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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Boost Infinite’s Latest TV Ad Mentions It Uses 3 Of The Nation’s Top Networks
Boost Infinite debuted a new TV ad over this past weekend. According to iSpot.tv the ad is entitled “Boost Infinite’s Wireless Utopia: Explorer.” I find this ad to be significant as its the first TV ad from Boost Infinite that explicitly states that subscribers get coverage from “three of the
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Verizon Continues To Bleed Prepaid Customers, In 3Q23 207K Leave
Verizon released its 2023 third quarter earnings today. The company’s stock closed up 9.27% on the day (to $34.40) on the heels of raising its guidance for the year by $1 billion, with total wireless revenue up 2.9% year over year, and 100k postpaid phone net additions for the quarter.
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Tello Flash Sale Offers Discounts To New Customers On 2GB & 5GB Plans
Tello Mobile is offering a discount to new customers on a couple of its phone plans. Their 2GB plan is available for $10 marked down from $14. The company’s 5GB plan has been discounted down to $15. It’s regularly priced at $19. The discounts are only available for the customer’s
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Boost Mobile Will Refresh Plans And Device Subsidy Policy In November
Boost Mobile is updating its wireless plans. Currently, Boost has different plans in stores than it does online. For instance, $60/month will get you a plan with 50GB of high-speed data in stores, but for the same price online, you only get a plan with 30GB. In November, Boost Mobile
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Competition Alive And Well In Prepaid With Motorola Razr 2023 Pricing
The Motorola Razr 2023 is being carried and heavily discounted by three carrier owned prepaid brands, Boost Mobile (DISH), Metro by T-Mobile, and AT&T’s Cricket Wireless. Verizon Wireless is the only major carrier to not offer the device at a deep discount through one of its prepaid brands. Verizon typically
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Lyca Mobile Denies Report MVNO Deal With T-Mobile Terminated, May Still Be Seeking New Carrier Partner
A report from the National Wireless Dealer Association, NWIDA, states that Lyca Mobile is in the process of looking for a new carrier partner to power its MVNO wireless service in the USA. Lyca Mobile has been a long time T-Mobile MVNO. Three separate sources confirmed to NWIDA that a
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Boost Mobile Pushing More Customers Onto Native Network With 50% Off For 3 Months
Boost Mobile is making a half baked attempt to load more customers onto its native network, the Boost 5G Network. Wave7 Research reported in its latest prepaid brief that Boost Mobile is offering 50% off months two, three, and four to customers that activate on the network built by DISH.
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Cricket Wireless Announces It Will Carry The Foldable Motorola Razr 2023
Cricket Wireless has announced that it will carry the Motorola Razr 2023 in Sage green. This is significant as it will be the first ever foldable device sold by Cricket. Pricing for the device has not been revealed. However, the unlocked version from Motorola is available at $599. With certain
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Consumer Cellular Adds Another Free Month Offer
Consumer Cellular has a new “free month” offer out as noted in the latest prepaid report issued by the firm Wave7 Research. The offer was announced by Consumer Cellular in a blog post on October 1. It gives customers who add a line to their accounts a $15 account credit.
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Simple Mobile Still Number 1 In Wave7 Research 3Q23 Prepaid Dealer Survey
We’re in October now, and that means it’s time for the 3Q23 Wave7 Research multi-carrier prepaid dealer survey results. For the 35th time in a row, Simple Mobile has won the survey just like it has every time since the survey’s inception. Simple Mobile was carried by 23 out of
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Light Launches MVNO Phone Plans To Pair With Its Unique Minimalist Phone
The makers of the minimalist Light Phone, Light, have launched mvno plans using AT&T’s network. Pricing is rather steep, with plans starting at $30/month for 1GB of data. Light launched its MVNO plans through Gigs, which calls itself the world’s first telecom-as-a-service platform. Gigs’s website states that it can allow businesses
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US Mobile’s $9.99/mo Home Phone Plan Is Live, Targeting Seniors & Businesses
In the latter half of September, BestMVNO reported an abundance of plan changes taking place at US Mobile. The company updated its phone plans with more data, hotspot, international features, improved shared data plan rates and more. They also shared a roadmap of additional upcoming changes. One of those changes
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Ultra Mobile Updates Plans With More Data And International Calling Countries
Ultra Mobile has updated its wireless plans to include more data. Additionally, more countries to call and text to have been added. Ultra Mobile customers can now call or text to over 90+ destinations, up from 80+. Free talk and text roaming while traveling to both Mexico and Canada has
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AirVoice Wireless Begins Opening Stores
In January 2022, HTH Communications purchased AirVoice Wireless for an undisclosed sum. HTH Communications is now investing heavily in the brand. A new prepaid report from Wave7 Research detailed that AirVoice Wireless is opening branded stores. There are now two stores open, and both of them are in Houston. An
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Visible Brings Back $35 Visible+ Plan Promo
Visible by Verizon has brought back a really good promo. It’s flagship $45/month Visible+ truly unlimited data plan is once again $35 for new customers with the use of promo code 35FOR6. Visible by Verizon has also added more international calling countries to the plan. For a limited time, Libya
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