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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MetroPCS Officially Becomes Metro By T-Mobile, Keegan-Michael Key Is The First Customer

Metro By T-Mobile Will Launch 5G Wireless Service In 2019

By Joe Paonessa • 10/09/18

A few weeks ago MetroPCS announced that it was getting a new brand name with updated phone plans. The new name, Metro By T-Mobile, and new plans officially went live yesterda...

FreeUP Mobile Quietly Updates Plans, Featuring 1GB Data On AT&T For $20/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 10/04/18

FreeUP Mobile is a newcomer to the market. The MVNO launched in April of 2018 using AT&T’s network to provide service. It is run by Rod Nakjavani, who co-founded Simple...

Mint Mobile Review, My 4 Month Trial

By Joe Paonessa • 10/04/18

Mint Mobile Overview In this Mint Mobile review, I’ll detail my entire experience using them as my cell service provider for 4-months. I’ll take you through the signup process...

US Mobile Updates Phone Plans Unlimited Data Now Available On All Partner Networks

US Mobile Updates Plans, Unlimited Data Now Available On Two Networks Starting At $40/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 10/04/18

US Mobile unveiled some new phone plans today. The T-Mobile and Verizon MVNO has unified its offerings. Previously pricing and plans differed depending on which network you...

H2O Wireless Adds More Data To Select Plans Extends Bonus Offers

H2O Wireless Adds More Data To Most Plans, $30 Plan Now Has 3GB, New Customers Get It For $15

By Joe Paonessa • 10/02/18

As anticipated last week, H2O Wireless has updated its phone plans. Nearly all plans got increased data allotments. The BestMVNO value pick includes unlimited talk, text and...

Twigby Adds New Plan Options And Some Lower Pricing

Twigby Updates Plans, New Customers Get 10GB Data For $22.50

By Joe Paonessa • 10/01/18

For the second time since June, Twigby has updated its cell phone plans. The Sprint and Verizon powered MVNO has removed some plan options, added new ones and lowered prices...

eBay Flash Sale Offering 15% Off Virtually Anything

Phones, Red Pocket Mobile Plans And More Are 15% Off Today Only On eBay

By Joe Paonessa • 09/27/18

EBay today has a coupon code that will be active from now until 9PM EST. The coupon code PICKSOON will give shoppers 15% off of nearly any order priced $25 or more. That mea...

Verizon’s Visible No Longer Requires An Invite Code To Join

By Joe Paonessa • 09/26/18

Several months ago Verizon launched a prepaid brand called Visible. Although Visible is owned by Verizon, it operates independently from it. At launch, the service was only...

LG K30 Now Available At Boost Mobile For $149

Boost Mobile Adds LG K30 To Device Lineup For $149

By Joe Paonessa • 09/25/18

Boost Mobile added a new phone to its device lineup today. The new phone is the LG K30 and it is priced at $149. It’s one of just a few phones that isn’t currently discounte...

H2O Wireless Offering Half Off Plus Bonus Data On Select Plans

H2O Wireless Offering 50% Off First Month Plus Bonus Data, $30 Plan May Get Permanent Data Increase

By Joe Paonessa • 09/25/18

H2O Wireless is currently running a 50% off sale plus giving away bonus data on select plans. The top deal for data hungry users is $20 for the first month of service with un...

Red Pocket Mobile Has Partnered With eBay To Offer Plan Bundles With Phone Purchases

Red Pocket Mobile Partners With eBay To Offer A Plan With Every Phone Purchase

By Joe Paonessa • 09/25/18

Red Pocket Mobile has announced that it has partnered with eBay to offer anyone who purchases a phone through the e-commerce site the ability to bundle a plan with it. This w...

The iPhone XS And XS Max Are Now Available At Mint Mobile

Mint Mobile Now Selling iPhone XS And iPhone XS Max

By Joe Paonessa • 09/25/18

Mint Mobile mailed out a press release today announcing that it now has the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max available for purchase. The phones are being sold unlocked with standa...

Major Carrier iPhone XS Offers Feature Sprint iPhone Xs Lease For $0/Month With Trade-In

By Joe Paonessa • 09/25/18

The major carriers all have their iPhone launch offers out. AT&T and Verizon seem to both be offering the same basic deal, buy one and save $700 on another. T-Mobile has...

The iPhone XS And XS Max Have Launched At Cricket Wireless

Cricket Wireless Now Has The iPhone XS And XS Max Pricing Starts At $999.99

By Joe Paonessa • 09/24/18

Cricket Wireless has announced the availability of the new iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max. Pricing starts at $999.99 for the 64GB Apple iPhone XS and goes all the way up to $124...

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MetroPCS Will Soon Have A New Brand Name And New Unlimited Data Plans

By Joe Paonessa • 09/24/18

MetroPCS formally announced today that on October 8th it will officially rebrand as Metro By T-Mobile. Along with the rebranding will come two new unlimited data plans. The n...