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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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Red Pocket Mobile Offering Free Year Service With iPhone 8 Purchase

Red Pocket Mobile Offers Free Year Of Service With iPhone 8 Purchase

Joe Paonessa - Mar 17, 2020
Red Pocket Mobile is now offering customers a free year of service with the purchase of either an iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus.  Customers will have the option to purchase the iPhones outright or on a 24-month 0% APR device payment plan. Offer Details Customers have the option to
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Boom Mobile Updates PINK And BLUE Plans

Boom! Mobile Updates Plans With More Data

Joe Paonessa - Mar 17, 2020
Boom Mobile has issued several plan updates over the past few months.  Back in December, PINK plans were added.  Boom Mobile uses the designation PINK to describe plans that operate on the T-Mobile network.  Last month, a new free trial plan was introduced as was a new annual plan. This
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Spectrum Mobile Now Promoting 5G Network Access

Spectrum Mobile’s 5G Network Access Is Limited To Unlimited Plan Subscribers

Joe Paonessa - Mar 16, 2020
Spectrum Mobile is now offering 5G wireless service, however, it comes with a big limitation.  Only those that subscribe to Spectrum Mobile’s $45 “unlimited” plan are allowed access to the network.  Customers who subscribe to a By-The-Gig plan are limited to 4G LTE access only. Spectrum Mobile began offering 5G
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Verizon Launches Yahoo Mobile, Visible Rebranded

Verizon Launches Yahoo Mobile, Will It Be A Success?

Joe Paonessa - Mar 11, 2020
Verizon is making a move to try and further monetize its Yahoo user base with the launch of a new wireless brand, Yahoo Mobile.  Yahoo is owned by Verizon and according to Alexa Site Info, it is the 5th most popular website in the USA as measured by traffic and
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Actor Dan Levy Now Featured On Visible's Homepage

Visible Has A New Celebrity Endorser In Dan Levy

Joe Paonessa - Mar 11, 2020
Verizon owned prepaid brand Visible has a new celebrity endorser in Dan Levy.  Levy is the son of actor Eugene Levy who starred in the American Pie series of movies among a plethora of other TV shows and movies.  His son Dan is an actor and writer on the Canadian
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Good2Go Mobile Review

Good2Go Mobile Review, A Year Long Trial

Joe Paonessa - Mar 11, 2020
Good2Go Mobile A Quick Overview Good2Go Mobile is a wireless provider that uses AT&T towers to provide service to its subscribers.  In order to subscribe to the network, a universally unlocked or AT&T compatible phone is required. Good2Go Mobile has operated in the USA for about 5 years and is
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Venn Mobile Launches Unlimited Plan For $30/Month

Venn Mobile Now Offering $22/Month Unlimited LTE Data Plan That Includes 50GB Hotspot

Joe Paonessa - Mar 11, 2020
There is a new MVNO on the market with the brand name Venn Mobile.  According to the brand’s social media posts, it looks like it was launched in late January.  Currently Venn Mobile is offering just one phone plan and it is highly competitive.  The plan comes with unlimited everything
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Tracfone Brands Offering eGift Cards With SIM Kit Purchases And Plan Activations

Tracfone Brands Offering $25 eBay And Amazon Gift Cards

Joe Paonessa - Mar 9, 2020
Tracfone is running a promotion through its Amazon and eBay stores.  Customers that pick up a SIM card kit from one of several Tracfone owned brands and activate service on a qualifying plan will receive a $25 eGift card.  The eGift card will be for Amazon or eBay and which
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Black Wireless Issues 2020 Phone Plan Updates

Black Wireless Has Updated Plans, Get 5GB Data For $25/Month

Joe Paonessa - Mar 3, 2020
Last month, Black Wireless came out with a terrific offer giving new subscribers an unlimited everything plan with 50GB of high-speed data for $16.67/month.  That deal has now been retired, and Black Wireless has completely updated its phone plan lineup with an even bigger emphasis on its multi-month plan offerings. 
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Xfinity Mobile Deals Include $300 Off Select Samsung Galaxy Phones

Xfinity Mobile Deals Include Up To $300 Off Samsung Galaxy Devices

Joe Paonessa - Mar 3, 2020
Xfinity Mobile’s currently has several deals running, and most seem to be either complete rehashes of older offerings or slight updates to them.  Deals being featured include a $300 Samsung Galaxy promotion, save $300 when you buy a Google Pixel offer, $200 price reduction on the LG G8 ThinQ, and
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FreeUP Mobile Is Now Under The Ownership Of Ztar Mobile

FreeUP Mobile Is Under New Ownership, Grandfathered Free Plans Are Changing

Joe Paonessa - Feb 29, 2020
FreeUP Mobile is now under the ownership of Ztar Mobile.  The move was noticed by Wave7 Research and confirmed to BestMVNO by Rod Nakjavani who founded FreeUP in early 2018.  Rod’s LinkedIn profile page, states that the brand was acquired by Ztar on 2/1/2020. Who Is Ztar Mobile? Ztar Mobile
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Boom! Mobile Launches Annual Plan

New Boom! Mobile Annual Plan Includes 5GB Of Data For $19.92/Month

Joe Paonessa - Feb 28, 2020
Just days after announcing a new free trial plan, Boom! Mobile is back with another new plan.  This time it’s an annual plan.  Boom! Mobile’s new annual plan is an unlimited everything plan with the first 5GB of data each month at 4G LTE data speeds for $239.04 annually or
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Total Wireless Samsung $100 eGift Card Offer

Total Wireless And Simple Mobile Offer Up To $100 eGift MasterCard With Samsung And iPhone Purchases

Joe Paonessa - Feb 25, 2020
Total Wireless and Simple Mobile are both offering MasterCard eGift cards with the purchase and activation of select Samsung and iPhone devices.  Total Wireless is only offering the gift card with the purchase of Samsung devices.  Simple Mobile is offering a gift card with the purchase of either phone brands. 
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Walmart Family Mobile Now Offers International Calling On Select Plans

Walmart Family Mobile Begins To Offer International Calling To Mexico And Canada

Joe Paonessa - Feb 25, 2020
Walmart Family Mobile, one of the many brands that is powered by T-Mobile has updated its wireless plans. The MVNO’s $39.88 and $49.88 plans now include unlimited calling to Canada and Mexico.  Now there is a little bit of fine print associated with the new feature offering, so let’s review
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Ting Now Offering Service On The Verizon Network

Ting Makes It Official, Now Offering Service On The Verizon Network

Joe Paonessa - Feb 25, 2020
Last summer, Ting announced that it was dropping T-Mobile as a network partner in favor of adding Verizon later in the year.  The reason for the change was due to the uncertainty over the T-Mobile Sprint merger.  However, in December of 2019 things changed and Ting announced that they came
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