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 • 05/04/22
Since about April 30th, Boom Mobile customers have been reporting in online forums such as Reddit and HowardForums that they’ve been unable to login to their accounts. This ha...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/04/22
Metro by T-Mobile has doubled the amount of data included with its $50 hotspot plan. It now includes 100GB of data at up to 5G data speeds. The previous allotment was 50GB. Me...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/03/22
Mint Mobile has updated how it handles its family plans. The provider’s homepage now has a banner that reads “Introducing the modern family plan. Families start at 15/mo per l...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/02/22
In early April, BestMVNO reported that Lycamobile updated its wireless plans. The $33/month plan got a data bump from 15GB up to 18GB. However, it wasn’t quite a linear update...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/29/22
US Mobile is the latest wireless provider to test the multi-month plan waters. The company’s founder and CEO Ahmed Khattak disclosed yesterday in the BestPhonePlans podcast th...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/26/22
Last week, BestMVNO reported that Target prematurely leaked four upcoming prepaid phone deals starting the week of 4/24/2022. The deals included $25 off prepaid phones from AT...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/22/22
Tracfone and its related brands all run special deals through eBay. One of those brands includes Total Wireless. Total Wireless currently has a number of phone plus plan bundl...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/20/22
Visible has added eSIM support for select Android devices. Unfortunately, the list of supported devices is extremely limited. If you have one of the Google Pixel phones listed...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/16/22
According to a Reddit post, T-Mobile is readying the launch of a new postpaid Essentials plan. The poster, who has a disdain for the plan, says it will launch on April 21st. I...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/15/22
Just a few days ago, BestMVNO reported that Metro by T-Mobile brought back its $40 switcher unlimited plan in dealer stores. There’s also been a $40 unlimited plan offer avail...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/12/22
Metro by T-Mobile has brought back its $40 switcher unlimited data plan. As observed by Wave7 Research and @tracfoneguy, the plan has been quietly hiding in Walmart stores for...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/11/22
C Spire has launched a new prepaid wireless brand named “Solo.” Wave7 Research noted the new brand launch in a prepaid report the firm recently published. Taking a page from V...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/11/22
Visible, the Verizon-owned prepaid brand has teamed up with the Match Group to create a gift registry made just for singles. The Match Group is responsible for the dating apps...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/11/22
TextNow has recently aired a new TV ad. This comes from a prepaid report just published by the firm Wave7 Research. TextNow’s new TV ad seems to be heavily influenced by and t...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/09/22
At the end of February, AT&T began to shut down its legacy 3G network. The shutdown has been nothing short of a complete disaster. It was supposed to mark the end of 3G-on...