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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Cricket Wireless Confirms New Unlimited Data Plan Without A Speed Cap
A poster on Reddit claims that Cricket Wireless will be getting a new unlimited data plan on 9/28/18. The new plan will likely replace Cricket’s current Unlimited Max plan which is priced at $60/month. The new plan will be called Unlimited Extra and will also be priced at $60/month. Unlimited
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Mint Mobile Adds Support For WiFi Calling And Visual Voicemail On Apple iPhones
Mint Mobile has added several new features for its iOS users. Subscribers on the platform can now get visual voicemail, WiFi calling and texting and VoLTE enabled calling. WiFi calling and texting were previously limited to select Android devices. Mint Mobile said that the features were something that its iOS
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Tello Offering Free Month Of Service To New Subscribers
Tello has just announced a promotion to mark the upcoming start of the fall season. New subscribers can get one month of free service on Tello’s $14/month Starter plan. The plan features unlimited talk, text and data with the first 1GB at 4G LTE data speeds before throttling to 64Kbps.
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Cricket Wireless Announces Fall 2018 Deals, Featuring A Free LG Fortune 2
Cricket Wireless has announced some new promotions. The AT&T owned brand is marketing them as hot deals for the cool temperatures of fall 2018. Deals include 4 lines of unlimited data for $100, the LG Fortune 2 for free and the Samsung Galaxy S9 for $499. Cricket also has open
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Gen Mobile Offers 300 Minutes And 1GB Data For $10/Month
Gen Mobile is a new wireless provider on the Sprint network. The business was co-founded in February of 2018 by Michael Yap, his brother Robert Yap and several others with experience in the telecom industry. Michael has a background in corporate law and serves as an executive at the company. Robert
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Ultra Mobile Ups Data On Select Plans, Features Unlimited Talk, Text And 5GB Data For $29
Ultra Mobile has increased the amount of data included with a couple of its phone plans. The $23 dollar plan now includes 2GB of LTE data and the $29 plan now has 5GB of LTE data. Previously the plans included 1GB and 4GB of LTE data respectively. Both come with
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NET10 Wireless Offering Double Data For Life On Select Plans
Net10 Wireless has brought back double data for life on select plans. It is a similar promotion to what NET10 offered last year at this time. Last year customers got double data for life on all plans. This time it’s only available on the $35 and $40 plans. NET10 Wireless
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Verizon Prepaid Brings Back Double Data For Life Through VIDAPAY Dealers
Back in May, Verizon Prepaid dealers using the VIDAPAY platform were privy to a special promotion from Verizon. Subscribers who signed up for a prepaid plan through a participating dealer got double data for life. Locating a dealer at that time proved to be a difficult task. Later, Verizon went
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UNREAL Mobile Offering Free Trial Of Phone Plans With 5GB Of Data
UNREAL Mobile has launched two new promotions. Both promotions are advertised as giving customers a 14 day free trial of service that includes unlimited talk, text and data with the first 5GB of data at 4G LTE speeds. One promotion is for service on the Sprint network, the other is
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UNREAL Mobile Adds AT&T As MVNO Partner, Featuring Unlimited Talk, Text And 1GB Data For $10/Month
UNREAL Mobile launched just a few months ago as an MVNO on the Sprint network. Plans started at $10/month for unlimited talk, text and data with the first 1GB at 4G LTE data speeds. Today the FreedomPop owned brand announced that it can now offer the same plans with the
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Sprint Announces Unlimited Premium Plan For $90/Month
Sprint has announced a new “Unlimited Premium” plan. The plan comes with more mobile hotspot data than its other unlimited plans and more perks such as an Amazon Prime subscription. The new plan which Sprint calls a “VIP platinum-style wireless plan” will cost subscribers $90/month. It joins two other unlimited
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Red Pocket Mobile Offering ROK Mobile Customers Free Month Of Service
ROK Mobile’s sudden shut down of its Sprint network plans has left some customers looking for a new provider. Red Pocket Mobile stated to BestMVNO that it has collaborated with ROK Mobile to help customers migrate their numbers over to Red Pocket before the end of the day today, 8/31/18.
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Airvoice Wireless Adds More Data To Select Plans
AirVoice Wireless quietly updated a couple of its phone plans. The AT&T MVNO added more data to its $20 and $30 plans. The $20 plan now includes 1GB of data plus 1GB of promotional data. The $30 plan now has 4GB of data. Prior to the updates the $20 plan
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Virgin Mobile No Longer An iPhone Only Service Provider
A little over a year ago Virgin Mobile rebranded itself as an iPhone only prepaid provider that only offered one phone plan. The plan cost $50 a month for unlimited everything, although new subscribers were able to get up to a year of service for just $1. Virgin Mobile called
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ROK Mobile Sprint Subscribers Need To Find A New Provider
Back in May of this year, ROK Mobile discontinued its Sprint based plans. Subscribers were allowed to keep whatever Sprint based plan they had, but new subscribers could no longer sign up for one. Now according to HowardForums and Reddit posters, it seems those that kept their Sprint based plan
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