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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US Mobile Updates Plans, You Can Now Get 15GB For $20/Mo

By Joe Paonessa • 11/17/22

US Mobile has just updated some of its plans to offer even better value. One eye-catching change is that US Mobile’s $20 plan with 12GB of data just got a data increase to 15G...

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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...

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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...

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...

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...

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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...

Straight Talk Becomes 1st Carrier Owned Prepaid Brand With Home Internet

By Joe Paonessa • 10/17/22

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....

Lycamobile’s Promos Get More Aggressive With 12GB For $10/Month Offer

By Joe Paonessa • 10/13/22

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...

Boost Mobile’s Latest Offer Is 10GB For $5

By Joe Paonessa • 10/13/22

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...

Charter Communications Introduces Spectrum One Internet And Mobile Plan Bundle

Charter Launches “Spectrum One,” A $49.99 Internet & Mobile Phone Plan Bundle

By Joe Paonessa • 10/10/22

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 whoppin...