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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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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Tracfone Updates Plans With More Data
Tracfone Wireless has quietly updated a handful of wireless plans. A HowardForums user noted Tracfone’s $20, $25, and $30 plans all got updated to have an extra 1GB of high-speed data. Tracfone’s $15 plan has been updated to include unlimited talk and text. An annual plan also got double data.
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Total Wireless Becoming Total by Verizon; New Plans And Website Leaked
On April 4, Verizon filed a trademark for “Total by Verizon.” And since early June, Jeff Moore, Principal of Wave7 Research has been reporting that Total by Verizon would likely roll out as a brand. More recently, Walmart’s Total Wireless webpage has been updated to say “get ready for something
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Optimum Mobile Quietly Raises Prices Of Select Plans
Optimum Mobile has quietly raised the prices of its budget wireless plans. It’s has also raised the price of all of its plans for customers that aren’t also Optimum internet customers. Previously, Optimum internet subscribers got up to $15/month off their Optimum Mobile plan. Now the discount is a flat
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Visible Raises Pricing And Adds Second Unlimited Plan For $45/Month
Visible has made some major changes today. Visible is now offering two unlimited plans, one priced at $30/month and the other at $45/month with no other discounts available. Visible’s Party Pay program that offered discounts to consumers by lowering their bill to $25/month when they joined groups of four or
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Cricket Wireless’s New TV Ads Feature Slogan Emphasizing Customer Retention
Cricket Wireless has launched several new TV ads and promotional videos featuring a new slogan, “people who come to Cricket stay with Cricket.” Wave7 Research detailed the new ads in a prepaid report that the firm just released to its subscribers. Cricket’s new ads and promotional videos launched between 7/30/2022
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H2O Wireless Revamps Annual Plans, $5 Now Gets You Unlimited Talk & Text
H2O Wireless updated its annual plans today with a brand new lineup. The updated plans start at an average price of just $5/month or $60/yr for unlimited talk and text. Wave7 Research detailed the changes, courtesy of NWIDA, in a prepaid report the firm just released. In January of 2020,
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Simple Mobile Wins 2Q22 Wave7 Research Wireless Dealer Survey
Simple Mobile has once again won Wave7 Research’s quarterly independent multi-carrier prepaid dealer survey. Survey results showed it to be the number one selling prepaid brand in the second quarter of 2022. This is the 30th straight time that Simple Mobile has finished atop the survey, which also corresponds to
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