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 • 03/13/15
UPDATED: 3/20/2015 Ever since its introduction last month, Sprint’s Financial Eligibility Check (FEC) has been a nightmare for its MVNO business partners as well as thei...
By Joe Paonessa • 03/12/15
Just the other day, Cricket Wireless announced that they would offer the Motorola Moto E LTE starting March 13th, for $129.99 which at the time of the announcement made...
By Joe Paonessa • 03/10/15
Using code “SMARTY” Sprint MVNO Kajeet is currently offering 25% off select phones. Phone selection is rather limited however with a majority of phones being models tha...
By Joe Paonessa • 03/10/15
After contacting Consumer Cellular, Prepaid Phone News is reporting that the company is now selling sim cards and service that operate on T-Mobile’s network. Consumer Cellul...
By Joe Paonessa • 03/08/15
Recently I’ve been making changes to the site in hopes of better serving you the readers, as well as those of you in need of a new cell phone plan. As such, you may...
Consumer Cellular Adds More Talk, Text and Data to No Contract Wireless Plans Without Raising Prices
By Joe Paonessa • 03/02/15
Consumer Cellular has announced that for the “10th time in 8 years” they are improving on the value of their no contact wireless plans by offering more talk, text and...
By Joe Paonessa • 02/28/15
ROK Mobile has silently been running a promotion. It’s the same promotion they had for the December holiday season. I do not know how long they have been runni...
By Joe Paonessa • 02/27/15
Attention data hogs, regional carrier iWireless might have the plan for you. A peak at iWireless’s website shows that it has been updated to include special pricing o...
By Joe Paonessa • 02/24/15
Today Ting Mobile announced that anyone who has or presumably purchases one of their GSM based SIM cards can now participate in their open beta program. I’ve be...
By Joe Paonessa • 02/21/15
UPDATE: 03/16/2015 Tracfone Wireless has quietly launched a new MVNO that operates on the Verizon network. That MVNO is Total Wireless and their service is currently...
By Joe Paonessa • 02/21/15
Boost Mobile is now offering unlimited calling to Mexico and Canada as well as unlimited international text messaging for an additional $5/month to those subscribed to...
By Joe Paonessa • 02/21/15
Come March 1st Verizon is said to be releasing a new prepaid wireless plan for $60. The new plan will include unlimited talk and text, and 2.5 GB of 4G LTE data...
By Joe Paonessa • 02/20/15
Today Sprint announced a new deal involving its family share plans. For $90/month customers can now get unlimited talk, text, and 12 GB of shared data for up to 10 lines. Us...
By Joe Paonessa • 02/20/15
Cellular Data Network Settings Disabled on iOS with ATT MVNO SIM Cards I was recently contacted by a reader who is having a problem with getting their AT&T carrier...
By Joe Paonessa • 02/18/15
AT&T has announced that starting February 20th, users of the not so competitively priced service will get a free plan upgrade. Those on the $45 plan will get a b...