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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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Sharp Aquos on Boost Mobile

Boost Mobile Has Offered A Deep Discount on the Sharp Aquos Crystal

Joe Paonessa - Nov 29, 2014
Those of you who don’t need a high end top notch phone and looking to join Boost Mobile may have come across this great deal.  With promo code aquosrmn50 you can score the Sharp Aqous Crystal for $59.99(subject to zip code availability).  Without the code, the phone has already been
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Amazon Fire Phone

Amazon Fire Phone Offered at A Deep Discount

Joe Paonessa - Nov 28, 2014
Amazon Fire Phone Discounted and Includes Amazon Prime for One Year at $199      Amazon’s Fire Phone has not been the hot seller the company hoped it would be, and there are several reasons for this including their exclusive partnership with AT&T at launch and some design/software flaws.  That being
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Cricket Wireless Cyber Monday Deals

Joe Paonessa - Nov 26, 2014
If you’re in need of a new phone and are considering switching over to Cricket Wireless, you may want to wait until Monday when their Cyber Monday deals go live.  On Cyber Monday, December 1st, Cricket will be offering the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Samsung Galaxy s5 for 50% off
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ATT Prepaid GoPhone

ATT Introduces $45 Prepaid GoPhone Plan

Joe Paonessa - Nov 20, 2014
ATT has silently introduced a new prepaid GoPhone plan at a cost of $45.  The plan includes unlimited talk, text and data although data is throttled to 128Kbps once you surpass the 1 GB of 4G LTE that you are allotted.  Also included is unlimited texting to over 100 countries. 
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MetroPCS Logo

MetroPCS Offers Buy One Get One

Joe Paonessa - Nov 19, 2014
       MetroPCS which is currently running a 4 lines for $100 promotion that features unlimited data with 1 GB of 4G LTE per line is throwing another promotion into the mix.  Starting Wednesday November 19th, through Monday December 1st, you’ll have the ability to buy one get one free on
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T-Mobile Logo

T-Mobile Giving Away A Tablet

Joe Paonessa - Nov 18, 2014
      T-Mobile today announced they’ll be rewarding existing customers by exclusively offering them a black Friday deal one week early.  Starting Friday, November 21st, at participating stores, existing customers will be able to pick up an Alcatel ONETOUCH Pop 7 tablet for free only paying for the sales tax with
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AT&T Gives Mobile Share Customers More Data at No Extra Charge

Joe Paonessa - Nov 17, 2014
On Tuesday, November 18th, and for a limited time, ATT will be offering 15 GB of 4G LTE mobile share data to it’s customers for the price of 10 GB. That’s $100 for the data plus a per device access charge of $15 for those with a smartphone purchased via
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LG G2 Headed to Boost Mobile on November 21st for $279

Joe Paonessa - Nov 17, 2014
LG’s top model of 2013 is headed to prepaid wireless provider Boost Mobile come November 21st for a great price at $279.  Even one year later it is still one of the best phones out there.  The LG G2 features up to 32GB of storage, with a 13mp shooter with
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FreedomPop Free Talk Text and 4G LTE Data

Sprint in Talks to Acquire FreedomPop

Joe Paonessa - Nov 12, 2014
Sprint Considers Acquiring FreedomPop          The rumors just don’t seem to want to go away.  USA Today reports that Sprint is in serious talks to buy FreedomPop.  It is estimated that an acquisition would now value FreedomPop at between $250-$450 million, which is not bad considering they seemingly still
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Verizon MVNO Page Plus Cellular 4G LTE

Verizon MVNO Page Plus Cellular To Get LTE

Joe Paonessa - Nov 12, 2014
Well it’s officially here.  Page Plus Cellular now officially supports LTE.  For the past month and a half they’ve had a soft launch of the service through various resellers but made no mention of it on the official Page Plus website.  Today though that all changed, as they now list
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Sprint Reduces Data Acess Charges On $80 and $90 Plans

Joe Paonessa - Nov 11, 2014
        In it’s fight to increase market share, Sprint has elected to take another page out of T-Mobile’s book by lowering rates on a couple of it’s plans.  Sprint’s latest quarterly results weren’t too favorable from a postpaid subscriber point of view as they reported a net loss of
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GoSmart Mobile Doubles Your Data

Joe Paonessa - Nov 5, 2014
GoSmart Mobile Doubles Your Data UPDATED: 11/5/2014    It seems to be the industry trend lately, every time I look there seems to be a new provider that’s doubling it’s data.  Today it’s GoSmart Mobile’s turn.  For $35  you’ll now get unlimited talk, text and 1 GB instead of 500mb of
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Verizon and AT&T Increase Data on Select Plans

Joe Paonessa - Nov 1, 2014
Verizon and AT&T are Increasing Data on Select Plans Starting today, November 1st for Verizon, you’ll find you’ll have more data available to you on select plans.  Verizon is offering both new and current customers the ability to receive 10 GB for $80 (up from 6 GB) or 15 GB
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Boost Mobile Extends Data Boost With Double The Data

Joe Paonessa - Oct 28, 2014
A couple of months ago I covered Boost Mobile’s announcement that they were for a limited time going to double the data on their Monthly Unlimited Select plans as well as lower the price of each one by $5.  Good news for those of you who subscribe to them or
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Sprint New iPhone Every Year With Early Upgrade

Joe Paonessa - Oct 27, 2014
Sprint Amends iPhone Every Year Program With Early Upgrade Option Sprint recently amended their iPhone for Life program, and now you can get a new iPhone every year, but is it worth it for you?  Let’s take a closer look at this new policy. First off, you must purchase an
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