Articles by Joe Paonessa
Joe Paonessa
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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By Joe Paonessa • 07/26/18
Comcast owned Xfinity Mobile continues to grow at a rapid pace. The Verizon based MVNO added 204,000 subscriber lines in it’s most recent quarter ending June 30th, 2018. The...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/17/18
A few months ago Cricket Wireless ran a promo for new customers that offered $200 off all the flagship phones that it carried. The promo is now back, although this time it is...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/17/18
Tello Mobile has just launched a new promotion. The MVNO is calling it a Mid-Summer Sale and it is scheduled to last until 7/31/2018. Any new customer that subscribes to a T...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/17/18
Red Pocket Mobile plans priced $119 and higher are now $25 off thanks to the promo code PRIMO119 issued by eBay. The promo code is valid today only, 7/17/2018 until 11PM PST....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...