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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FreedomPop Now Selling The Alcaltel OneTouch Pixi Tablet

FreedomPop Selling 7″ Alcatel OneTouch Pixi Tablet With 2GB Of Data For Just $29.99

By Joe Paonessa • 04/03/18

FreedomPop is now selling the 7 inch Alcatel OneTouch Pixi tablet for just $29.99 with a free month trial of its 2GB data plan. Service is on the Sprint network. Alcatel OneTo...

Motorola Discounting Phones By Up To $150 For 2 Days Only

By Joe Paonessa • 04/02/18

Motorola will soon update its cell phone lineup. We can probably expect the company to to clear out inventory of last year’s models by placing some of them on sale. The first...

Cricket Wireless Offering Flagship Phones For 200 Dollars Off

Cricket Wireless Offering $200 Off Select Phones, Get A Samsung Galaxy S9 Or iPhone 8 For $499

By Joe Paonessa • 03/31/18

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. ...

Red Pocket Mobile Announces New eBay Plan With 5GB Of Data For 20 Dollars

Red Pocket’s AT&T And Sprint Based eBay Plan Includes 5GB Of Data At Average Cost Of $20/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 03/31/18

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 e...

Total Wireless Samsung Galaxy S8 200 Off Promo

Samsung Galaxy S8 Is Just $399 At Total Wireless With Plan Purchase

By Joe Paonessa • 03/31/18

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...

Twigby Offering 25 Percent Off For 6 Months

Twigby Offering 25% Off For 6 Months, Get Unlimited Talk And Text With 2GB LTE Data For $22.50

By Joe Paonessa • 03/28/18

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 tha...

T-Mobile Free Smartphone With Purchase Of Prepaid Refill Card

T-Mobile Giving Away Smartphones With Purchase Of A $100 Refill Card

By Joe Paonessa • 03/23/18

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...

Red Pocket Mobile Review, My 60+ Day Trial

By Joe Paonessa • 03/22/18

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...

FreedomPop’s GSM Phone Plan Has 10GB Of Data And Starts At $19.99/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 03/19/18

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...

Are Carrier Samsung Galaxy S9 BOGO Offers Really Worth It

Which Samsung Galaxy S9 Deal Will Cost You More? Verizon’s BOGO Or Buying Two Unlocked Directly From Samsung?

By Joe Paonessa • 03/16/18

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 netwo...

Verizon Wireless Storefront In Canby Oregon

Verizon Wireless Is Closing A Third Of Its US Call Centers, Will Customer Support Suffer?

By Joe Paonessa • 03/16/18

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. Unfort...

Twigby Phone Plans Now Include International Text Messaging, Plus 50% Off Your First Two Months

By Joe Paonessa • 03/14/18

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 s...

For A Limited Time Simple Mobile Offering 3GB Of Data For $20 Month

For A Limited Time Simple Mobile is Offering 3GB Of Data For $20/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 03/13/18

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 am...

ATT Prepaid Now Offering Free Month Of Service And Faster Data Speeds On 65 Dollar Plan

AT&T Prepaid Giving Away Free Month Of Service, Updates $65 Unlimited Plan To Full Speed LTE Data

By Joe Paonessa • 03/12/18

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...

Cricket Wireless Celebrates 19th Birthday With Special Savings

Cricket Wireless Celebrates 19 Years In Business By Offering Select Phones For Only $19

By Joe Paonessa • 03/09/18

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 Cri...