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 • 08/16/21
Metro by T-Mobile has launched two new TV ads to support some of its recent deal launches. Wave7 Research described the new ads in a prepaid report just sent out by the firm t...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/16/21
Lively, formerly known as GreatCall, is gaining significant display space in at least some Best Buy stores. An analyst from Wave7 Research observed in early August that Lively...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/16/21
It looks like the Boost Mobile brand will continue to change with the seasons. A new prepaid report issued by Wave7 Research suggests that Boost Mobile will likely start activ...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/13/21
Mint Mobile has a new switcher offer available. The company is pursuing customers on the AT&T and Verizon networks. Subscribers that make the switch to Mint from either of...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/04/21
Today, Cricket Wireless formally announced its exclusive wireless relationship with Acorns. Acorns bills itself as a finance app that that focuses on investing. It also offers...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/03/21
Ultra Mobile recently launched a new “Ultra Summer Sale” deal. New Ultra Mobile customers who purchase the company’s 3GB plan have the option to buy 3-months and get 3-months...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/03/21
Optimum Mobile, formerly Altice Mobile, is currently running several promotions. One offer will get new and existing lines bonus data for 5-months on Optimum’s mid-tier plan....
By Joe Paonessa • 07/30/21
Last week I wrote about how Boost Mobile has become a brand synonymous with change. Well, it looks like another change could be coming to Boost Mobile as it is trialing multi-...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/30/21
Early last week, Volition Capital and US Mobile formerly announced a new partnership. Volition Capital, a growth equity firm out of Boston has invested $11.5 million in US Mob...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/29/21
Yesterday, with its usual pomp and circumstance, T-Mobile unveiled a new switcher promo for Metro by T-Mobile telling customers they can save half off Boost Mobile and Cricket...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/28/21
Support for Apple Watch is coming to Visible. The Verizon owned prepaid brand has setup an FAQs webpage with everything you’ll want to know about it. Reddit user Maleficent_Me...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/27/21
Straight Talk Wireless has released a new TV commercial. The new ad touts Straight Talk’s rollout of 5G coverage and an offer for a Samsung Galaxy A32 5G smartphone. Notably t...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/23/21
Cricket Wireless has launched some new deals today including switcher offers for a free 64GB iPhone SE and a free Samsung Galaxy A02s. Those with old phones that are not VoLTE...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/23/21
Over the last year, the Boost Mobile brand has become known to be synonymous with change. Since being taken over by DISH, Boost Mobile can’t seem to go more than a few months...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/20/21
Last month, H2O Wireless updated a couple of its plans with more data. H2O Wireless is owned by the same parent company as Pure Talk. So it comes as no surprise that Pure Talk...