Articles by Joe Paonessa
Joe Paonessa
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 $...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
By Joe Paonessa • 10/10/22
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 o...
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...
By Joe Paonessa • 09/26/22
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 deal...
By Joe Paonessa • 09/26/22
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 $6...