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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Cricket Wireless Offering $200 Off Select Phones, Get A Samsung Galaxy S9 Or iPhone 8 For $499
Cricket Wireless is now offering great deals on all of the flagship devices that it carries. All phones that meet that specification are now $200 off for new customers only. For a limited time, flagships such as the Samsung Galaxy S9 and iPhone 8 are now just $499. Offer Details
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Red Pocket’s AT&T And Sprint Based eBay Plan Includes 5GB Of Data At Average Cost Of $20/Month
Red Pocket Mobile has put out a new phone plan that is available exclusively through the MVNO’s eBay store. The plan includes unlimited everything with the first 5GB of data each month at 4G LTE data speeds for $240/year. This works out to an average cost of $20/month. The plan
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Samsung Galaxy S8 Is Just $399 At Total Wireless With Plan Purchase
Verizon powered Total Wireless is currently offering the Samsung Galaxy S8 for $200 off when you purchase a plan to go along with it. The phone is regularly sold for $599 but with the discount it is available for just $399. This is one of the best prices available on
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Twigby Offering 25% Off For 6 Months, Get Unlimited Talk And Text With 2GB LTE Data For $22.50
Twigby has just launched a new promotion. New customers can now get 25% off of their first 6 months of service. The new promotion is a replacement for a previous offering that gave new customers 50% off for their first two months of service. Twigby’s 25% Off Discounted Phone Plans
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T-Mobile Giving Away Smartphones With Purchase Of A $100 Refill Card
If you have a T-Mobile prepaid plan that you plan on sticking with for a while, this offer is for you. T-Mobile is currently offering a free smartphone to those who purchase a prepaid refill card priced $100 or more. Unfortunately, this is a limited time in store only promotion,
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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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