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 • 12/16/20
Back in September, US Mobile debuted a couple of new plans with hard capped data. A $15 plan with 2.5GB of high-speed data and a $30 plan with 10GB of high-speed data were int...
By Joe Paonessa • 12/15/20
Tello Mobile has launched a last-minute holiday deal to entice new customers to make the switch. For a limited time, new customers switching to Tello can get 3-months of wirel...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/30/20
This holiday shopping season has seen an increase in the number of prepaid wireless brands investing in the marketing of their services. Consumer Cellular, Cricket Wireless, M...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/28/20
About a year and a half ago Red Pocket Mobile acquired the FreedomPop and Unreal Mobile brands from STS Media. One of the first moves Red Pocket made after purchasing Unreal M...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/27/20
Consumer Cellular is running a new promotion for the holidays. Every new line of service, including current customers adding a line, will get a $25 account credit. As detailed...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/25/20
Boost Mobile’s Black Friday, or rather, Orange Friday Deals are available now. Highlighted offers include buy 1 get 4 free on the LG K51, and switch 1 and get 3 free LG Stylo...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/24/20
Reach Mobile has launched a new holiday offer. Customers who purchase a phone from either Reach Mobile or unlocked from their favorite stores like Amazon or Best Buy will rece...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/23/20
Red Pocket Mobile’s Black Friday week offerings are here. New customers can pick up any Red Pocket Mobile phone plan directly from their website for just $5 for their first mo...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/20/20
AT&T Prepaid has had a very productive year as far as plan updates and offers are concerned. Throughout the year AT&T Prepaid made a much bigger push into the multi-mo...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/20/20
Metro by T-Mobile has released its holiday 2020 offers. Now featured atop of Metro’s website are the words “Zero fees to switch to Metro this holiday. No activation fees. No p...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/20/20
Cricket Wireless has announced its holiday shopping season phone deals for 2020. There are offers for everyone. Whether you are a new customer porting in or a current customer...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/18/20
Tello Mobile has provided further details about its planned transition over to the T-Mobile network. The transition is now planned for the week of November 22nd. Upon completi...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/17/20
Over the summer, DISH made a move to acquire Ting Mobile assets from Tucows. That gave DISH about 150,000 new wireless accounts and over 200,000 subscribers effective August 1...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/16/20
In July of 2019, Mint Mobile launched a buy 3-months get 3-months free promotion for new customers. It must have been a successful promo because the company has elected to exp...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/10/20
A recent prepaid report sent out by the firm Wave7 Research to its subscribers revealed that more than 10% of Boost Mobile dealer activations are now for bring your own device...