Articles by Joe Paonessa
Joe Paonessa
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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By Joe Paonessa • 06/09/15
Starting June 12th T-Mobile will enable tethering or “mobile hotspot” on all of its postpaid, prepaid, Simple Choice, Simply Prepaid, business, government and all other plans...
By Joe Paonessa • 06/08/15
Every so often new prepaid phone plans come out that garner your interest. Sometimes the new plans are game changing other times they end up being duds. Sometimes the networ...
By Joe Paonessa • 06/06/15
UPDATED: 7/27/2015 Tracfone Now Also Includes Service on ATT’s Network Exactly as Described Below for Verizon Based Service For those of you looking to switch over from Verizo...
By Joe Paonessa • 06/03/15
On June 1st Verizon MVNO Selectel Wireless went live with its 4G LTE plans, although the transition has not been entirely smooth. Reports indicate that porting numbers has be...
By Joe Paonessa • 06/03/15
Updated: 6/3/2015 It seems that FreedomPop is running another Nexus 5 promo. The phone is again available for $150 with a one month trial of their $19.99/month plan which incl...
By Joe Paonessa • 06/02/15
It looks like the rumors are true, T-Mobile MVNO Brightspot Mobile, is shutting down on the last day of the year December 31st, 2015. Prepaid Phone News is reporting that a te...
By Joe Paonessa • 06/02/15
Best Buy has secured a deal with Sprint to allow them to be the exclusive dealer of Sprint’s prepaid wireless plans with rollover data. Rollover data is available imme...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/30/15
UPDATED 5/13/2016: See Total Wireless plans now feature 4G LTE data. May 30, 2015 Total Wireless, an MVNO that operates on Verizon’s network has been rumored for a few days to...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/28/15
Ultra Mobile announced today that they upgraded their Data Plus plans to include unlimited international calling to Hong Kong bringing the number of countries you can call wit...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/26/15
Kitty Wireless, a long time dealer and support specialist of and for the Verizon based MVNO Page Plus Cellular has opted to start an MVNO of its own, Puppy Wireless. P...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/21/15
To become more competitive in the marketplace AT&T MVNO and prepaid wireless provider Pure TalkUSA has announced pricing changes to nearly all of its plans. PureTalk had...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/18/15
Ultra Mobile hopes to expand its business by offering its products in over 6000 7-eleven stores as reported by phonenews.com. The company is focusing on providing service in...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/16/15
GIV Mobile, a T-Mobile MVNO run by PlatinumTel has opted to lower the price of it’s $35 plan to $30. The plan includes unlimited talk, text, and data with the first 1 GB bein...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/16/15
According to a poster on Howard Forums who received an email from Scratch Wireless, the company plans on getting rid of its monthly unlimited data plan. Currently the c...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/15/15
Today Sprint made an announcement in regards to its prepaid wireless brand Virgin Mobile that should inject more life and excitement into the brand. Starting tomorrow, May 16...