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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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Ting Announces Black Friday 2018 Preview Deals

Ting Announces Some Black Friday Sales

Joe Paonessa - Nov 19, 2018
Ting has announced some of its Black Friday 2018 deals.  Some deals include getting $300 back on the purchase of an iPhone 7, $200 back on the purchase of a Google Pixel XL, and $100 back on the purchase of a Motorola E4 Plus. Ting Mobile Black Friday Preview Deals
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Tello Black Friday 2018 Deals Are Here

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

Joe Paonessa - Nov 19, 2018
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 LTE speeds free for a month to new subscribers.  Additionally both new and old customers are eligible to
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Boost Mobile Giving Away Free Moto G6 Play To Switchers

Boost Mobile Now Offering Free Moto G6 Play To Switchers

Joe Paonessa - Nov 18, 2018
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 LG Stylo 4 free to switchers.  The offer was followed up just days ago with the Samsung
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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

Joe Paonessa - Nov 14, 2018
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 HowardForums says that they just got notified of the offer from Metro by a text message.  When I
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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

Joe Paonessa - Nov 12, 2018
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 of just $23.25/month.  The plan is normally priced at $399 or an average cost of $33.25/month. This
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Boost Mobile Offering LG G6 $49.99 BOGO, Free Galaxy J7 Refine To New Customers

Joe Paonessa - Nov 11, 2018
Boost Mobile is running some new promotions.  One promotion builds on the LG G6 for $49.99 deal that was released a couple of weeks ago.   Boost Mobile is now marketing this deal as a buy one get one offer.  Subscribers can also get a free month of service when the
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Consumer Cellular Adds Significantly More Data To Plans

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

Joe Paonessa - Nov 9, 2018
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.  Subscribers can now add 2GB of data with unlimited text for $10/month to their unlimited talk plan.  The
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Best Buy And Walmart Announce Black Friday 2018 Deals

Best Buy And Walmart Black Friday 2018 Cell Phone Deals Revealed

Joe Paonessa - Nov 8, 2018
The holiday shopping season is officially upon us.  Best Buy and Walmart have just announced some of their Black Friday deals.  Some deals are even available now.  One such offer that is available now at Best Buy is a Moto G6 for $199.99, which is $50 off its regular price. 
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Verizon's Prepaid Wireless Plans Get Updated

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

Joe Paonessa - Nov 6, 2018
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 when auto-pay billing is enabled.  Auto-pay billing and on time payments were previously used to reward subscribers with data carryover.  However data
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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

Joe Paonessa - Nov 5, 2018
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-Mobile reduced the price of a $50 prepaid plan with 10GB of LTE data to $40/month.  The new unlimited plan appears to
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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

Joe Paonessa - Nov 5, 2018
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, text and data with 50 domestic voice roaming minutes and some sort of data prioritization policy.  Data prioritization is the process
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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

Joe Paonessa - Nov 4, 2018
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 another.  The $37.50 plan now includes 12GB of 4G LTE data instead of 6GB.  As noted by Wave7 Research,
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The Moto X4 Prime Edition Is Now Availabe At Amazon For $199.99

The Prime Exclusive Moto X4 Is Just $199.99 At Amazon

Joe Paonessa - Nov 3, 2018
Amazon currently has the 32GB Moto X4 Prime Exclusive edition on sale for just $199.99.  It is regularly priced at $259.99.  By contrast, the standard version is selling for $287.99 on Amazon or $299.99 if purchased directly from Motorola.  Amazon also offers the ability to purchase the phone on an
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Selectel Wireless's New Plan Includes 22GB Of 4G LTE Data

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

Joe Paonessa - Nov 3, 2018
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 data at 4G LTE speeds for $60/month.  It replaces a plan that previously cost $70/month for 15GB of data
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Twenty Dollar Auto-Pay Discount On Unlimited LTE Data Plans

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

Joe Paonessa - Nov 3, 2018
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 data prioritization only applied after 22GB of LTE data has been consumed in a month is now $65/month.  Data
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