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 T-Mobile Prepaid 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 T-Mobile Prepaid 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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Best MVNO’s and Prepaid Wireless Providers Revisted
Earlier I suggested that NET10 was the best ATT MVNO and one of the best MVNO’s period in terms of pricing and features provided. I had used the service myself for 6 months and can say, not surprisingly, LTE and H+ coverage were excellent. One thing not
Read MoreATT owned AIO Wireless Lowers Rates
Recently, to go along with price cuts by ATT to their family share plans, prepaid MVNO provider AIO decided to also get in on the fun. Their basic plan now includes 2x the data as previously alloted, 500MB of LTE for $40. It’s worth noting, that for $5 more one
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Ting Wireless Price Cuts
Sprint MVNO Ting, has celebrated two years in the business by lowering rates on a variety of plans. Some have changed by as much as $13, for instance the 2GB data bucket has dropped from $42 to $29! They have also increased the amount of minutes included on some of
Read MoreThe Roundup
In case you missed it, popular Verizon MVNO “Page Plus Cellular” has now finally been taken over by TracFone. What will become of their service remains to be seen. TracFone has recently gone on quite the acquisition spree as they also own Net 10, Straight Talk, and Simple Mobile to
Read MoreAT&T Wants You to Have Data For Free (Sort of)
AT&T unveiled a plan today offering businesses the chance to “sponsor your data”. When a business has an ad or app, or a new movie coming out, they’ll allow you to consume data for free to view their content. I suppose this would be much more exciting if it
Read MoreNext G Mobile Says Goodbye!
In case you missed it, Next G Mobile, a former Verizon MVNO, went offline and out of business as of 12/31/2013. This is one of the problems of smaller less known MVNO’s, they don’t always last. So if you are thinking of switching to an MVNO, it’s always best to
Read MoreRed Pocket Announces 4g Service Plans
Red Pocket mobile announced today they will now offer 4G service (via T-mobile) for data only devices. By 4G we assume they mean HSPA+ which is very fast itself, but does not have LTE speeds. Prices start at 1GB data for 30 days. For more check the source
Read MoreFreedomPop Offering More Phones
Update: FreedomPop is now allowing a small portion of BYOD to it’s network although some users are currently experiencing activation trouble. Some of the phones you can now activate include the nexus s 4g, Galaxy nexus, HTC Evo 4g, Samsung Epic 4g touch. For more on this follow the story
Read MoreSprint Blocking BYOSD on MVNO’s
Sprint has decided to become even more crappy by not allowing customer’s of it’s various MVNO’s to use certain BYOSD (Bring your own Sprint Device) phones on it’s network. Did you just buy a new Nexus 5 from the play store to use with a Sprint MVNO? Guess what? Can’t
Read MoreSprint MVNO Karma set to Launch on Sprint’s LTE network
Sprint MVNO Karma is getting ready to launch on Sprint’s LTE network. Karma is a unique MVNO in that it’s a data only network and they allow you to share your data with friends. Pricing starts at $14/GB of data per month.
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Straight Talk Gets The Verizon Version Of Galaxy S3
Straight Talk Wireless, one of the only MVNOs to offer service on all 4 of the BIG 4 is now offering the Samsung Galaxy S3 in select markets as one of it’s Verizon based offerings. The phone is priced at $399.99. As is the case with all Verizon based MVNOs,
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