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 • 05/23/22
Gen Mobile has some new wireless plans on a new network partner in AT&T. Gen Mobile initially started as a Sprint-based provider that later transitioned over to the T-Mobi...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/23/22
Cricket Wireless has quietly followed the lead of many other wireless providers by adding a multi-month discount plan to its lineup. Cricket has opted to discount its $40/mont...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/23/22
Tello Mobile has updated its wireless plans. Tello’s flagship wireless plan now costs just $29 and that gets you a whopping 25GB of high-speed 5G/4G LTE data before data speed...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/18/22
At the end of April, US Mobile’s CEO Ahmed Khattak stated in a podcast that two new updated unlimited plans would be released in the coming days. The updates are now here. US...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/18/22
AT&T Prepaid’s latest phone deals include an offer for a Motorola Moto G Play for $19.99. AT&T Prepaid has in-store only promos and online promos. The $19.99 Moto G Pl...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/16/22
Simple Mobile has brought back an old offer. Customers with new lines can once again get 4 unlimited lines for $100. A similar offer from Simple Mobile was last reported by Be...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/05/22
Red Pocket Mobile is now running a Mother’s Day or “Mother’s Year” sale as they are effectively calling it. New lines of service can get $50 off any annual plan on the GSMA ne...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/04/22
Red Pocket Mobile is currently running a plan sale through their eBay store. Customers can now get their 8GB annual plan for $210 or $17.50/month. Red Pocket advertises the li...
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...