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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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...

Virgin Mobile Has Been Pulled Out Of Walmart

By Joe Paonessa • 11/13/19

Sprint owned Virgin Mobile has had a rough couple of years. Scratch that, several years. The brand’s struggles have been well documented. In 2016, Virgin Mobile reformulated...

Tello Mobile Offering Double Referral Credits To Current Customers

Tello Mobile Is Doubling Referral Credits To $20 For A Limited Time

By Joe Paonessa • 11/12/19

For a limited time, Tello Mobile is doubling the amount of referral credits that customers will receive for recruiting new subscribers to their network. Instead of the regula...

i3 Mobile Has New Website, New Plans, Announces 5G Availability

i3 Mobile Has New Wireless Plans And 5G Is On The Way, Get 10GB 4G LTE Data For $39/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 11/09/19

i3 Mobile launched just a few months ago with plans designated for both businesses and consumers. The company operates as an MVNO on the AT&T network. Although i3 Mobile...

Select Motorola Phones Are Now Available At A Huge Discount

Motorola Phones Deeply Discounted Around The Web, Get A 32GB Z3 Play And Speaker Mod For $149.99

By Joe Paonessa • 11/08/19

Did Black Friday come early? Several Motorola phones are currently on sale and deeply discounted. The phones are on sale through various retailers both online and in stores....

Several Red Pocket Mobile Plans Now Include More Data

Red Pocket Mobile Updates Plans, Get 3GB 4G LTE Data For $19/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 11/06/19

Like many other providers have already done this month, Red Pocket Mobile has updated its wireless plans. Several plans got a significant data bump. The biggest change occur...

T-Mobile Prepaid Launches $60 Unlimited Plus Plan

T-Mobile Prepaid Launches Unlimited Plus Plan With 10GB Hotspot For $60/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 11/01/19

T-Mobile Prepaid has launched a new unlimited LTE data plan called “Simply Prepaid Unlimited Plus.” For $60/month plus taxes and fees, subscribers get unlimited talk, text, an...

Republic Wireless Is Offering $200 Off Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S10 Series Of Devices

Republic Wireless Now Offering $200 Off The Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S10 Series Of Devices

By Joe Paonessa • 11/01/19

Republic Wireless has announced its first set of holiday shopping season deals. Customers can now pick up a new Samsung Galaxy S10 series device for $200 off. Available disc...

FreeUP Mobile Launches Multi-Month Plan Which Seems To Be Based Upon $15 Monthly Global Calling Plan

FreeUP Mobile Launches Multi-Month Plan For $13.33/Month With 500MB Data

By Joe Paonessa • 11/01/19

Two weeks after tweaking its plans to include unlimited data at 2G speeds, FreeUP Mobile is out with another change today. The AT&T MVNO is now offering a multi-month pla...

Pure TalkUSA's Phone Plans Now Include More Data

Pure TalkUSA Updates Plans With More Data, Get 8GB For $35/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 11/01/19

For the past couple of weeks, Pure TalkUSA has been touting on social media that something big is coming on 11/1/19. Well, that time has finally come and Pure TalkUSA has upd...

Visible Launches Party Pay Multi-Line Discounts

Visible Introduces “Party Pay” Multi-Line Discounts, New Customers Pay $25 For First Month

By Joe Paonessa • 10/31/19

Last year Verizon launched Visible, a prepaid wireless brand selling a single phone plan priced at $40/month for unlimited talk, text, and data. With the launch, Verizon fina...

AT&T Prepaid Unlimited Plan Autopay Discount Increasing To $20, Go Unlimited For $45/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 10/31/19

AT&T Prepaid is increasing the size of the autopay discount it will offer on it’s two prepaid unlimited plans to $20/month. The change will take effect on November 1, 201...