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 • 02/01/21
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...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/26/21
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 e...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/21/21
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 Te...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/21/21
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...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/19/21
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...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/13/21
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 Tracf...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/08/21
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 A...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/07/21
A few weeks back, Tracfone brand Simple Mobile launched a new dealer only promotion. Customers who shop at a Simple Mobile authorized dealer are able to pick up an unlimited p...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/04/21
In September of 2020, Verizon announced that it reached an agreement to acquire Tracfone. The price tag for the purchase tops out at $6.9 billion. It isn’t expected to close u...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/01/21
As far as advertising campaigns go, Pure Talk had a fairly productive 2020. The AT&T powered MVNO ran several TV ads with national airings occurring primarily through Fox...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/01/21
It’s a new calendar year, and that means a new year of phone plan updates to look forward to. AT&T Prepaid may be the first provider out of the gate to have updated its pl...
By Joe Paonessa • 12/17/20
Red Pocket Mobile has launched a new wireless plan. This one is exclusive to their “indirect channel.” That means if you are interested in purchasing the plan, you will have t...
By Joe Paonessa • 12/16/20
Freemium wireless provider TextNow continues to invest heavily in TV advertising. Back in October, the company launched a TV commercial called Priceless Connections. It inform...
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...