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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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T-Mobile Prepaid Has A Free Phone Upgrade Offer For Its 3G Network Using Customers

By Joe Paonessa • 04/04/22

T-Mobile is scheduled to turn off its legacy 3G network on July 1, 2022. With T-Mobile’s upcoming 3G network shutdown date fast approaching, the company will need to get any r...

Visible Midnight Phone And Plan Bundle Now Available At Walmart.com

By Joe Paonessa • 04/02/22

Visible has launched its Visible Midnight phone at Walmart.com for $99. The launch appears to have taken place on April 1st, and was first noted by a Redditor. The launch date...

Consumer Cellular Hires Ted Danson To Be Celebrity Spokesperson

By Joe Paonessa • 03/28/22

Consumer Cellular has a new celebrity spokesperson in actor Ted Danson. Consumer Cellular is a wireless brand that markets itself to seniors. At 74 years old, Danson himself i...

US Mobile Gains Priority Data Access

By Joe Paonessa • 03/24/22

US Mobile has added priority data to its Warp 5G plans. The founder and CEO of US Mobile, Ahmed Khattak, has been busy on Reddit over the last 12 hours letting people know of...

T-Mobile Prepaid Connect Plan Updates March 2022

By Joe Paonessa • 03/21/22

T-Mobile announced today that it has increased the data allotments for its T-Mobile Prepaid Connect plans. The $15 and $25 plans got 500MB data increases to 3GB and 6GB respec...

Boost Mobile Save $250 Samsung Galaxy A53 5G

By Joe Paonessa • 03/19/22

Boost Mobile has launched a deal on the newly announced Samsung Galaxy A53 5G. The device was announced by Samsung on March 17th with a suggested retail price of $449.99. Boos...

AT&T Prepaid Tax Season 2022 Offers

By Joe Paonessa • 03/11/22

AT&T Prepaid offers wireless prepaid phone deals through different retail venues. And with tax season well underway, you’re likely wondering what prepaid phones are availa...

Red Pocket Teams Up With Vonage To Deliver Business Phone Plans

By Joe Paonessa • 03/09/22

Red Pocket Mobile is looking to expand its operations by entering new markets. Last month, the MVNO issued a press release with little fanfare to announce a newly formed partn...

Xfinity Mobile $750 Samsung Galaxy S22 Trade-In Offer

By Joe Paonessa • 03/04/22

Xfinity Mobile has some new deals available as well as some continuation offers. There is a new offer of up to $750 off Samsung Galaxy S22 Series phones. There is also an offe...

Is AT&T's 3G Network Shutdown A Nightmare For Everyone

By Joe Paonessa • 03/04/22

Recently, BestMVNO was contacted by a reader experiencing problems with their AT&T MVNO, Red Pocket Mobile. The problems the reader is having started when AT&T began i...

TextNow Updates Its Plans And Prices For 2022

By Joe Paonessa • 03/03/22

TextNow has updated its wireless plans with more options and improved pricing. There’s now a 1GB plan for $8.99. It is unknown exactly when the changes occurred. The Wayback M...

Pugga Squared Wireless A New T-Mobile MVNO

By Joe Paonessa • 03/03/22

There is a new MVNO on the block called Pugga Squared Wireless. Pugga Squared has launched by first providing home internet plans but it does intend to launch phone plans at a...

Optimum Mobile Offering Free Phone Plan For One Year

By Joe Paonessa • 03/02/22

Optimum Mobile, looking to aggressively grow its subscriber base, has just launched a new offer. The offer is for new lines only and gives customers 12 months of free wireless...

H2O Wireless Launches New Maxed Out Unlimited Plan

By Joe Paonessa • 03/01/22

H2O Wireless has updated its plans by adding a new $70 “Maxed Out Unlimited” plan. The AT&T powered MVNO now has three wireless plans that it is calling unlimited. Unfortu...

Reach Mobile Converts To The T-Mobile Network

By Joe Paonessa • 03/01/22

Reach Mobile, the MVNO that gives back by helping to fund connectivity to those in need has made some major updates. The company first launched in 2019 as an MVNO of Verizon....