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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T-Mobile Gives Customers Free MLB at Bat Subscription a $20 Value

Joe Paonessa - May 1, 2015

Starting today, May 1st, T-Mobile is granting access to the MLB.com’s At Bat service with premium features for free. The service normally costs $19.99 and it comes with the ability to stream MLB.TV’s game of the day, track every pitch, watch in game highlights, listen to home and away broadcasts

TextNow Upgrades All Plans to Include Unlimited Talk

Joe Paonessa - Apr 30, 2015

Sprint MVNO TextNow recently updated all of its plans to include unlimited talk and 2G data. The upgrade to unlimited talk is a welcomed addition to its plans, although the inclusion of unlimited 2G data may be considered more of a gesture than a useable feature to some. TextNow offers

T-Mobile Throttling Unlimited Data Customers?

Joe Paonessa - Apr 29, 2015

TmoNews has reported on a story that started on Reddit where some users with unlimited data plans have been complaining that their speeds have been getting throttled. The complaints have not gone unnoticed as the thread currently has over 300 comments and has caught the attention T-Mobile’s CEO, John

Ultra Mobile Introduces Data Plus Plans, 2 Plans with Unlimited Data

Joe Paonessa - Apr 28, 2015

A few days ago T-Mobile MVNO Ultra Mobile unveiled some new plans for those of you that don’t necessarily require a lot of international talk and text, something that the company specializes in, but rather favor having increased allotments of 4G LTE data. The plans are priced at $34

Google’s MVNO Officially Announced, Dubbed Project Fi

Joe Paonessa - Apr 22, 2015

Today is the day many if you have been waiting for as Google officially announced the details and launching of its MVNO service which it has dubbed “Project Fi.” It turns out many of the previously leaked details are true. The service will start off at first with availability limited

Republic Wireless Testing the Refunding of Unused Data

Joe Paonessa - Apr 21, 2015

Republic Wireless has announced some good news for those of you who don’t use up all of your data in a given month. On May 18th the company will begin beta testing a program dubbed “Maestro” in conjunction with thousands of Republic Lab testers. The testers will get

Pix Wireless INC Launches Sprint MVNO “Pix Wireless”

Joe Paonessa - Apr 18, 2015

PIX Wireless INC, a company that also runs Español Mobile recently launched a new wireless brand “Pix Wireless”. Just like Español Mobile, the plans will utilize the Sprint Network for service. This new brand utilizes Sprint’s 4G LTE data pipeline, and all base plans appear to include unlimited data

Walmart Adds More Data to its Family Mobile Plans

Joe Paonessa - Apr 18, 2015

Walmart Family Mobile offers 3 cell phone plans that operate on the T-Mobile network. Plans are priced at $24.88, $29.88 and $39.88. Each plan includes unlimited talk and text, with off network voice and sms roaming but no data roaming. The two most expensive plans got their monthly 4G

FreedomPop May Be Sold in Weeks Also Announces New “Premium Voice” Cellular Service Option

Joe Paonessa - Apr 9, 2015

Stephen Stokols, CEO of FreedomPop recently interviewed with Fierce Wireless stating that the company plans to wrap up talks for a merger or acquisition (M&A) in the next 4-6 weeks. Talks about a possible merger or acquisition have been rumored now for quite some time. In preparation, FreedomPop has aligned

Cricket Wireless 20 GB Advanced Plan Promotion Expires Today

Joe Paonessa - Apr 9, 2015

Cricket Wireless has had a promotion going on for a while where you could purchase a plan with 20 GB of LTEish (LTE download data speed capped at 8 Mbps) data for $55 a month with auto pay enabled. Normally at that price point you only get 10

Boost Mobile Unveils New Plan $30 Unlimited Talk, Text and 2GB LTE Data

Joe Paonessa - Apr 2, 2015

Boost Mobile just announced a new $30 plan, only available to those of you who enable auto Re-Boost with a 4G LTE device. Auto Re-Boost of course, is their term for auto pay. The plan seems to take aim at MetroPCS who recently launched a new plan with 1 GB

Giv Mobile Lowers Prices and Adds More Data

Joe Paonessa - Mar 29, 2015

Recently Giv Mobile announced via Facebook some changes to its cell phone plans. It’s $20 plan got a data boost from 150 MB to 250 MB of 3G/4G (HSPA+), while the $35 plan got a boost from 500 MB to 1 GB of 4G LTE. Previously $45 and $65

Rok Mobile $99 for Three Months of Unlimited Talk, Text and Data, and a Streaming Audio Library of 20 Million+ Songs

Joe Paonessa - Mar 26, 2015

Rok Mobile is a unique MVNO that operates on the T-Mobile and Sprint networks. Today they unleashed a new promotion, that is unrivaled by any other prepaid wireless provider. The special promotion is that if you are willing to commit to 3 months of service, they’ll give it

MetroPCS Launches New Promotion. Unlimited Talk Text and Data with 1 GB 4G HSPA+ $30

Joe Paonessa - Mar 24, 2015

Today, MetroPCS launched a new promotion with no specific end date mentioned. The plan includes unlimited talk, text and data for $30, with the first 1 GB 4G HSPA+ before throttling to presumably 64-128 Kbps. There are more caveats to this plan besides being limited to HSPA+

T-Mobile Adds More Streaming Music Providers to Its Music Freedom Service

Joe Paonessa - Mar 23, 2015

When T-Mobile announced Music Freedom several months ago, it started with just a little over half a dozen streaming partners at launch. Today, including three new ones, the carrier now has 31 different streaming audio partners. For those of you who don’t know, Music Freedom is a service perk