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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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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Red Pocket Mobile Review, My 60+ Day Trial
Red Pocket Mobile Overview Red Pocket Mobile is an MVNO that uses every major carrier in the USA to provide service to its customers. That means subscribers can choose between AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon during the signup process. (Disclosure: I was not paid or asked to do this review.
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FreedomPop’s GSM Phone Plan Has 10GB Of Data And Starts At $19.99/Month
FreedomPop seems to have borrowed a page out of Mint SIM’s playbook. The company is now offering multi-month plans that come with big discounts for those willing to commit to service for longer than one month at a time. The plan length and data amounts included are identical to what
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Which Samsung Galaxy S9 Deal Will Cost You More? Verizon’s BOGO Or Buying Two Unlocked Directly From Samsung?
Buy one get one, otherwise known as BOGO offers are a tool that carriers often use to get you to buy the latest devices on a payment plan that keep you locked into their network. The idea of getting a phone for free certainly sounds appealing, but is it really
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Verizon Wireless Is Closing A Third Of Its US Call Centers, Will Customer Support Suffer?
One of the complaints MVNO customers often have is that their customer support experience is not as good compared to the experience offered by a major wireless carrier. Unfortunately, at least one major wireless carrier may be about to take a step backwards in that department. Verizon Wireless recently announced
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Twigby Phone Plans Now Include International Text Messaging, Plus 50% Off Your First Two Months
Twigby has announced a small change to its cell phone plans today. All plans include free international text messaging to over 180 countries. Multimedia MMS messages are not supported. Additionally, the Sprint powered MVNO has announced that it has extended its up to $40 off phone sale. New subscribers will continue
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For A Limited Time Simple Mobile is Offering 3GB Of Data For $20/Month
Simple Mobile has released a limited time promotion for its $25/month plan. Those that subscribe to it will get 3GB of high speed data through 9/30/18 instead of the usual amount of 1GB. With auto pay enabled, the price is just $20/month. Additionally, the T-Mobile MVNO is giving away 3
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AT&T Prepaid Giving Away Free Month Of Service, Updates $65 Unlimited Plan To Full Speed LTE Data
AT&T has started running a new promotion to help attract prepaid wireless customers to its network. The carrier is giving away one month of free service to new subscribers. Additionally a major change has been made to how AT&T handles data on its $65 ($60 with auto pay) phone plan.
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Cricket Wireless Celebrates 19 Years In Business By Offering Select Phones For Only $19
Cricket Wireless will turn 19 on March 17th. To celebrate, the ATT owned prepaid provider will be offering select smartphones for only $19 to new customers who port in to Cricket between March 9-18, 2018. Cricket Wireless is marketing this promotion by saying: “It’s Cricket’s Birthday, and We’re Giving You
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T-Mobile’s Unlimited 55+ Plan Is About To Cost More
If you are 55 or older and on the fence about switching to T-Mobile’s age restricted unlimited 55+ plan, you had better make up your mind fast. Starting on March 15th, the cost of the plan will increase to $70/month with auto pay for new subscribers with 2 lines. Currently,
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FreedomPop Announces Licensing Deal With Prudential Financial
Over a year ago FreedomPop announced that it would be licensing its platform to a then unnamed carrier. Fast forward a year and a partner still goes unnamed. Now, in lieu of naming a carrier partner, FreedomPop has announced that it has licensed its customer conversion platform to Prudential Financial. Prudential
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Tello Lowers Prices Again, Get Unlimited Talk, Text And 2GB Of LTE Data For $19/Month
For the third time in 5 months Tello is lowering its prices. One featured plan now costs just $19/month for unlimited talk, text and data with the first 2GB at 4G LTE data speeds. Previously the plan was priced at $25/month. Additionally, the MVNO that is powered by Sprint now
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Samsung Will Sell You An Unlocked Galaxy S8 For As Little As $12.50/Month Or A Galaxy S9 For $15.42/Month
Samsung offers a pretty generous device trade in program. The company also has financing options available that can be used to purchase a new unlocked device. Because of these two factors, individuals shopping for a new smartphone no longer have to be dependent on the major carriers to get affordable
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Straight Talk Wireless Thinks Unlimited Data Means 60 GB
Some folks never learn. More than three years after settling a $40 million lawsuit over the improper use of the phrase “unlimited data,” Straight Talk Wireless is at it again. Straight Talk Wireless says its $55 “ultimate unlimited plan” comes with unlimited talk, text and data. However, a couple of Reddit
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Lycamobile’s $19 International Calling Plan Now Has 500MB Of 4G LTE Data
Prepaid Mobile Phone Reviews recently uncovered a change at Lycamobile. The MVNO that uses T-Mobile’s network to provide service to its customers has increased the amount of data included with its $19 international plan. Previously the plan included 100MB of high speed data, now it includes 500 MB. The change was
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FreedomPop’s $49.99 Annual GSM Plan With 1000 Monthly Minutes, Texts, And MB Of Data Is Back
In August of 2017, FreedomPop launched a promotional annual plan that included monthly allotments of 1,000 minutes, 1,000 text messages and 1GB of data priced annually at $49.99. The plan was available on the Sprint network and a GSM network believed to be AT&T as the coverage map seemed to indicate.
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