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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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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TextNow Offering Free Plans Until 2019 With Purchase Of Phone, Phones Start At $45
TextNow has launched a new promotion. Buy a phone and your phone plan will be free for the remainder of 2018. Subscribers can choose any plan they’d like. Phones start at just $44.99. Plans start at $9.99/month for unlimited talk and text. What Phone Plans Are Available? TextNow sells 4
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UNREAL Mobile Offering Unlimited Talk, Text 5GB LTE Data For $20/Month
UNREAL Mobile has launched a couple of new plans. The new plans are multi-month plans available on the MVNO’s GSM partner network, AT&T. The BestMVNO featured plan includes unlimited talk, text and data with the first 5GB at 4G LTE data speeds for an average cost of $20/month. An unlimited
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T-Mobile Testing Out 36 Month Phone Payment Plans
According to one study, the average smartphone owner holds onto their phone for 32 months before upgrading. The same study says that over 20% of mobile phone owners hold onto their phone for over 3 years. There may be several reasons for the long time between upgrades. One is that
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Boost Mobile BYOP Customers Get Unlimited LTE Data For $25/Month
A reader sent in a tip to BestMVNO that Boost Mobile is currently offering bring your own phone customers an unlimited LTE data plan for $25/month, with taxes and fees included. The phone plan includes unlimited talk, text, LTE data and mobile hotspot. There is an LTE data cap on
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US Mobile Now Has 50,000 Subscribers And Expects Over $10 Million In Revenues
According to commentary provided to Fierce Wireless by US Mobile CEO Ahmed Khattak, US Mobile now has around 50,000 unique subscribers. The announcement comes hot on the heels of the MVNO’s recent reconfiguration of its phone plans. US Mobile now offers unified phone plans on the Verizon and T-Mobile networks.
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Red Pocket Mobile Updates Plans, Featuring 8GB Of LTE Data For $40/Month
Red Pocket Mobile came out with some new and updated phone plans today. The multi-carrier MVNO is now offering an unlimited everything plan with the first 8GB of data at 4G LTE data speeds for $40/month. The data allotment is good on Red Pocket Mobile’s GSMA and CDMAS network partners,
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All Major Wireless Carriers Waiving Charges For Those Impacted By Hurricane Michael
All major wireless carriers are waiving overages potentially offering free service to those impacted by Hurricane Michael. T-Mobile and AT&T are allowing their customers to text short codes to make donations to various organizations that will be part of the disaster relief. T-Mobile’s Response T-Mobile is offering free calling/texting/data for
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Metro By T-Mobile Will Launch 5G Wireless Service In 2019
A few weeks ago MetroPCS announced that it was getting a new brand name with updated phone plans. The new name, Metro By T-Mobile, and new plans officially went live yesterday. Along with those updates, T-Mobile announced that its Metro brand will begin to offer 5G wireless service starting in
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FreeUP Mobile Quietly Updates Plans, Featuring 1GB Data On AT&T For $20/Month
FreeUP Mobile is a newcomer to the market. The MVNO launched in April of 2018 using AT&T’s network to provide service. It is run by Rod Nakjavani, who co-founded Simple Mobile in 2009. Thanks to a BestMVNO reader inquiry, I’ve learned that FreeUP Mobile now has some new phone plans. After
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Mint Mobile Review, My 4 Month Trial
Mint Mobile Overview In this Mint Mobile review, I’ll detail my entire experience using them as my cell service provider for 4-months. I’ll take you through the signup process and the number porting and activation processes. I’ll even show you how much data I used during my trial and what
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US Mobile Updates Plans, Unlimited Data Now Available On Two Networks Starting At $40/Month
US Mobile unveiled some new phone plans today. The T-Mobile and Verizon MVNO has unified its offerings. Previously pricing and plans differed depending on which network you subscribed to. Unlimited LTE data was not even an option for the T-Mobile network based plans, but is now available with the new
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H2O Wireless Adds More Data To Most Plans, $30 Plan Now Has 3GB, New Customers Get It For $15
As anticipated last week, H2O Wireless has updated its phone plans. Nearly all plans got increased data allotments. The BestMVNO value pick includes unlimited talk, text and data with the first 3GB at high speed for $30/month. The increased data allotments also impact the 50% off with extra data promotion that
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Twigby Updates Plans, New Customers Get 10GB Data For $22.50
For the second time since June, Twigby has updated its cell phone plans. The Sprint and Verizon powered MVNO has removed some plan options, added new ones and lowered prices on others. The BestMVNO top pick includes 10GB of LTE data for $22.50 for a new customers first 6 months of
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Phones, Red Pocket Mobile Plans And More Are 15% Off Today Only On eBay
EBay today has a coupon code that will be active from now until 9PM EST. The coupon code PICKSOON will give shoppers 15% off of nearly any order priced $25 or more. That means shoppers will be able to get 15% off any eBay exclusive Red Pocket Mobile plan or
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Verizon’s Visible No Longer Requires An Invite Code To Join
Several months ago Verizon launched a prepaid brand called Visible. Although Visible is owned by Verizon, it operates independently from it. At launch, the service was only available by invite code and could only be subscribed to by iPhone owners. Visible just notified BestMVNO that as of last week an
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