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 • 09/01/20
Back on August 21st, Cricket Wireless officially launched 5G network access. Just days later, analysts at Wave7 Research spotted the first Cricket Wireless TV ads touting the...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/31/20
In early August, Boost Mobile updated its phone promos with one of the lead offers featuring the 32GB iPhone 7 for $29.99. The in-store only offer was supposed to remain in pl...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/30/20
Metro By T-Mobile has lowered the switcher price of the 64GB iPhone SE to $49.99. Since first launching on Metro back in April, it had been selling for $99.99. The firm Wave7...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/29/20
Consumer Cellular recently launched a promotion offering new customers up to 3 lines of free service for their first month. The offer is good for any Consumer Cellular phone p...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/21/20
In late July, AT&T announced that it turned on its 5G network nationwide. Also contained in the announcement was a blurb stating that the network would become available to...
All Major Carriers Experienced Growth In Prepaid During The Same Quarter For The First Time In Years
By Joe Paonessa • 08/17/20
Quarter 2 of 2020 led to growth in the prepaid divisions of AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. According to a recent report by the firm Wave7 Research, it was the first time in...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/15/20
FreeUP Mobile’s first venture into multi-month plans began last November. Just one multi-month plan was launched by the AT&T powered provider. Priced at $40 for 3-months o...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/06/20
Spectrum Mobile quietly updated its phone plan lineup today with a new offering. There’s a new “unlimited” plan now available called “Unlimited Plus” and it’s billed at a rate...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/03/20
The DISH Network and Tucows Inc. jointly announced today that DISH has acquired some Ting Mobile assets from Tucows. A representative speaking on behalf of Tucows told BestMVN...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/28/20
Boost Mobile was officially purchased from T-Mobile by the DISH Network on July 1st, 2020. T-Mobile was required to offload the brand in order to gain regulatory approval to m...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/28/20
The DISH Network officially took over the Boost Mobile brand on July 1, 2020. With that takeover, DISH made several immediate changes to Boost Mobile. A new logo was announced...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/24/20
Cricket Wireless now has a launch date for 5G wireless. On August 21st, subscribers will be able to activate 5G service on the network. Cricket’s first 5G device to become ava...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/23/20
Straight Talk Wireless is the largest of the Tracfone owned brands and its subscriber count continues to grow. In quarter 2 of 2020, Straight Talk added 270,000 new subscriber...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/23/20
On July 23, 2020, T-Mobile unveiled a couple of new offers that will officially go live on July 24, 2020. As usual with T-Mobile, the announcement came with a whole lot of pom...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/21/20
Leading up to the DISH Network’s takeover of Boost Mobile, Boost Mobile dealers and Boost Mobile’s online store both faced a shortage of phones. Dealers had a hard time stocki...