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 • 11/23/17
Boom Mobile just announced a Black Friday weekend deal. For just $199.99 you can get an unlocked Moto E4 with 4 months of service on the Verizon network or 6 months of service...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/22/17
US Mobile runs on both the T-Mobile and Verizon networks. The company only launched service on the Verizon network a few weeks ago. To help attract customers to its new plans...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/21/17
Virgin Mobile earlier this year rebranded itself as an iPhone only prepaid provider. As part of repurposing the brand, a special promotion was launched. The promotion offered...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/21/17
Those of you that are Google Project Fi customers may want to make a push to get your friends and family to sign up for the service. Just in time for the holidays, the Google...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/18/17
ROK Mobile has just announced a new promotional offer just in time for the holiday season. Those who subscribe to ROK Mobile’s unlimited LTE data plan on either the Sprint or...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/18/17
Republic Wireless has announced that it has built a smart speaker. It is the Sprint and T-Mobile MVNO’s first entry into hardware. Republic Wireless is calling its new smart...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/16/17
For a limited time, MetroPCS is now offering a free year of Amazon Prime valued at $99, and a free Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime valued at $209 to those who make the switch to Metro...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/15/17
TextNow has just introduced new family plan discounts. Those who add two or more lines to an account are eligible to save up to $15 per line. The size of the discount varies...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/10/17
Harbor Mobile was a T-Mobile and ATT business plan reseller. Over two years ago the company stopped selling service on the T-Mobile network. At that time its customers were t...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/09/17
Target appears to want to be the next big prepaid wireless retailer. The box store already has a deal in place with Consumer Cellular, to provide customer service to its subs...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/09/17
I have received several emails lately from Total Wireless customers with Google Pixel 2’s that are trying to get their data and MMS to work properly with the Verizon MVNO. I’...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/09/17
(Updated) The issue with CallingMart and Page Plus Cellular appears to now be resolved. CallingMart has sent out an email to its customers stating the following: Thank...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/08/17
US Cellular announced its 3rd quarter results today. The company said that it added a total of 35,000 postpaid subscribers and 31,000 prepaid customers during the quarter. I...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/07/17
Sprint and T-Mobile MVNO Republic Wireless has announced a price drop on several phones. The Motorola X4, Motorola G5 Plus, and the Huawei Ascend 5W are all on sale for a lim...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/05/17
Sprint and Altice USA announced today that they have agreed to a partnership. The partnership will allow Altice USA to use Sprint’s network to provide cellular service for it...