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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Verizon Prepaid Gets a Data Boost
All you Verizon Prepaid users out there, or those of you thinking of making the switch will be pleased to know that the carrier is increasing the amount of 4G LTE data available on it’s Allset prepaid wireless plan. When first released the plans contained 500
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Virgin Mobile in Conjunction with Walmart to Offer No Contract Data Sharing Plans
Yesterday Virgin Mobile falsely claimed to have launched the industry’s first no contract data sharing plans. Apparently the company has never heard of Consumer Cellular or Ting for that matter who each have long had such plans (Ting since 2012!). In fact, if you take a quick look
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Simply Prepaid is Simply Disappointing
T-Mobile recently announced a new set of prepaid plans entitled “Simply Prepaid” that I find simply disappointing. T-Mobile claims their goal here was to try and make their plans as straight forward as they are “affordable,” with a focus on “simplicity, fairness, and value.” While they may be
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H20 Wireless Adds 4G LTE Data to its Plans
Summary of 4G LTE Prepaid Plans Offered on H20 Wireless H2O Wireless has just added 4G LTE data to all of its prepaid wireless phone plans. It also appears that their new plans may have some small pricing changes as I have previously considered their best value plan to
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Call Ring Talk Provides a Free Phone Number and Free Phone Calls
Just the other day I wrote about RingTo as a provider of free SMS and voice calls to anywhere in America. Today I will present another company that you’ve likely never heard of that also offers free voice calls, although they do not provide sms integration as their services our
Read MoreRingTo Free Calls and SMS For All
We’ve mentioned many times before that signing up for a plan with unlimited calls and texts isn’t really necessary anymore these days, what’s most important is to go for plans that offer the most data for the least amount of money and RingTo presents another reason to buy into
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Harbor Mobile Offers Businesses, Entrepreneurs, and Sole Proprietors Unlimited 4G LTE for $50
Harbor Mobile has been around for a few months although until now we had not been covering them due to their service being primarily aimed towards businesses, which it still is. However, sole proprietors and entrepreneurs can still apply which covers quite a range of people. This MVNO is
Read MoreNew MVNOs Debuting in 2015
We here at BestMVNO from time to time get contacted by various companies and persons informing us either that they are a new MVNO that is launching or that they are a small one that has been humming along for a brief period of time. These companies
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iWireless Adds New Value Plan and Bonus Data to Another
iWireless is a little known T-Mobile MVNO that’s been flying under the radar since 1997. Recently, one of our website followers “Will” uncovered a new offering from the company. iWireless now has an unlimited talk, text and data plan for $35. Like many other MVNO’s and
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Ting Announces the Purchase of A Fiber Optic ISP
Ting Wireless recently announced that they are diversifying their business by entering into the Internet Service Provider (ISP) market through the acquisition of a small ISP located in Charlottesville, Virginia called Blue Ridge InternetWorks. Ting also stated that it has started a new mission to bring gigabit fiber optic internet
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Page Plus Cellular Claims to Have Released Unlimited Data
Page Plus Cellular is perhaps the most popular MVNO on Verizon, and they offer no contract cell phone plans starting at $12. Recently they’ve made some adjustments to their upper echelon plans which include “The 55,” for $55 and a $69.95 plan. Both plans offer unlimited talk, and text and
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T-Mobile Announces Data Stash – Unused Data Carryover
T-Mobile today unveiled Un-Carrier 8.0 in which they announced they will now allow unused monthly data to be carried over to the next month and beyond for a period of up to a year. T-Mobile also claims to be the first nationwide carrier to offer such a feature, although
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Scratch Wireless Quietly Updates Rates to Include Unlimited Data
Special thanks to one of our site visitors”PacoTaco” for spotting Scratch Wireless’s new plan options that now include unlimited data. Scratch Wireless offers no contract cell phone plans that piggyback on the Sprint network when need be. The MVNO offers plans at various price points including a completely free
Read MoreCricket Wireless Offers $100 Account Credit for Porting Number In
Cricket Wireless is offering a $100 account credit if you port in a number and switch to their service from select providers. To qualify for this offer you must port in a number from either Boost Mobile, T-Mobile, Sprint, Virgin Mobile, Cincinnati Bell or MetroPCS. Why this ATT MVNO
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Envie Mobile Quietly Launches as Verizon MVNO
A couple of months ago many sites, including this one were reporting that a new no contract cell phone service was due to launch in October using Verizon’s network as it’s backbone. It seems that network, Envie Mobile, has finally got off of the ground with very little
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