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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BestMVNO Has Been Updated
You may or may not have noticed, but over the past few weeks quite a few changes have been made around here. Two of the biggest changes are to the data only plans list and the pay as you go plans list. The data only plans list has grown to contain
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Boost Mobile Announces 5 Lines Of Unlimited Data For $100/Month
Yesterday, T-Mobile’s prepaid brand MetroPCS announced a limited time offer consisting of 4 lines of unlimited data for $100. Today, Sprint responded by announcing that its prepaid brand Boost Mobile will offer customers 5 lines of unlimited data for $100/month. Both offers include taxes and fees in the price. Besides
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MetroPCS Offering 4 Lines Of Unlimited LTE Data For $100/Month
T-Mobile announced a new promotion today for its prepaid brand MetroPCS. Available immediately, any new or existing customer that adds a line of service to their account will be eligible to get 4 lines of unlimited talk, text and LTE data for $100/month. All taxes and fees are included in
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For The 18th Straight Quarter, T-Mobile Has Added Over 1 Million Subscribers
T-Mobile has been on a tear. Today’s 3rd quarter earning’s release marks the 18 straight time that T-Mobile has added over 1 million subscribers in a quarter. That’s a time span of 4.5 years. Total subscriber additions came in at 1.33 million with 817,000 being postpaid, 226,000 prepaid, and 286,000
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Sprint MVNO “Wing” Set To Launch By Millionaire Millennials
Coming soon, another Sprint MVNO. The new MVNO is being launched by two millionaire millennial partners. It is due to exit beta testing in just a few weeks and it goes by the brand name Wing. Wing’s cell phone plan model closely resembles that of Google’s Project Fi, where “dynamic
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Tello Lowers Prices, Adds Unlimited Text To All Plans
Tello, an MVNO on Sprint, has just updated its cell phone plans. All plans now include unlimited text. Pricing for plan combinations offered by the prepaid provider also went down. Tello offers it’s subscribers the ability to custom build their own phone plans. Under the old plan format, subscribers had
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It’s 2 GB For $20 With The Latest Hotspot Plan From Internet On The Go
Internet On The Go is a data only provider of mobile hotspot plans. The company provides service through the Sprint network. Recently the MVNO made some major changes to its plans. For some customers, two of the offerings will now be at much lower rates than they were before. A
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T-Mobile Offering Buy One LG V30 Get One $500 Off
For a limited time T-Mobile is offering the LG V30 for $500 off when you purchase one at its regular price of $800. To take advantage of the offer you must add a new line and purchase the devices on T-Mobile’s Equipment Installment Plan (EIP). The $500 off will come
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Ting Now Offers Global Calling At No Extra Charge
Thanks to a reader tip, I have learned that Ting recently added international calling free of charge to its cell phone plans. Ting minutes are now global minutes the company has proclaimed through its website. This means that if you have a plan with 100 minutes, you can use them all
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T-Mobile Places A Limit On International High Speed Data Consumption
If you’re a T-Mobile customer that likes to travel to either Canada or Mexico, starting next month a limit will be put into place as to how much data you can use while across either border. The change will be applied to T-Mobile ONE, Simple Choice North America, and any
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MetroPCS Sends Mixed Signals, Adds More Hotspot Data To Unlimited Plan But Lowers Data Included With $40 Plan
T-Mobile owned MetroPCS just altered its phone plans to what will likely be mixed fanfare. MetroPCS’s $60 unlimited data plan just got more hotspot data. The plan now comes with 10 GB of 4G LTE hotspot data. Previously it contained 8 GB. For reasons unknown, MetroPCS decreased the amount of data
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Thanks To A Game, The T-Mobile Website Will Help You Kill Some Time Today
While browsing the T-Mobile website today I noticed something was different. I don’t know how long it has been different, but there is now a game available there for you to play. The goal of the game appears to be to run and jump over as many objects as you
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T-Mobile Giving New And Existing Customers Up To 50% Off Pixel Devices, BOGO On Samsung Galaxy Note 8
New and existing customers who add a line of voice service on a qualifying T-Mobile plan will get up to 50% off a Google Pixel 2. This is an offer that T-Mobile’s CEO John Legere seems to be pretty excited about. “(Verizon) claims the Pixel is ‘exclusive’—just like they claim
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Twigby Promo Offers 1 Month Of Unlimited Talk, Text And 1 GB Of Data For $12.50
Twigby is currently running a promotion where new subscribers can get 50% off of their first month of service when they use promo code HALFOFF during checkout. Twigby offers its subscribers a limited ability to custom build their own phone plans. Subscribers pick from various talk and text allotments that can
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Republic Wireless Adds Support For BYO Pixel 2 And Pixel 2 XL, Starting Now!
Republic Wireless has announced support for Google’s new Pixel devices. The prepaid wireless provider has not announced if they will sell either device, but they will allow you to bring your own Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL to the network. Republic Wireless’s policy on bring your own phone has
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