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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Consumer Cellular Reduces Number Of Plans, Begins To Market 2 Lines For $55
Consumer Cellular has recently eliminated some plans from its online offerings. A total of three plans are now available for purchase, down from six. Last October, the company released an offer of two unlimited lines for $55. Consumer Cellular has begun to market that offer through a newly launched TV
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LycaMobile Offering Free 30 Day Trial
Over the last several months LycaMobile has been running some pretty aggressive promos including deeply discounted phone plans and buy three months get three free deals. The latest offer from the T-Mobile MVNO is for a 30-day free trial. The free trial offer gets you 30 days of service on
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A New Crowd-Sourced Cellular Coverage Mapping Tool Has Launched
Today, Stetson Doggett of BestPhonePlans.net launched a new crowd-sourced cellular coverage mapping tool in conjunction with SpeedSmart. The new tool is available at the website https://coveragemap.com/. The platform initially launched weeks ago as an invite-only beta. The new mapping tool allows users to contribute to the project by uploading their
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DISH Shows Lack Of Commitment To Ting Mobile, Formally Rejects Option To Purchase Ting Brand Name
In August 2020, DISH and Tucows jointly announced that DISH had acquired some Ting Mobile assets from Tucows. However, DISH did not buy the Ting Mobile brand name or even all of Ting’s mobile subscribers. At the time of the acquisition, Ting Mobile was operating on the T-Mobile and Verizon
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Tello Mobile Offering 50% Off Any Plan Above $10
Tello Mobile has just launched a flash sale. The prepaid provider is offering new customers and new lines 50% off for their first month of service. That means you can get a 30-day plan with 5GB of high-speed data to try out for $9.50 before the plan goes back to
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T-Mobile Agrees To Purchase Mint Mobile, Is It A Move To Stifle Competition?
Yesterday, T-Mobile announced that it reached a deal, pending regulatory approval, to purchase Ka’ena Corporation including all of its subsidiaries and brands at a price of up to $1.35 billion. The purchase price is dependent on if a few incentives are met between now and the time the deal closes,
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Boost Mobile Is Activating Some Customers On DISH’s Native 5G Network
Several weeks ago, DISH began sending out “rainbow SIMs” to dealers. Rainbow SIMs allow dealers to activate service on the AT&T, T-Mobile, and DISH networks. Wave7 Research noted in its most recent prepaid report that in late February Boost dealers were informed that the Samsung Galaxy A23 could be activated
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PureTalk’s New TV Ad Pitches 100% Money-Back Guarantee & 50% Off
PureTalk has launched a new TV ad pitching to viewers that they offer a 100% money-back guarantee with 50% off. PureTalk’s homepage is now strongly highlighting the guarantee and it is the headline feature on the page. Wave7 Research detailed the newly launched TV ad in a report that the
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Boost Mobile Customers, Dealers, Still Suffering Effects Of Cyber Attack
It’s coming up on two weeks since DISH Network was hit by a cyber attack knocking many of its systems and websites down including its Boost brands. At the time of this writing, Boost Infinite’s homepage reads: “Thank you for your patience. We are experiencing a systems issue that our
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Verizon Prepaid Samsung Galaxy A03s Is Free At Walmart
The Verizon Prepaid Samsung Galaxy A03s is now free at Walmart with in-store activation. The firm Wave7 Research noted in its latest prepaid report that the offer is highlighted on store displays. Online, the phone has a list price of $119 but is marked down to $89.88. The online Walmart
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Visible Unlimited Plans Up To $10/Month Off, Get One For $25/Month
Visible by Verizon has launched a new promotion valid for the entire month of March. Customers can get up to $10/month off a Visible unlimited plan indefinitely, more on this in a bit. Through the promo offer, Visible’s cheapest unlimited plan is now $25/month. This offer comes with just a
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MobileX Launches Out Of Beta With Several Big Plan Updates
MobileX launched in beta to a limited number of testers in November of 2022. Today, MobileX has officially exited beta and is welcoming new subscribers to its platform. If you were one of those early beta testers that didn’t stick around, or just want to know more about the brand,
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DISH & Boost Mobile Outage Continue On, Smells Like Ransomware Attack
The DISH Network has been experiencing an outage that began last Thursday, February 23, 2023. It’s now Monday, the 27th. The outage coincided with the release of DISH’s 4Q22 earnings call and took both the old and new Boost Mobile websites (boostmobile.com and my.boostmobile.com) as well as boostinfinite.com offline. The
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Mint Mobile Deals Include 1Yr Service With Phone Purchase, Pixel 7 Is $389
Mint Mobile continues to run phone and plan bundle deals. Perhaps the hottest offer right now is the bundling of 6 months of free service with the purchase of a Google Pixel 7 and an annual plan. That means you can get a 128GB Google Pixel 7 and an unlimited
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Metro by T-Mobile’s 2023 Tax Season Deals Are Out, Include Free iPhone 11
The firm Wave7 Research reported to its subscribers that Metro by T-Mobile launched its tax season deals on 2/10/23. The headline deal is that the iPhone 11 is again free for switchers. Metro by T-Mobile has yet to advertise this offer through TV/video ads, however, BestMVNO has noticed audio ads
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