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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Tello Mobile Discounts Phones And Offers Free Month Of Service For Black Friday

By Joe Paonessa • 11/19/18

Tello Mobile is the latest wireless provider to serve up deals for Black Friday. The Sprint MVNO is offering unlimited talk, text and data with the first 2GB of data at 4G LT...

Boost Mobile Giving Away Free Moto G6 Play To Switchers

Boost Mobile Now Offering Free Moto G6 Play To Switchers

By Joe Paonessa • 11/18/18

It seems that every few weeks Boost Mobile has a new free phone offer for switchers. Just weeks ago we saw the Sprint owned brand give away the Samsung Galaxy J3 Achieve and...

Metro By T-Mobile Offering Free Line When You Upgrade Your Phone

Metro By T-Mobile Offering Add A Line At No Extra Cost On $60 Unlimited Plan With Phone Upgrade

By Joe Paonessa • 11/14/18

Metro By T-Mobile appears to be launching a new promotion. Customers can now add a line for free on the $60 unlimited plan when they purchase a new phone. A poster on Howard...

Red Pocket Mobile's Annual Plan With 10GB Monthly Data Now Available For $279

Red Pocket Mobile’s Annual Plan With 10GB Of Monthly LTE Data Now $23.25/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 11/12/18

Red Pocket Mobile’s XL plan that includes unlimited everything with the first 10GB of data at 4G LTE data speeds is now marked down to $279. That works out to an average cost...

Consumer Cellular Adds Significantly More Data To Plans, Subscribers Can Now Add 2GB Data For $10/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 11/09/18

For the third time in the past year and a half, Consumer Cellular has updated its phone plans. The company has increased the amount of data that comes with all data add-ons. ...

Verizon's Prepaid Wireless Plans Get Updated

Verizon Prepaid Updates Plans With Auto-Pay Discount, More Data, No Data Carryover

By Joe Paonessa • 11/06/18

Verizon Wireless has updated its prepaid wireless plans. Highlighted changes include more data on one plan, the removal of another, and all plans are now priced $5 cheaper wh...

Limited Time Offer From T-Mobile Prepaid Is An Unlimited LTE Data Plan For $50/Month

T-Mobile Prepaid Now Offering Unlimited LTE Data For $50/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 11/05/18

T-Mobile has launched a new limited time offer on an unlimited LTE data prepaid plan. Subscribers can now get unlimited LTE data for just $50/month. Back in September T-Mobi...

Boost Mobile Adds More Hotspot Data To Unlimited Plans, New Customers Can Get Free Phones

Boost Mobile Unlimited LTE Plans Now Include More Hotspot Data

By Joe Paonessa • 11/05/18

Boost Mobile has updated all of its unlimited LTE data plans to include more hotspot data. Updated Plans All of Boost Mobile’s unlimited LTE data plans include unlimited talk,...

Simple Mobile Limited Time Offer Includes 10GB Hotspot Data On $50 Plan

Simple Mobile Alters Plans, For A Limited Time Get Unlimited LTE Data With 10GB Hotspot For $45/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 11/04/18

Simple Mobile has made some changes to its phone plans. The T-Mobile powered MVNO has increased the amount of data included with one of its plans and added mobile hotspot to...

Selectel Wireless's New Plan Includes 22GB Of 4G LTE Data

Selectel Wireless Improves Plans Again, Featuring 22GB LTE Data For $60/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 11/03/18

For the second time in about as many weeks, Selectel Wireless has updated its phone plans. The Verizon powered MVNO now offers an unlimited data plan with the first 22GB of d...

Twenty Dollar Auto-Pay Discount On Unlimited LTE Data Plans

AT&T Prepaid Offering Unlimited LTE Data Plan For $45/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 11/03/18

For a limited time AT&T Prepaid has dropped the prices of its unlimited LTE data plans. The $65 plan with always on data prioritization is now $45/month. The $85 plan with d...

NTP Releases Study Of Health Effects Of Exposure To Cellular Radiation In Rodents

Consumer Advocate Group Calls For Moratorium On Roll Out Of 5G Due To Concern It May Cause Cancer

By Joe Paonessa • 11/01/18

The US Brain Tumor Association, sent out a press release today in regards to a recently completed study by the the US National Toxicology Program (NTP). The study found evid...

Total Wireless And Straight Talk Wireless Offering 50% More Data To Select Customers

Tracfone Brands Total Wireless And Straight Talk Offering 50% More Data With Some Stipulations

By Joe Paonessa • 10/27/18

Tracfone owned brands Total Wireless and Straight Talk are both offering 50% more data to select customers. Total Wireless customers need to port-in to get the deal. New Str...

Selectel Wireless Updates Plans To Include More Data

Verizon MVNO Selectel Wireless Adds More Data To Plans, Get 2GB For $30/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 10/26/18

Thanks to reader input, BestMVNO has learned that Selectel Wireless has updated its phone plans. Some plans now include more data, and there also appears to be a new plan ava...

Consumer Cellular Introduces ZTE Wireless Home Phone Base

Consumer Cellular Wants To Replace Your Landline With “Wireless Home Phone Base”

By Joe Paonessa • 10/24/18

Consumer Cellular is an MVNO that has been expanding at a rapid pace. Just recently the company surpassed 3 million subscribers for 2018 allowing it to achieve one of its goa...