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 • 09/19/18
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 wh...
By Joe Paonessa • 09/19/18
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. W...
By Joe Paonessa • 09/17/18
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...
By Joe Paonessa • 09/15/18
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...
By Joe Paonessa • 09/13/18
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 ex...
By Joe Paonessa • 09/08/18
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...
By Joe Paonessa • 09/07/18
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...
By Joe Paonessa • 09/07/18
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 partici...
By Joe Paonessa • 09/06/18
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 w...
By Joe Paonessa • 09/06/18
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...
By Joe Paonessa • 09/01/18
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 subscr...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/31/18
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 wi...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/30/18
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...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/30/18
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 everythin...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/29/18
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 l...