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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Straight Talk Wireless Display At Local To BestMVNO Area Walmart

Verizon Pushing Straight Talk Users To Its Network, Simple Mobile Has Verizon SIMs

By Joe Paonessa • 05/25/22

In November of 2021, Verizon Wireless closed on its acquisition of Tracfone and all of its associated brands including Straight Talk Wireless, Simple Mobile, and Walmart Famil...

Visible $300 Gift Card Offer With Device Purchase

Visible Now Offering $300 Gift Cards With Purchase Of Select Phones

By Joe Paonessa • 05/25/22

Visible has a new promo out for Memorial Day. It’s a week-long flash sale that starts today. Customers can get up to a $300 gift card with the purchase of select phones includ...

Boost Mobile Endcap As Seen By BestMVNO At Local Area Target

Boost Mobile Reenters Target, Launch At Best Buy Likely To Follow

By Joe Paonessa • 05/24/22

The years 2018 and 2019 marked a rough time for Boost Mobile in national retail. In the middle of 2018, Boost Mobile pulled out of Target stores as it stopped selling phones a...

Red Pocket Now Offering Free Seven Day Trial Via eSIM

Red Pocket Mobile Launches Free eSIM Trial With 3GB Data

By Joe Paonessa • 05/23/22

Red Pocket Mobile is the latest wireless provider to begin offering a free trial through eSIM. The multi-carrier MVNO is offering a 7-day free trial that includes unlimited ta...

Gen Mobile Expands Onto The AT&T Network

Gen Mobile Adds New Network Partner And Plans Via AT&T, Get 7GB For $30

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...

Cricket Wireless Launches BYOD Annual Savings Plan

Cricket Wireless Quietly Adds $25/Month 10GB Annual Phone Plan

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...

Tello Mobile's Flagship Plan With 25GB Data Now Costs $29

Tello Mobile Updates Plans, Get 25GB For $29

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...

US Mobile Adds Unlimited Basic Plan And Free Trial

US Mobile’s Updated Unlimited Plan Costs $35 Includes 10-Day Free Trial

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...

Simple Mobile Brings Back 4 Unlimited Lines For One Hundred Dollars

Simple Mobile Brings Back 4 Unlimited Lines For $100

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...

Red Pocket Mobile $50 Off Annual Plan Mother's Year Sale

Red Pocket Mobile Offering $50 Off Any Annual Plan, Get 100GB For $33.33/Month

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...

Boom Mobile Server Problems Have Led To Customer Login Issues

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...

Metro By T-Mobile Brings Back 100GB For Fifty Hotspot Plan April 2022

Metro By T-Mobile Once Again Doubles Data On $50 Hotspot Plan To 100GB

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...

Mint Mobile Family Plan Quarterly Payments

Mint Mobile Updates Family Plans With Quarterly Payments

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...

Lycamobile Grow Your Data Unlimited Plans

Lycamobile Updates Plans, Adds 9GB $29 Grow Your Data Plan

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...

US Mobile Trials 3-Month Plan Option, Announces Over $11M In New Funding

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...