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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TextNow Launches Touch Mobile Brand With Prepaid Wireless Plans
TextNow an MVNO operating on the Sprint Network with plans starting at $18.99, has launched a new prepaid wireless brand under the name “Touch Mobile.” This new service looks to borrow somewhat from Republic Wireless as they will be offering wi-fi first plans that will be used for unlimited texting and calling. When
Read MoreCricket is Offering More Data to Subscribers
Cricket Wireless New Improved Plans Cricket Wireless recently increased the amount of LTE data offered in all of of their prepaid wireless plans. Facing stiff competition from providers that actually offer real LTE data speeds this looks to be a very good move on their part. I criticize Cricket here
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Free Phone Calls with Google Hangouts and FreedomPop
Google Hangouts Dialer FreedomPop’s Free Voice and Text App If you’ve been reading this website for a while, you may have noticed that I value data as being more important than the number of minutes or texts included in a plan. Today, more than ever this is true as you
Read MoreSprint and T-Mobile Fight Each Other For Your Mobile Phone Trade In
Sprint and T-Mobile today both announced aggressive plans to go after trade-ins of your used mobile phone and to hopefully gain a new customer. One of these two is a bit more aggressive than the other. Let’s start the discussion by dissecting Sprint’s offering first. Sprint’s Trade in Program Sprint
Read MoreMetroPCS Offers 500 MB more 4G LTE Data
MetroPCS, a T-Mobile MVNO, announced today that there’s 500 MB of more data headed your way for the $40 and $50 single line plans, as well as to the economy $100 Family of Four plan. To get these new deals, you do, get this, nothing! The new data allotments have automatically
Read MoreBoost Mobile is Doubling Your Data and Giving $5 off
That didn’t take long for the trickle down effect to occur. To go along with Sprint’s recent announcement that they were “doubling the data,” Sprint MVNO Boost Mobile is running a similar promotion for new customers that starts September 3rd and continues through November 3rd. The promotion involves doubling your data and will
Read MoreFreedomPop to be acquired?
FreedomPop To Be Acquired by a Major Carrier? UPDATE:08/30/2014 Bloomberg has reported that two companies are in talks to purchase FreedomPop in a deal potentially valued at over $100 million! That would be a huge hall for a company that has less than 1 million subscribers. Potential purchasers include one unnamed domestic,
Read MoreT-Mobile Has Increased Available LTE Data For the Simple Starter Plan
T-Mobile has just offered current and potential new customers a new option involving their Simple Starter plan. Starting September 3rd, 2014, you can quadruple your data from 500mb to 2 GB for just $5 more a month, increasing the cost of the plan to a total $45. The plan also includes unlimited
Read MoreSprint Single User Unlimited Data Plan
Today Sprint intended to shake up the mobile industry by offering a new unlimited data plan for individuals, but instead, they released well, something. This “new” plan is similar to what a lot of MVNO’s already have. The plan costs $60 and in order to qualify you must purchase a
Read MoreSprint Doubles the data
Sprint’s New Family Share Pack Data Plans Sprint has done it today, by announcing new family data plans, putting the pressure on the other carriers, even outdoing in some ways T-Mobile’s new family plan. For $100 plus a $15 per line access fee, no matter the size of your family,
Read MoreVerizon Releases New Single Line Plan
Verizon has recently released a new single line plan which in some scenarios arguably makes their prepaid plan pointless. For $60 you’ll get unlimited talk and text as well as 2 GB of LTE data, and of course if you sign up for EDGE your plan will drop to $50
Read MoreSpotMobile Ends Service
SpotMobile Stops Providing Service Recently, T-Mobile MVNO SpotMobile decided to discontinue business and will no longer provide service effective September 7th 2014 11:59PM EST. The former MVNO has not provided any specific reasons for its closure, although I can say they did not rank well in terms of competitive pricing and features
Read MoreRepublic Wireless Now Will Port Your Google Voice Number
Are you a Google Voice user like me? Are you on or thinking about switching to Sprint MVNO Republic Wireless? If so, you’ll be pleased to hear that today Republic Wireless announced Google Voice number porting. To transfer your number to Republic Wireless you’ll first need to unlock it from
Read MoreZact Mobile Possibly Rebranding?
Update: In case you missed it, it looks like those Zact Mobile users out there who feel like they were left stranded now have an official new service option in Virgin Mobile. Recently Sprint announced that Virgin Mobile users, come August 9th via Walmart, will have the option to customize their plans with
Read MoreFreedomPop is Now Offering Free Talk, Text, and Data for Tablets
Sprint MVNO FreedomPop today launched a new service aimed at tablets dubbed “LTE FreedomPop Tablets.” Initially the MVNO is selling the iPad mini ($319) and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 ($199), and both will come with free LTE data as well as the ability to make free phone calls with
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