a new phone and activate on a Boost Mobile Monthly Unlimited Plan with Growing Data will receive a $50 account credit for doing so.  The offer is valid from now until 1/3/16 and is available online only.  Subscribers
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RingPlus Announces Free Unlimited Cell Service: The Next Generation Plan 1

Joe Paonessa - Oct 20, 2015
RingPlus has announced yet another new promotional free plan.  By the title of the plan, I suspect several more free promotional plans will be announced again in the near future.  RingPlus announces new promotional plans so often that they can be hard to keep up with.  I suspect all of
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Simple Mobile Double Data Promotion

Simple Mobile Launches Promotional Double Data on Select Plans

Joe Paonessa - Oct 18, 2015
Simple Mobile, one of several TracFone owned brands, and a T-Mobile MVNO has launched a new promotion that doubles the amount of data on three plans until the end of the year, 12/31/2015. New Plans and Promotions As part of the promotion, Simple Mobile’s $45 plan got a price reduction
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US Mobile Everything To Know Before Subscribing

US Mobile Updates Plans to Include More Data and a la carte Pricing Options Featuring 2.5 GB LTE for $25

Joe Paonessa - Oct 17, 2015
US Mobile, a T-Mobile MVNO that allows you to custom build your own cellphone plan has updated its plans to include more data and and some cheaper pricing options.  The updated plans should be live on their website relatively soon (Updated: Plans are now live). US Mobile’s cell phone plans
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H2O Wireless $60 Unlimited Plan

H2O Wireless Increases Data and Adds Mobile Calling to Mexico on Select Plans

Joe Paonessa - Oct 15, 2015
H2O Wireless, a prepaid wireless provider that operates on AT&T’s network has announced some changes to its plans. $60 Unlimited Plan H2O Wireless $60 Unlimited Plan First off, the company replaced its short lived $65 plan which was only announced back in April, with a plan that costs $60.  The
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CellNUVO Initially Launches as a Sprint MVNO With Free Cell Phone Service

Joe Paonessa - Oct 12, 2015
CellNUVO is a prepaid wireless provider offering service on the Sprint network.  The company had been beta testing service for the past two years but officially went live to the public last week. CellNUVO currently offers two phone plans, one that is completely free and one with an initial charge
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RingPlus Free Future Plan

Ringplus Offering 1000 min/sms and 1 GB LTE Data Free Today For Nexus and iPhone Users

Joe Paonessa - Oct 9, 2015
RingPlus The Future Plan It’s another day and another RingPlus promo is upon us.  Starting today at 3pm EST, any iPhone or Nexus device from any carrier can sign-up for 1000/1000/1000 of Voice, Text, MB of 4G LTE data per month respectively for free. This promotion is open to new
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Virgin Mobile Data Free Music

Virgin Mobile Adds Data Free Streaming Music

Joe Paonessa - Oct 8, 2015
Virgin Mobile, a prepaid wireless Sprint MVNO has announced that starting on October 9th you’ll be able to stream music from select providers without having it count against your high speed 4G LTE data cap. The company is appropriately calling this feature #DataFreeMusic. Since Virgin Mobile is actually owned by
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RingPlus Free Plans “Jasmine” and “Pepper” Promotion Ends at 10 PM PST Tonight

Joe Paonessa - Oct 5, 2015
RingPlus is at it again with promotions.  Two more free plans are currently available and you can only signup for them until 10 PM PST tonight (October 5, 2015).  Both plans will be available while supplies last and are for new lines of service and those making plan changes. Pepper
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EasyGo Unlimited Plan

easyGO Offers Unlimited Talk, Text, MMS and International Talk and SMS for $20/Month

Joe Paonessa - Oct 3, 2015
EasyGo Unlimited Plan EasyGO, the ATT MVNO that is owned by H2O Wireless, has just announced a new plan dubbed “easyGO Unlimited” that costs $20/month.  The plan features unlimited talk, text and MMS as well as unlimited international talk to 11 countries ((Canada including mobile, China including mobile, France, Hong
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RingPlus Free Future Plan

RingPlus Offers 1000 Minutes, Text and MB of Data Free to iPhone, HTC 510 and T-Mobile/MVNO Customers

Joe Paonessa - Oct 3, 2015
RingPlus The Future Plan For a limited time RingPlus is offering yet another promotion dubbed “The Future Plan” which is currently running now through 8 PM Saturday October 3rd PST, before reopening from 9 AM to 10 PM PST on Sunday October 4th. The promotion includes 1000 minutes of talk,
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Cricket Wireless Cell Phone Plans Summary

Cricket Wireless Expands Retail Presence Via Target

Joe Paonessa - Oct 2, 2015
Cricket Wireless, a prepaid wireless provider owned by ATT has continued its national expansion into retail by offering its services in nearly 1600 Target stores.  Starting on October 25th, 2015, SIM cards and phones will be available via participating Target stores and via https://target.com The addition of Target to Crickets
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TPO Mobile Offers 5 GB of Data For 2 Months for 1 Cent!

Joe Paonessa - Oct 1, 2015
Updated: 10/1/2015 TPO states that the penny promotion will last until October 31, 2015 10/1/2015 TPO Mobile, an MVNO that operates on Sprint and T-Mobile’s network is currently running an attention grabbing promotion offering unlimited talk, text and 5 GB of 4G LTE data for two months for 1¢ +
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Experian Compromised: Data Breach Impacts Approximately 15 Million T-Mobile Customers

Joe Paonessa - Oct 1, 2015
T-Mobile CEO John Legere has announced that they have been notified by Experian that Experian has experienced a data breach.  Experian is a vendor that processes credit applications for T-Mobile. According to Legere a hacker has acquired the records of approximately 15 million people. Those who have applied for service
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