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 • 02/07/19
It was only a few weeks ago that Lycamobile was offering new and existing customers 6GB of data with their $29 plan when they purchased 3 or more month of service in advance. ...
By Joe Paonessa • 02/07/19
SpeedTalk Mobile has updated its wireless plans. One featured update includes unlimited talk and text with 3GB of LTE data for $18/month. Data is hard capped. The plan prev...
By Joe Paonessa • 02/04/19
Straight Talk Wireless has been very busy lately. The MVNO has made a lot of changes to its phone plans over the past few weeks. Namely, the Tracfone owned provider added mo...
By Joe Paonessa • 02/04/19
H2O Wireless is offering new customers one free month of service with or without a ported number. Customers must activate on the MVNO’s $20 plan which for a limited time will...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/29/19
When it comes to prepaid wireless plans, Walmart is a retail force to be reckoned with. The store offers several exclusive prepaid plans. For instance, Total Wireless has fo...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/28/19
Tello Mobile is no stranger to promotions. The Sprint MVNO offers them fairly frequently as you can see from the list of Tello promotions that BestMVNO has previously tracked...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/28/19
Red Pocket Mobile announced some plan changes today. Several plans now have more data and are inclusive of more network partners. The MVNOs featured plan now includes unlimi...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/25/19
Cricket Wireless launched the Alcatel ONYX today for $119.99. The phone is available exclusively through the AT&T owned wireless provider. Alcatel is owned by TCL Communicat...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/25/19
A few months ago Straight Talk Wireless was offering 50% more data on select plans with the purchase of a phone. Now those changes have been made permanent. Straight Talk ha...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/24/19
Check out the BestMVNO news feed and you’ll notice that there has been a lot of change in the prepaid wireless market over the past couple of weeks. There was a major buyout,...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/24/19
Yesterday, Verizon prepaid launched a new $55 unlimited plan through select dealerships. Today, Verizon has a new prepaid offer on its website. Customers who enroll in Veriz...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/23/19
Verizon owned Visible launched as a wireless provider less than a year ago. Visible only sells one phone plan with unlimited talk, text, data and mobile hotspot priced at $40...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/23/19
VIDAPAY and ePay are online software platforms that provide prepaid wireless dealers with an all-in-one solution for activating SIM cards and managing their prepaid wireless a...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/23/19
Selectel Wireless is offering new customers a free month of service if they port in and bring their own device to the network. Apple and Android devices are welcomed. Offer Fi...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/22/19
Telrite Holdings, Inc. announced today an agreement to purchase Locus Telecommunications pending regulatory approval. Telrite Holdings, Inc. is the company that owns Pure Tal...














