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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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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Total Wireless Store Offers Feature $14.99 Samsung Galaxy A10e
There are over 170 Total Wireless branded stores located across 20 states. The stores carry all the different Tracfone brands except for Straight Talk Wireless. This is because Straight Talk is sold exclusively in-stores at Walmart. Total Wireless stores are currently running deals on a few different phones. If you
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Cricket Wireless Testing $40 Unlimited And 25GB Plans In Select Markets
Cricket Wireless currently has some very interesting offers running. Unfortunately, they aren’t widely available. But if you are in one of the test markets where the offers are available, Atlanta, St. Louis, Miami/West Palm Beach, or LA, listen up. These deals are for you. If you are in the Miami
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AT&T Prepaid & Cricket Wireless Tax Season Promos Are Out, Cricket’s Has Free Phones
Tax season will be here soon and with that wireless providers will come out with new sets of promotional offers. The first set of offers have begun to trickle out from both AT&T Prepaid and Cricket Wireless. Both providers are offering discounts on the Samsung Galaxy A01 and the iPhone
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AT&T Prepaid Updates & Adds New Data Only Plans Including $25 20GB Plan
AT&T has updated its prepaid data-only plans. Some new plans were added and others got updated. One plan has been discontinued. Let’s take a look. Discontinued Plan Replaced By $300 Annual Plan The biggest change among all of AT&T Prepaid’s data-only plans is at the $25 price point. An offering
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Good2Go Mobile Makes Double Data Offers Permanent For Current Customers, Also Updates Plans
Good2Go Mobile had long run a double data offer that it first started in December of 2019. All new customers from that time frame onward were granted double data with their plans. The initial promotion was designed to give new customers double data for their first 3-months of service. However,
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Total Wireless’s First TV Ad Of 2021 Touts 5G, TextNow’s New Ad Touts Get A Free 2nd Number
Wireless service providers Total Wireless and TextNow have launched their first new TV ads of 2021. For Total Wireless, it’s the Tracfone brand’s first new TV ad launch since early last year. The new ad entitled “Student Senior Dance Recital” highlights some recent changes at the provider like 5G network
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ZTE Blade X1 5G Launches On Visible & Yahoo Mobile
ZTE announced in a blog post that the ZTE Blade X1 5G is now available through two of Verizon’s prepaid brands, Visible and Yahoo Mobile. Customers can get the phone through each provider for $384 plus tax or $16/month with financing. The ZTE Blade X1 5G is a mid-range device
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Cricket Ovation A Hot Seller For At Least 1 Cricket Dealer, While The Icon 2 Has Problems
Lady Red’s Tech Reviews, a Cricket Wireless vlogger recently detailed some of Cricket’s best and worst-performing phones. What’s particularly interesting is that Lady Red’s Tech Reviews (LRTR) is also Cricket Wireless store manager. So that really puts a different perspective on things. Before going over the phones she detailed, it’s
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Verizon’s New $75 Unlimited Prepaid Plan Is Ultra Wideband Enabled
Verizon Prepaid has released a new unlimited data plan priced at $75/month plus taxes and fees. It is 5G ultra-wideband enabled and the only Verizon Prepaid plan to have that designation. With 5G ultra-wideband, data speeds are multiple times faster than LTE data speeds and can reach Gbps. That is
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AT&T Prepaid Deals Include $149.99 iPhone SE And $57.49 Samsung A01
AT&T has several prepaid phone deals running. Some may be relatively new, while others have been on-going for a while. Highlighted deals include an in-store only offer of a $149.99 iPhone SE and an offer for a Samsung A01 for $57.49 that is available both in-stores and online. iPhone SE
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Current Tello Customers Will Be Able To Migrate To T-Mobile Network By End Of Q1
Back in November, Tello announced that it would start activating new customers exclusively on its GSM partner network, T-Mobile, by the end of that month. Unfortunately, that planned transition ended up getting delayed by quite a bit. Tello opted to push back the timeline as the company found it needed
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Xfinity Mobile “On US” Promo, Customers Can Get Free Moto E Or LG K51
From late November through December 7, Xfinity Mobile ran an “On Us” promotion that gave customers either a free MOTO E, LG K51, or iPhone SE. Two of those deals are now back. Customers can get their choice of a free MOTO E or LG K51. I’m not entirely clear
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Telcel Is Being Folded Into Simple Mobile
Telcel America is no more. The brand has announced that it is folding into Simple Mobile. Telcel America was first established in 2012 and it is one of over half a dozen Tracfone owned wireless brands. Telcel originally carved a niche for itself by offering international service plans highlighted with
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Boost Mobile Launches 2021 Deals With $40 Unlimited Plan
Like Cricket Wireless, Boost Mobile also launched its first deals of 2021 today. Boost’s featured offer is a deal for a $40 unlimited plan bundled with a free Samsung Galaxy A21. Of course, there is some fine print associated with the offer. So let’s have at it. Offer Fine Print
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Latest Deals From Cricket Wireless Include $49.99 iPhone SE
The latest phone deals are now out from Cricket Wireless. New Year, New Phone is the tagline featured on the Cricket Wireless homepage. The deal highlighted next to the tagline is a switcher offer for a Samsung Galaxy A01 priced at $19.99. This is actually a downgrade from Cricket’s holiday
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