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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RingPlus Offering Free Cell Phone Plan also Revamps Plan Pricing
Starting immediately, RingPlus is offering a content sponsored free cell phone plan. Originally the plan was to be launched on June 13th, but the Sprint MVNO has notified BestMVNO that they have decided to make it available immediately although it’s not without a few technical issues that the company has
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T-Mobile to Enable Tethering on All Plans Including Prepaid
TmoNews has obtained a leaked document showing that all T-Mobile plans will soon get Mobile Hotpot and see their hotspot allotments increased 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 that include
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Top 10 Most Popular MVNOs for the Month of May 2015
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 network behind the plan makes or breaks it for you, sometimes its the price. Below you’ll find a list of the
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With Support for BYOP Tracfone Wireless Provides Great Value as Verizon/ATT MVNO: Get Over 500 MB of LTE Data with Talk and Text for Under $20/Month
Tracfone Offers Affordable Cell Phone Plans as an MVNO on Verizon’s Network with Triple Talk Text and 4G LTE Data for Smartphone Users 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
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Selectel Wireless Now Offering LTE Data on the Verizon Network
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 been difficult for dealers who say that porting a number directly to Selectel’s LTE service is not yet possible. A workaround is
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FreedomPop Offering LG Nexus 5 For $149.99 Certified Pre-owned With 90 Day Warranty
FreedomPop Offers Certified Pre-Owned Nexus 5 for $149.99 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 includes 1GB of LTE as well as unlimited talk and text. The new offer
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Brightspot Mobile Goes Dark, Service Shutting Down December 31st
BrightSpot Mobile Going Dark on December 31st 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 text message has been sent out to current Brightspot Mobile customers informing
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Sprint Prepaid Now Offering Rollover Data Available Exclusively at Best Buy
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 immediately on Sprint’s Prepaid unlimited talk and text plans. The big box store is also offering to up sell you a program
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Verizon Prepaid $45 Bonus Credit With Purchase of Top Up Card and Select Phones Via Best Buy
Best Buy is offering a $45 bonus top up credit with the purchase of select smartphones and a $45 Verizon prepaid top up card. This is effectively a buy one month get one month free deal with the purchase of a phone. Phones that can be purchased with this deal
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Total Wireless Now Offers 4G LTE Data
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 be getting LTE data speeds. Today, at least one reader at BestMVNO.com reports that they now have 4G showing with
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Ultra Mobile Updates $34 and $44 Data Plus Plans to Include More International Calling and Data
Ultra Mobile Data Plus Plans Upgraded With More Data and International Calling 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 with unlimited talk to 11. The $44 plan also got an
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Verizon Prepaid Motorola G on Sale for $24.99 at Walmart
Walmart has rolled back the price of the Motorola G prepaid non LTE version to $24.99 which is $14 cheaper than what Amazon is currently selling it for ($38.88). The Walmart sale price is also cheaper than what you would find on eBay. The budget phone, released in late 2013
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Affordable New Verizon MVNO Puppy Wireless Launched With 4G LTE Data Speeds
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. Puppy Wireless will provide 4G LTE service using Verizon as a backbone and will also provide legacy 3G service through that
Read MoreDaily Deals Page Update
I’ve been working on updating the daily deals page and have made some new and significant changes. The page has been updated to highlight new sales and special deals from around various places around the web. Currently the page is still a work in progress with just a few sales being
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ATT MVNO PureTalk USA Lowers Prices
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 generally priced their plans on the more expensive side when compared to others. However, the new changes which are highlighted below, are more
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