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 • 07/30/18
Republic Wireless has just launched a promotion that it is marketing as a back to school sale. The promotion is focused on offering 3 months of 3GB of data each month, free o...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/27/18
Verizon Wireless introduced a new feature today available for its postpaid subscribers. The new feature is a VPN called Safe Wi-Fi. It can be used to hide your IP address an...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/26/18
LTE small cells are low powered cellular radio access gateways that can operate with a range of a few feet to about a mile. Typically they have been used to supplement and of...
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 • 07/24/18
Xfinity Mobile is offering cash back in the form of a prepaid Visa card to those who port in and purchase either an Apple, Samsung, Lg or Motorola device. Apple iPhones and S...
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 • 07/03/18
Tello is launching a new promotion to celebrate Independence Day. New customers who purchase a plan between July 4th and 6th will automatically receive $17.76 off of any plan...
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...