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 Largely Improves Plans, Adds Choose Your Own Discount
Verizon Prepaid has updated its wireless plans. The provider has made several changes to its plans including lowering starting prices, adding hotspot to its cheaper unlimited plan, adding guaranteed premium data, and the autopay and loyalty discounts have been changed around. A plan with 5GB of high-speed data has been
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Verizon Prepaid Suffers Data Breach
According to an article in BleepingComputer, some Verizon Prepaid customers were the unfortunate recipients of a message from Verizon notifying them that their accounts have been compromised. Verizon has told the unfortunate subscribers that a third party was able to see the last four digits of the credit card used
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Consumer Cellular Introduces Two Unlimited Lines For $55
Consumer Cellular, the MVNO that targets an older demographic has released a new phone plan for AARP members. Those who have a membership can now get two unlimited lines for $55 from Consumer Cellular. AARP describes itself as “the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people 50 and
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Ultra Mobile Offering Double Data, Plus Unlimited 3G Data On $49 Unlimited Plan
Ultra Mobile is now offering double data on select plans for new and existing customers. The T-Mobile powered MVNO has also increased the throttled data speeds on its $49 unlimited plan. Customers on the plan will now receive unlimited data at 3G data speeds once they surpass the plan’s 40GB
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Consumer Cellular Adds More Data To Plans, Lowers Multi-Line Prices
Consumer Cellular has added more data to its wireless plans. Some plans have almost doubled their data allotments like the $25 3GB plan which got a data bump up to 5GB. Wave7 Research detailed the data changes in a prepaid report that the firm just sent out to its subscribers.
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Straight Talk Becomes 1st Carrier Owned Prepaid Brand With Home Internet
Straight Talk Wireless is the first carrier-owned prepaid brand to introduce a home internet plan. Straight Talk, owned by Verizon Wireless, formally announced the plan today. Hints of the plan’s launch were leaked a couple of weeks ago when displays started popping up in some Walmart stores. Straight Talk’s home
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Lycamobile’s Promos Get More Aggressive With 12GB For $10/Month Offer
Last month, Lycamobile released some pretty aggressive promos offering new lines significant multi-month discounts on a few plans. This month, the T-Mobile MVNO has fine-tuned its promos and added a new one kicking up the aggression level. New lines can save 70% on Lycamobile’s $33 plan and get it for
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Boost Mobile’s Latest Offer Is 10GB For $5
Boost Mobile has launched another $5 phone plan offer. This latest one gets new customers 10GB of high-speed data with unlimited talk and text for $5 flat, for one month. The offer includes a free SIM card kit with free two-day shipping. This is an online exclusive deal. This deal
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Tello Mobile Offering “Sweet October” Plan & Phone Bundle Deals
Tello Mobile has launched three phone and plan bundle deals for the month of October. Tello is referring to the offers as “Sweet October Deals.” The T-Mobile powered MVNO is offering its 5GB phone plan free for one month with the purchase of a phone. The following phone with plan
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Charter Launches “Spectrum One,” A $49.99 Internet & Mobile Phone Plan Bundle
Charter Communication’s Spectrum Mobile has been rapidly accumulating subscribers. In July of 2022, Charter announced Spectrum Mobile had amassed 4.3m subscribers up a whopping 1.3m subs year over year and 344,000 from the previous quarter. Now the brand looks to further accelerate growth with the launch of a specially priced
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AT&T Prepaid’s First Fall 2022 Deals Include Long Running $19.99 Moto G Play
AT&T Prepaid’s first fall season phone deals are out. There are in-store only offers and online deals. Many deals remain largely the same as AT&T Prepaid’s spring deals such as a port-in offer of a $19.99 Motorola Moto G Play. BestMVNO first reported this as an in-store offer back in
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Cricket Wireless First Set Of Fall Deals Include Free Samsung Galaxy A03, $29.99 iPhone SE
Cricket Wireless recently launched its first set of fall deals. Cricket’s first featured fall Android deal is for a free Samsung Galaxy A03s for those who port to Cricket’s $60 unlimited plan ($55 with autopay). This deal is available both online and in stores. The featured online iPhone deal is
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Total by Verizon’s First Free Phone Offers Begin 10/1
Total by Verizon is set to launch its first free phone offers beginning on 10/1/22. That’s less than two weeks after the brand’s official launch on 9/21/22. There will be several free 5G phone offers available and the Samsung Galaxy S22+ will be heavily discounted to $699.99. Marketing material suggests
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Lycamobile Offering 50% Off For Up To 1Yr, Get 60GB For $29.50/Mo
Lycamobile is running several 50% off plan promotions. As part of the offers, Lycamobile’s $59 “Absolutely Unlimited” plan is $29.50. The $49 60GB unlimited plan is $24.50 and the $19.50 plan with 2GB of high-speed data is now $9.50. Promotional pricing is said to be available for 6-12 months depending
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Google Fi Wants You Back Bad Enough To Give You 6 Unlimited Lines For Free
Google Fi has a new promo out to try and win back its former customers. The promo will give former customers up to 6-lines for free for the remainder of the year on an unlimited plan. How To Get This Deal According to a Slickdeals thread, in order to get
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