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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Metro by T-Mobile Offering Free Phones In Walmart Stores, Service In Puerto Rico

By Joe Paonessa • 11/14/22

Metro by T-Mobile is offering free phones in Walmart stores. Wave7 Research recently described the offerings in a prepaid report the firm sent to its subscribers after first r...

In-Store Best Buy Display Highlighting Free Google Fi Service With Purchase Of A Google Pixel

Google Fi Is Free If You Buy A Pixel From Best Buy Or Bought One In Past 4 Months

By Joe Paonessa • 11/14/22

Best Buy and Google Fi have teamed up to offer customers Google Fi for free for the remainder of the year if they buy a Google Pixel from Best Buy. The offer even applies to c...

Mint Mobile Buy 3 Get 3 Free Offer On Display At Best Buy

Mint Mobile’s Buy 3 Months Get 3 Free Offer Is Officially Back

By Joe Paonessa • 11/14/22

Mint Mobile’s buy three months get three months free offer is officially back on the Mint Mobile website. This is the third year in a row that the T-Mobile powered MVNO has of...

Nebula Wireless Aims To Pair Premium Services With Affordable Pricing

By Joe Paonessa • 11/11/22

Nebula Wireless is set to formally launch by early January 2023 with plans starting at $20/month. Due to contractual agreements, the upcoming MVNO cannot publicly name which w...

Total by Verizon Display Being Set Up At Target

Verizon Begins Marketing Push Of Total by Verizon With First TV Ad

By Joe Paonessa • 11/09/22

Verizon has begun the marketing push of Total by Verizon with the launch of a couple of TV ads. There’s an ad in Spanish and one in English. Both ads appear to have launched y...

Ultra Mobile’s Holiday Deals Include 2GB For $10/Month For One Year

By Joe Paonessa • 11/09/22

Ultra Mobile has launched its online 2022 holiday shopping season deals. There are two offers available. Shoppers can get Ultra Mobile’s 2GB plan for $120 when paid for annual...

Walmart Display Of AT&T Prepaid Deals (Photo via Wave7 Re

AT&T Prepaid Deals Include Free Moto G Play/Pure, Adds 5G For All

By Joe Paonessa • 11/07/22

AT&T Prepaid has launched some new in-store only deals headlined by a free Motorola Moto G Play and a free Motorola Moto G PURE. The provider has also enabled 5G network a...

Cricket Wireless Introduces “tryCricket” Free Trial Offer, Surpasses 13m Subscribers

By Joe Paonessa • 11/03/22

Cricket Wireless is the latest brand to offer a free trial. Today, the prepaid provider unveiled its “tryCricket” app and initiative. Customers can now get a free 14-day trial...

Xfinity Mobile Google Pixel 6a On Us Offer

Xfinity Mobile Deals Include Free Google Pixel 6a And $100 BYOD Credit

By Joe Paonessa • 10/31/22

Xfinity Mobile is running a few deals for new customers. Their current featured deal is for a free Google Pixel 6a. There’s also a deal for BYOD customers. Customers who have...

Visible by Verizon’s Halloween “Switching Hour” Deals Are Here

By Joe Paonessa • 10/26/22

Visible by Verizon has launched some limited-time offers for the Halloween season. The provider is marketing the offers on its website using seasonally themed catchphrases suc...

Verizon Prepaid Largely Improves Plans, Adds Choose Your Own Discount

By Joe Paonessa • 10/21/22

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...

Verizon Prepaid Suffers Data Breach

By Joe Paonessa • 10/20/22

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 b...

Consumer Cellular Two Unlimited Lines For $55

Consumer Cellular Introduces Two Unlimited Lines For $55

By Joe Paonessa • 10/20/22

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 $...

Ultra Mobile Double Data For Up To One Year

Ultra Mobile Offering Double Data, Plus Unlimited 3G Data On $49 Unlimited Plan

By Joe Paonessa • 10/19/22

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 unli...

Consumer Cellular Store Located In The Villages, Florida

Consumer Cellular Adds More Data To Plans, Lowers Multi-Line Prices

By Joe Paonessa • 10/17/22

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...