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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MetroPCS Switchers To Get Free Year Of Amazon Prime And A Free Phone
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 MetroPCS and signup with an unlimited LTE plan. MetroPCS is owned by T-Mobile and thus service
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TextNow Introduces Family Plan Discounts, Save Up To $15 Per Line
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 based on which plan a customer subscribes to. TextNow Family Plan Discounts TextNow’s family plan discounts are priced
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Cricket Wireless Free Giveaway Features A $4000 Grand Prize And You Don’t Have To Be A Subscriber To Win
Cricket Wireless has just announced another giveaway. You don’t have to make any purchases or be a Cricket Wireless customer to enter. “We’re kicking off the holiday season by surprising and delighting our Cricket customers with another sweepstakes thanks to our relationship with House of Blues Entertainment,” said Tiffany Baehman, vice
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Red Pocket Mobile’s eBay Plans Are On Sale Again, Featuring 100 Minutes, Texts And 500MB Data For $4.58/Month
Red Pocket Mobile fairly regularly lists its cell phone plans on sale through its eBay store. Now through 11/20/17 at 8 AM PST, the following plans will be on sale: 90 Day Cell Phone Plans Allotments shown are how much talk, text and data each plan gives you on a
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Harbor Mobile Legacy Subscribers Need To Find A New Provider
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 told that they would be able to keep their T-Mobile based plans indefinitely as Harbor Mobile converted over to an AT&T
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FreedomPop Is Coming To A Target Near You
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 subscribers. Now the company has signed a deal with FreedomPop to sell its devices and SIM cards in over 1,100
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Google Pixel 2 Owners Are Having Trouble With Verizon MVNO’s, Here’s A Potential Workaround
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’ve also seen the problem noted on social media, and most recently came across a post on Google’s support forums.
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Some CallingMart Pins Are Causing Page Plus Customers To Get Their Accounts Suspended
(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 you for contacting us! We sincerely apologize for what happened and the inconvenience it caused you. Pageplus informed us that the suspension
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Why Do You Like US Cellular? Carrier Adds 35,000 Subscribers In Quarter 3 Of 2017
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. In total, the carrier now has over 4.5 million postpaid and 515,000 prepaid subscribers. Customer turnover rate, or what is otherwise known as
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Best Buy Black Friday Deals
Best Buy has announced its Black Friday deals. The big box store will list 21 prepaid and unlocked smartphones on sale. The following phone will be on sale from Thursday November 23 through Saturday November 25th: ATT Prepaid – 8GB ZTE Maven 3 for $7.99, regular price $22 ATT Prepaid
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Motorola G5 Plus Is Now Available At Amazon For $224.99
Amazon has dropped the price on the 64 GB Motorola G5 Plus to $224.99. It regularly sells for $299.99. The Motorola G5 Plus is a number 1 best seller in the unlocked phones category at Amazon. It works on nearly every carrier and MVNO in the USA. Yesterday the phone
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Republic Wireless Announces Price Drops On Select Phones
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 limited time. Motorola X4 The company has placed the Motorola X4 on sale for $349 or as low as
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BOGO 20% Off On T-Mobile, AT&T And TracFone Prepaid Refill Cards From Target, Select Unlocked Phones On Sale
Several weeks ago Target offered a BOGO deal on Verizon prepaid refill cards. Prior to that they offered a similar deal with Cricket Wireless refill cards. Today the retail giant is offering another deal on prepaid refill cards. This time on T-Mobile, AT&T and TracFone airtime cards. Customers can buy
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Get The Essentials Phone For $399 When You Purchase A Prepaid Phone Plan From Select Providers At Best Buy
Best Buy currently has the unlocked Essentials phone on sale for $449.99. That’s $250 off of the regular price and in the ballpark of $200 cheaper than what you can find it selling for at Amazon (updated: 11/7/17 Amazon has since updated its inventory and pricing to match Best Buy’s offer). It’s
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Sprint And Altice USA Announce MVNO Pact
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 its customers throughout USA. Sprint will in turn get to leverage Altice USA’s broadband platform to accelerate the densification of its network. According
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