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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Mint Mobile Starter Kit Is A Penny On Amazon Prime Day 2018

Mint Mobile’s Prime Day Deal Is A Penny Trial Starter Kit

By Joe Paonessa • 07/15/18

Mint Mobile sells a starter kit exclusively on Amazon. The kit is regularly priced at $5, but on Prime Day it will be free 1¢ (plus shipping) to the first 5,000 customers. Th...

UNREAL Mobile Launches BYOD Free Trial Promo

UNREAL Mobile Offering Free Trial With 3GB Of 4G LTE Data And Free Activation

By Joe Paonessa • 07/12/18

Recently launched UNREAL Mobile has just announced its first true promotion aimed at bring your own device customers. The promotion gives new customers a 14 day free trial of...

Virgin Mobile Lays Off Large Part Of Work Force, Exits Target

Virgin Mobile Death Watch? Company Lays Off Large Part Of Work Force, Exits Target

By Joe Paonessa • 07/12/18

Late in 2016 Virgin Mobile relaunched itself with a new set of phone plans. That relaunch lasted less than a year as by the summer of 2017 Virgin Mobile had again relaunched...

TPO Mobile Proposes Selling Subscriber Base To Ting

TPO Mobile Proposes To Sell Its Subscribers To Ting For $75/Each

By Joe Paonessa • 07/07/18

Back in May TPO Mobile informed its investors that it was looking to exit the USA market. Early last month the company sent another note to its investors discussing its exit...

Lycamobile Has Updated Website And New Phone Plan

Lycamobile Updates Website, Adds New $39 International Plan With 5GB Of Data

By Joe Paonessa • 07/06/18

It looks like Lycamobile updated its website. According to a Facebook post the change was made in early June. Lycamobile also updated its website layout at about the same ti...

Spectrum Mobile Officially Launches On Verizon Network

Spectrum Mobile Launches On Verizon Network With “Unlimited Data” For $45/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 07/02/18

Charter’s Spectrum Mobile officially launched over the weekend as an MVNO on the Verizon network. News of its impending launch came in early June when By the Gig pricing was...

Xfinity Mobile Subscribers Now Get Lower Res Video Streams And Slower Hotspot Data

Xfinity Mobile Subscribers Get Reduced Hotspot Speeds And Lower Resolution Video

By Joe Paonessa • 07/02/18

Comcast has announced a couple of negative changes to the plans of its Xfinity Mobile wireless subscribers. First, unlimited plan subscribers will now have their hotspot data...

Verizon Prepaid Now Offering Double Data For Life

Verizon Prepaid Directly Offering Double Data For Life

By Joe Paonessa • 06/27/18

Last month, independent Verizon prepaid dealers were able to offer a double data for life promotion. The deal got interested persons scrambling for a way to find independent...

Twigby Updates Plans To Include More Data Get 2GB For $10

By Joe Paonessa • 06/25/18

Twigby, the Sprint MVNO with voice and text roaming on Verizon, has just increased the amount of data included with all of its plans. One featured data allotment now includes...

ATT Announces WatchTV And New Unlimited Plans

AT&T Takes Advantage Of Time Warner Merger, Announces New Unlimited Plans Bundled With Streaming TV

By Joe Paonessa • 06/21/18

AT&T has announced what it has called the “first of new offers to come” following its merger with Time Warner. The so called first offer is a new video streaming service call...

Ting Giving Away Moto Z2 Play, Also Offering $100 Amazon Gift Cards For Referrals

By Joe Paonessa • 06/20/18

Ting Mobile is currently running a couple of different promotions. The MVNO is giving away 4 Moto Z2 Plays with Hasselblad True Zoom Moto Mods as part of a photo contest. On...

Unreal Mobile Officially Launches With Unlimited Plans Starting At $10/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 06/20/18

A few weeks ago news broke that FreedomPop would be a launching a new wireless brand called Unreal Mobile. Today, Unreal Mobile’s launch is official and the brand is ready to...

Republic Wireless Subscribers Now Have Access To 30 Million WiFi Hotspots

Republic Wireless Subscribers Can Now Automatically Connect To 30 Million WiFi Hotspots

By Joe Paonessa • 06/19/18

Republic Wireless is an MVNO that operates on the Sprint and T-Mobile networks. WiFi calling and texting is also an integral part of the Republic Wireless experience. In fac...

Verizon’s Newest Unlimited Plan Is Expensive And Adds Even More Confusion To Plan Lineup

By Joe Paonessa • 06/14/18

On June 18th Verizon Wireless will launch a new unlimited data plan named “Above Unlimited.” It will cost subscribers $95/month plus taxes and fees. It will be the third unl...

FreedomPop Now Offering Unlimited Talk, Text And 5GB Data On GSM Network For $12.50/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 06/13/18

FreedomPop has just launched a new new plan that utilizes their GSM partner’s network. The coverage map for the plan indicates that their network partner is AT&T. FreedomPop’...