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 • 05/09/19
Republic Wireless is the latest MVNO to jump on the multi-month plan bandwagon. Today the company announced the availability of annual plans. Republic Wireless is advertisin...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/07/19
Tello Mobile officially turned 3 years old on May 5th. The company is celebrating its 3 year anniversary by offering a plethora of promotions for both new and existing subscr...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/06/19
EasyGO has updated its wireless plans. The MVNO that is run by H2O Wireless and now owned by Pure TalkUSA has increased the data allotments offered on its two unlimited month...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/03/19
Boom Mobile has made the decision to stop offering service on the Sprint network. The wireless provider has partnered with Ting and all of Boom Mobile’s Sprint network custom...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/02/19
US Cellular is the nation’s 5th largest wireless carrier. The provider operates in 23 different states and serves about 5 million customers. Today, Alex Wagner of PhoneDog n...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/27/19
Several months ago, Spectrum Mobile began allowing customers to bring their own phone to the network. The feature was secretly launched in beta, in select markets, and in-stor...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/27/19
Multi-month phone plans are becoming an industry trend. BestMVNO has tracked several providers over the past year that have either launched multi-month plans or have made them...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/25/19
Thanks to a reader tip, BestMVNO has learned that Republic Wireless is no longer offering data only plans. The plans were part of a pilot program launched by Republic Wireles...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/25/19
Visible, the prepaid wireless service that was launched by Verizon last May, has announced the availability of a customer referral program. Those that refer a friend to Visib...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/23/19
A long-awaited feature has finally arrived at Total Wireless. The Tracfone owned brand has finally removed its hard data cap, but unfortunately, it is only for one plan. Cus...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/22/19
Boost Mobile is in the middle of a new promotion called the “Golden Ticket.” Customers who switch from either Cricket Wireless or Metro By T-Mobile to a Boost Mobile unlimited...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/22/19
Today marks the 3 year anniversary since Google first launched Google Fi. To celebrate, the MVNO is offering 50% off the purchase of a Pixel 3 or Pixel 3 XL with activation o...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/20/19
Cricket Wireless is running a few promotions involving Samsung Galaxy Devices. As noted by SlickDeals and Main Event Tech the Samsung Galaxy S9 is available to switchers for...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/17/19
Ultra Mobile has been selling multi-month plans for quite some time. The T-Mobile network powered provider had sold the plans exclusively in-store through its dealer channels...
By Joe Paonessa • 04/16/19
Last April, Simple Mobile introduced add-on cards. Fast forward one year later, and the prepaid provider has pushed out an update to those add-on cards. The first change to n...