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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eBay Exclusive Annual Plan From Tracfone Now Formally Available For Existing Subscribers

Existing Tracfone Customers Can Now Order Annual Plan With 1200 Minutes, Texts And 3GB Data For $49.99

By Joe Paonessa • 06/26/19

Tracfone continues to use eBay to push new plans and deals that are exclusive to that sales channel. We saw an example of this the other day when the company made several off...

Xfinity Mobile Offering $400 Prepaid Card With LG G8 ThinQ Purchase

Xfinity Mobile Offering $400 Prepaid Card With Purchase Of LG G8 ThinQ

By Joe Paonessa • 06/26/19

Xfinity Mobile has launched a new promotion. New customers who purchase an LG G8 ThinQ for $779.99 may qualify for a $400 prepaid card. The Verizon powered MVNO is also taki...

Visible Announced It Has Temporarily Removed LTE Data Speed Limits

Verizon’s Visible Prepaid Brand Removes Speed Cap, Get Unlimited LTE Data For $40/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 06/26/19

A couple of months ago, someone started a thread on Reddit wondering why Visible doesn’t offer higher data speeds for a small fee. A Visible employee responded to the thread...

Boost Mobile Updated $50 Hotspot Plan To Include 50GB Of Data

By Joe Paonessa • 06/25/19

Boost Mobile has updated its data only plans. The Sprint-owned prepaid brand updated its $50 hotspot plan to include 50GB of hard-capped data. The previous offering was for...

Target Has Prepaid Refill Cards BOGO Ten Percent Off

Prepaid Refill Cards Are Once Again BOGO 10% Off At Target

By Joe Paonessa • 06/24/19

Target is once again running a buy one get one 10% off sale on select prepaid refill cards. The retailer typically puts the cards on sale at least once a month as can be seen...

NET10 Wireless eBay Exclusive Annual Plans Are Now Discounted

NET10 eBay Exclusive Annual Plans On Sale, Get 5GB Of Data On Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile For $16.58/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 06/24/19

Last month NET10 Wireless launched some limited time offer eBay exclusive plans. One annual plan featured unlimited everything with the first 5GB of data each month at 4G LTE...

PIX Wireless Launches PIX Emerald Plans On The AT&T Network

PIX Wireless Adds AT&T As A Network Partner, Pricing Starts At $15/Month For 1GB LTE Data

By Joe Paonessa • 06/24/19

PIX Wireless may already be selling what is the best value monthly plan on the Verizon network. The company launched plans on the Verizon network under the plan name “PIX Sil...

Grocery Store Chain Kroger Launches Kroger Wireless (Photo Via Wave7 Research Taken June 7th At A Dillons In Kansas)

Grocery Chain Kroger Rebrands i-wireless To Kroger Wireless, Pricing Starts At $25/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 06/24/19

Grocery Chain Kroger has rebranded its MVNO service “i-wireless” to “Kroger Wireless.” The i-wireless brand had been operating since 2006. Kroger will continue to offer wire...

Boost Mobile Offering Buy One Get Two Free With Moto G7 Play, LG Stylo 4

By Joe Paonessa • 06/21/19

Boost Mobile recently launched a couple of new promos. One promo offers new subscribers a buy one get 2 free offer on the LG Stylo 4 and Moto G7 Play. Customers are allowed...

FreedomPop Will Operate On All 4 Major Networks

Red Pocket Mobile Announces FreedomPop To Offer Free Plans On All 4 Major Networks

By Joe Paonessa • 06/21/19

Red Pocket Mobile announced today that the FreedomPop and UNREAL Mobile brands that it recently acquired from STS Media will soon operate on all 4 major networks in the USA. ...

Gen Mobile Promo Codes Offer Discounts On All Wireless Plans

Gen Mobile Offering 5% Off Multi-Month Plans, $5 Off All Other Orders

By Joe Paonessa • 06/19/19

Gen Mobile is now offering a small discount on its prepaid wireless plans. Customers can save 5% on the cost of a multi-month plan with use of the coupon code 5OFF3MONTH. Al...

Samsung Galaxy A50 Is Now Available At Selectel Wireless

Selectel Wireless Is Now Selling The Samsung Galaxy A50 For $399.99

By Joe Paonessa • 06/18/19

Selectel Wireless announced in a Facebook post that it is now carrying the Samsung Galaxy A50. The Verizon powered MVNO has even set up a big splash page on its website adver...

Tello Mobile Updates Plans With Lower Pricing And More Data

Tello Mobile Lowers Prices, Get Unlimited With 4GB LTE Data For $19/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 06/11/19

Tello Mobile updated its wireless plans today. The BestMVNO featured plan includes unlimited talk, text, and data with the first 4GB at 4G LTE data speeds for $19/month. The...

Boost Mobile And Virgin Mobile No Longer Sold At Meijer (Photo Via Wave7 Research)

Boost Mobile Exits Meijer, Begins Testing “Store In Store” At Fresco y Mas

By Joe Paonessa • 06/11/19

Sprint and its prepaid brands which include both Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile have dramatically altered their presence in retail over the past year. Sprint exited Target in...

ATT Prepaid Now Offering 25GB Data On $50 Plan Exclusively At Walmart

AT&T Prepaid Walmart Exclusive Promo Offers Subscribers 25GB Of Data For $40/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 06/10/19

Several days ago a deal was posted on SlickDeals advertising a Walmart exclusive offer from AT&T Prepaid. The promo was for bonus data on AT&T’s $50 prepaid plan ($40...