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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Mint Mobile Adds 3GB Canada Roaming To Plans

By Joe Paonessa • 07/13/24

Mint Mobile has updated its wireless plans to include roaming in Canada. New and current customers will get unlimited talk and text while traveling in Canada plus 3GB of high-...

Total by Verizon Rebrands Back To Total Wireless, New Offers Include 5Y Price Lock

By Joe Paonessa • 07/11/24

Total by Verizon has relaunched and rebranded today back to Total Wireless complete with a new logo. The name change comes less than two years after Total Wireless was first r...

US Mobile Updates Plan Prices Announces AT&T Network Beta Testing

US Mobile Undercuts Visible With New Prices, Begins AT&T Network Beta Testing

By Joe Paonessa • 06/21/24

US Mobile has once again made major changes to its platform. The multi-network MVNO has altered its “unlimited plans” to match and undercut Visible by Verizon’s prices. Its tw...

Google Fi Displays As They Once Stood At Best Buy

Google Fi Withdraws From Target And Best Buy Stores

By Joe Paonessa • 06/20/24

Google Fi has withdrawn from both Best Buy and Target stores as confirmed in the latest prepaid report from Wave7 Research. The firm noted Google Fi displays at Best Buy have...

Consumer Cellular Store Pompano Beach, Florida

Consumer Cellular Offering Two Months Free With Purchase Of Any Phone

By Joe Paonessa • 06/19/24

Consumer Cellular is offering new customers two months of free service when they purchase any phone and activate an account by July 31, 2024, on approved credit. A heavy dose...

Unreal Mobile Has Relaunched With A New Website And Ownership

Unreal Mobile Has Relaunched With Iggy Azalea As Owner

By Joe Paonessa • 06/10/24

Unreal Mobile has just been relaunched with the help of rapper and model Iggy Azalea. It’s unclear if the star bought an ownership stake in the brand like Ryan Reynolds did wi...

Boss Wireless Shutting Down, Effective July 1, 2024

By Joe Paonessa • 05/31/24

Thanks to a reader tip, BestMVNO has learned that Boss Wireless is shutting down. There’s a banner on the provider’s homepage that reads: We regret to inform you that BOSS Wir...

Total by Verizon BYOD Offer Fifty Percent Off Unlimited Plans

Total by Verizon Offering 50% Off Unlimited Plans For 12 Months

By Joe Paonessa • 05/30/24

Total by Verizon is offering bring-your-own phone customers 50% off any truly unlimited plan for at least 12 months. The provider has two unlimited plans normally priced at $5...

Mint Mobile Verizon Prepaid Reddit Attack Ad

Mint Mobile Reddit Ad Pits Itself Directly Against Verizon Prepaid

By Joe Paonessa • 05/29/24

While browsing Reddit I was struck by an ad from Mint Mobile that specifically pits itself against Verizon Prepaid. The ad compares Mint Mobile’s “unlimited plan” to Verizon’s...

Boost Mobile On Display At A Local Area Walmart

Boost Mobile Launches Mix & Match Family Plans With Discounts In Dealer Stores

By Joe Paonessa • 05/15/24

A source confirmed to BestMVNO that the Boost Mobile dealer channel is undergoing some changes. Dealers can now provide customers the ability to mix and match plans on their a...

Metro by T-Mobile Brings Un-carrier To Prepaid

Metro by T-Mobile’s Free Phones For All Offer Is A Deceptive Trick To Lock You Into Paying More

By Joe Paonessa • 05/14/24

John Freier, the President of T-Mobile’s U.S. Consumer Group, released a video today claiming to be “changing wireless for good” by offering Metro by T-Mobile’s first Un-carri...

Did T-Mobile Just Pull A Fast One On The FCC?

T-Mobile Pulls Fast One On FCC, Extends Metro’s Unlock Policy To 365 Days Post-Mint Mobile Acquisition

By Joe Paonessa • 05/13/24

On 4/23/24, T-Mobile informed the FCC that if it were allowed to acquire Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile it would immediately change the device unlock policy for each brand to 60...

H2O Wireless Promo: $25/Line Unlimited Plan

H2O Wireless Targets Multi-Line Customers With $25/Line For “Unlimited”

By Joe Paonessa • 05/09/24

H2O Wireless, a sister brand to PureTalk, has launched a new offer targeting prospective multi-line customers. Through 8/31/24, new customers who activate a multi-line plan on...

TextNow’s Free Phone Plan Now Comes With “Essential Data”

By Joe Paonessa • 05/08/24

TextNow has updated its free unlimited talk and text phone plan to include what it is calling “Free Essential Data.” Free Essential Data is free data that can be used with spe...

US Mobile Testing Internal Number Port Network Switching Tool

US Mobile Launches Manual Network Switching Tool

By Joe Paonessa • 05/06/24

US Mobile has launched a new manual network switching tool. The company is tentatively calling it TelePortal. The tool is currently in beta testing, and US Mobile’s founder, A...