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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Ultra Mobile to Become Available Through Convenient Store 7-Eleven

Joe Paonessa - May 18, 2015

Ultra Mobile hopes to expand its business by offering its products in over 6000 7-eleven stores as reported by phonenews.com. The company is focusing on providing service in areas with large immigrant populations, which is in line with the MVNOs focus on international calling plans. Starting at $19 every plan

GIV Mobile Drops Price of $35 Plan With 1 GB LTE to $30

Joe Paonessa - May 16, 2015

GIV Mobile Drops Price of $35 Plan to $30 GIV Mobile, a T-Mobile MVNO run by PlatinumTel has opted to lower the price of it’s $35 plan to $30. The plan includes unlimited talk, text, and data with the first 1 GB being at 4G LTE speeds. The plan also

Scratch Wireless Ends Unlimited Monthly Data Plans

Joe Paonessa - May 16, 2015

According to a poster on Howard Forums who received an email from Scratch Wireless, the company plans on getting rid of its monthly unlimited data plan. Currently the company offers unlimited data at a rate of $24.99 for 30 days. While the new plan will retain that same price, only

Virgin Mobile Adds More Data and Lowers Prices of Data Done Right Plans

Joe Paonessa - May 15, 2015

Today Sprint made an announcement in regards to its prepaid wireless brand Virgin Mobile that should inject more life and excitement into the brand. Starting tomorrow, May 16th the “Data Done Right” single and multi-line plans will include more data while the single line plan will also see a price

Cricket Giving Away All Expenses Paid Trip to 2015 BET Awards as well as Multiple Samsung Galaxy S6’s and a Year of Service

Joe Paonessa - May 11, 2015

For those of you who like free things, Cricket Wireless has announced a sweepstakes for you to enter. Cricket is sponsoring the 2015 BET Awards Afterparty Live Post-Show, and thus is appropriately awarding one VIP grand prize winner with airfare, and a 3 night, 4 day stay in Los Angeles

AT&T GoPhone $45 and $60 Plans Get Rollover Data

Joe Paonessa - May 11, 2015

AT&T announced today that starting on May 15th all new and existing customers on the $45 and $60 monthly GoPhone plans will be given Rollover Data as long as their plan is renewed on time. Existing customers will be eligible for Rollover Data on their next renewal after May 15th.

NET10 Announces New Rate Plans

Joe Paonessa - May 7, 2015

NET10 Offers 5GB LTE Data Promotion if you BYOD Hot on the heals of Straight Talk’s recent plan change, it seems NET10 has one of their own. This should come as no surprise as they are essentially the same company. Just like Straight Talk did, this multi carrier MVNO is

Verizon and Sprint LG G2’s on Sale for $149.99, ATT For $174.99

Joe Paonessa - May 6, 2015

Best Buy has the Verizon and Sprint LG G2’s on Sale for $149.99 Best Buy is currently running a sale on the Verizon and Sprint LG G2 models, the VS980 and LS980 respectively. This is quite a good price for this 2013 flagship device. The Verizon variant differs from the

More on T-Mobile’s “Data De-prioritization”

Joe Paonessa - May 6, 2015

UPDATE: 6/18/2015 T-Mobile is now defining 97% as 21 GB of data. 5/6/2015 A few days ago a story broke that T-Mobile’s unlimited data plans may not truly be unlimited after all. Some T-Mobile customers had complained that their data was being throttled, and a few alleged T-Mobile employees chimed

Signing up for Google’s Project Fi will Severely Hinder the Functionality of Google Voice

Joe Paonessa - May 6, 2015

Invitations for Google’s Project Fi wireless service have started going out to some of the people that have requested one. With the invitations have come a few unpleasant surprises. The first unpleasant surprise has to do with porting over Google Voice numbers. If you already have a Google Voice

Straight Talk Offering Several Deals Including 5GB of Data to BYOD Customers and Plan Discounts For Paying More Than One Month in Advance

Joe Paonessa - May 5, 2015

Straight Talk Wireless is currently running several promotions that make their prepaid service more attractive and competitive in the market place. The first one is that if you have your own device to bring to the MVNO they’ll up their normal monthly LTE data allotment on their $45 plan to

UVA Mobile Launches as a T-Mobile MVNO

Joe Paonessa - May 3, 2015

Currently in Beta testing, UVA Mobile has launched as a prepaid wireless provider that utilizes T-Mobile’s network as a backbone. To help acquire subscribers for the beta launch, UVA is offering special discounts in plan pricing for those who join their program this early in their launch. The early bird

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