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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$30 Gets You 3 Months Of Unlimited Talk, Text And 2 GB Of Monthly Data With Mint SIM

By Joe Paonessa • 10/02/17

Mint SIM, a T-Mobile MVNO that is powered by Ultra Mobile, announced a promotion today that makes their already cheap cell phone plans even cheaper. Through the promotion, new...

Consumer Cellular Updates Phone Plans For Second Time In 2017

Consumer Cellular Simplifies Plans With More Data, Cheaper Prices

By Joe Paonessa • 10/02/17

Consumer Cellular announced today that for the second time this year, it has adjusted the rates charged for its cell phone plans. Consumer Cellular has always offered its cust...

Ting Add A Line Get 2 GB Free Data Promo

Add A Line To Your Ting Account And Get 2 GB Of Free Data

By Joe Paonessa • 10/02/17

Starting today and lasting until October 22nd, Ting is giving away 2 GB of high-speed data free to anyone that adds a line of service to their Ting account. The promotion is s...

Virgin Mobile Officially Announces Member Benefits Program

Virgin Mobile Offers Exclusive Savings Through A Member Benefits Program

By Joe Paonessa • 09/29/17

Those that signup with Virgin Mobile will immediately be able to take advantage of its Member Benefits program according to a press release today from the company. Virgin Mob...

For The 2nd Time In 3 Months Pure TalkUSA Updates Cell Phone Plans

Slow Data Is Better Than No Data, Pure TalkUSA Removes Hard Data Cap From Plans, Adjusts Prices Accordingly

By Joe Paonessa • 09/27/17

Back in July AT&T MVNO Pure TalkUSA updated its cell phone plans to include more data without altering prices. Today the company let it out through HowardForums that they wil...

Roam Mobility Has Been Purchased By Tucows

Tucows, Which Already Owns Ting, Just Acquired Canadian MVNO Roam Mobility

By Joe Paonessa • 09/27/17

Tucows, the parent company behind Ting has just acquired a Canadian MVNO, Roam Mobility from Otono Networks. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Roam Mobility speciali...

Get Unlimited LTE Data For $55/Month When You Purchase A Samsung Phone From Straight Talk

Straight Talk Wireless Offering Unlimited LTE Data For $55/Month To Those Who Purchase A Samsung Phone

By Joe Paonessa • 09/27/17

Straight Talk Wireless has just launched a new promotion. Those who purchase a Samsung device in conjunction with Straight Talk’s $55/month plan will get unlimited LTE data w...

FreedomPop Multi-Month ATT Discount Plan With Premier Package

FreedomPop Premier On AT&T’s Network Has Unlimited Talk, Text And 2GB Data For $14.98/Month Or $11.99 Without Premier Package

By Joe Paonessa • 09/27/17

FreedomPop is now offering tiered discounts on a plan that features unlimited talk, text and 2 GB of data on the AT&T network with prices starting at just $11.99/month. Much l...

T-Mobile Acquires Remaining Interest In iWireless

By Joe Paonessa • 09/26/17

iWireless is a regional carrier that operates in Iowa and a few surrounding areas that include Eastern Nebraska and Western Illinois. The carrier was owned in part by Aureon....

Lycamobile Eliminates Select Plans And Increases Data On Another, Featuring 6 GB For $35

By Joe Paonessa • 09/26/17

Lycamobile has eliminated 3 of its cell phone plans while increasing data on another. Perhaps the most interesting change for its customers and would be subscribers is that Ly...

Google's Trade In Program For Pixel Devices

(Updated) Google Offering Up To $410 When You Trade In Your Phone For A Pixel

By Joe Paonessa • 09/25/17

Google has launched a new trade in program for those interested in picking up a Pixel device. The trade in program will offer customers who own select devices up to $388 (upd...

Get A Free Moto E4 And Free Month Of Service From Boost Mobile When You Add A Line

By Joe Paonessa • 09/22/17

From today through September 30th, customers who add a line to an existing Boost Mobile unlimited LTE data plan account, will get a free Motorola E4 as well as a free month of...

Walmart Family Mobile Adds Unlimited LTE Data Plan

Walmart Family Mobile Now Has 9 GB Of LTE Data For $39.88/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 09/20/17

Walmart Family Mobile has made some major changes to its cell phone plans as the MVNO industry continues to shift towards offering more data at lower prices. The T-Mobile powe...

Red Pocket’s $10 Essentials Plan Includes 500 Minutes, Texts And MB Of Data Good On Any Wireless Network

By Joe Paonessa • 09/19/17

A few weeks ago Red Pocket Mobile updated its cell phone plans with some pretty stellar pricing, especially for the budget consumer. One of those updated plans included Red Po...

T-Mobile Increases Unlimited Data Deprioritization Threshold

T-Mobile Nearly Doubles Unlimited Data Plan Deprioritization Threshold To 50 GB

By Joe Paonessa • 09/19/17

Wireless carriers all offer what they call unlimited data plans, however once you read the fine print, you realize that not one plan includes truly unlimited data. Instead, e...