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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Visible Offering Free ZTE ZPad Tablet With Purchase And Activation Of Select Phones

Visible Offering 2 More Phones For Free With Device Swap, And Free Tablet With Purchase Of Select Phones

By Joe Paonessa • 12/09/19

Visible is now offering 2 more devices for free with device swap. The new free with device swap phone options include the Visible ZTE Blade A7 Prime and the Moto E6. They be...

Total Wireless Phone Plans Will Soon Come With Mobile Hotspot

Total Wireless Now Offers Mobile Hotspot, At Least According To Company’s Official eBay Store

By Joe Paonessa • 12/08/19

Total Wireless subscribers will soon officially be able to use their phones as a mobile hotspot. Mobile hotspot has technically not been allowed on the provider, however, som...

Total Wireless Walmart $100 eGift Card Offer

Pick Up A Total Wireless Phone And Plan At Walmart Get A $100 Gift Card

By Joe Paonessa • 12/08/19

Total Wireless and Walmart have teamed up to provide another exclusive deal. Customers who pick up two Total Wireless phones priced individually at $49 or higher and a $60 mo...

Consumer Cellular Offering $25 Account Credits To New Lines

Consumer Cellular Offering $25 Credit For New Lines And Referrals

By Joe Paonessa • 12/03/19

Consumer Cellular has launched a new “Holly Jolly Savings” promotion. New customers and current ones that add a line of service will receive a $25 account credit. The promot...

Bring Your Own Phone To Xfinity Mobile During Cyber Monday Week And Get A $50 Visa Prepaid Card

Bring Your Phone To Xfinity Mobile During Cyber Monday Week And Get A $50 Visa Prepaid Card

By Joe Paonessa • 12/02/19

Xfinity Mobile has launched a Cyber Monday week deal. Customers who bring their own phones over to the network will receive a $50 Visa Prepaid card. This is an online only d...

New Customers Porting In Can Get A Samsung Galaxy S10 From Cricket Wireless For $399.99

Cricket Wireless Cyber Monday Holiday Offer, Get A Samsung Galaxy S10 For $399

By Joe Paonessa • 12/02/19

Cyber Monday is here and Cricket Wireless has some new deals out. The AT&T owned prepaid brand wants you to “save big on the Samsung Galaxy S10 and A10e.” The firm Wave7...

Bring Your Own Phone To Metro-By-T-Mobile Get $50 Virtual Visa Prepaid Card

Metro-By-T-Mobile Offering BYOP Customers $50 Virtual Visa Prepaid Card

By Joe Paonessa • 11/29/19

Metro-By-T-Mobile is running a promotion for bring your own phone subscribers. Those who have an eligible device to bring over to the network will receive a $100 virtual Visa...

Tello Mobile Offering Multi-Month Discount Plan

Get A 6-Month Plan From Tello With 2GB Of Monthly LTE Data For $29.40

By Joe Paonessa • 11/28/19

Tello Mobile is the latest provider to test the multi-month plan waters. Through Stack Social, new customers can get a 6-month plan that features unlimited talk, text, and da...

Red Pocket Mobile eBay Plan With 5GB Of LTE Data Now Includes Service On Verizon Network

Red Pocket Mobile Updates eBay Annual Plan To Include Verizon Network, Get 5GB Of LTE Data For $16.25/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 11/27/19

Surprise, surprise. Red Pocket Mobile has come out with more holiday offers than what was just announced a couple of days ago. The latest offer is a hot one and an update to...

The Samsung Galaxy A70 Is Now Available Exclusively At Xfinity Mobile

Xfinity Mobile Holiday Offers Include The Exclusive Launch Of The Samsung Galaxy A70 For As Low As $199.99

By Joe Paonessa • 11/25/19

Some of Xfinity Mobile’s holiday offers are now out. The Verizon powered provider has launched the Samsung Galaxy A70 for $449.99. A special holiday promotion knocks the pri...

Ryan Reynolds Now Has An Ownership Stake In Mint Mobile

Mint Mobile Sells Ownership Stake To Actor Ryan Reynolds

By Joe Paonessa • 11/25/19

Mint Mobile announced today that actor Ryan Reynolds has purchased an ownership stake in the company. The terms of the sale were not disclosed. Last month Mint Mobile notifie...

Verizon Prepaid Now Offering $60 Account Credits To New Customers That Port-In

Verizon Prepaid Offering $60 Account Credit To Port-Ins

By Joe Paonessa • 11/19/19

Verizon Prepaid has launched a new promo today. Customers that switch over to Verizon Prepaid will receive a $60 account credit when they port-in to plans priced $50 or highe...

Boost Mobile Offering Free 43″ TV With Purchase Of 4 LG Stylo 5 Phones For $9.99 Each, iPhone 7 Is Now $49.99

By Joe Paonessa • 11/19/19

Boost Mobile has some new holiday offers out. Subscribers looking to port to Boost Mobile with 4 lines can pick up 4 LG Stylo 5’s for $9.99 each while also scoring a brand ne...

Tracfone Brands Starting To Release Car Smart Devices And Plans

Tracfone And Simple Mobile Announce Car Smart, Hotspot Plans For The Connected Car

By Joe Paonessa • 11/19/19

As competition in the MVNO market space continues to grow, Tracfone and its associated brands are seeking new revenue streams in niche markets. Both Tracfone and Simple Mobil...

Reach Mobile Updates Plans, Stops Activations On The AT&T Network

By Joe Paonessa • 11/18/19

Reach Mobile has discontinued one of its wireless plans. The Gigs That Give charitable provider has dropped its $20 service plan. The company informed BestMVNO that this pla...