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 • 11/13/17
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 Ce...
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...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/05/17
Are you looking for a great deal on a cell phone plan? Here’s a roundup of cell phone plans that are on sale for the month of June 2025....
By Joe Paonessa • 11/03/17
Cricket Wireless may be about to has added more data to select plans. The AT&T owned prepaid brand may also be bringing has also brought back the recently discontinued un...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/02/17
It’s been a long time since I last put together a list of the most popular phone plans at BestMVNO. In fact it’s been over 2 years! A lot has changed since then. Some MVNO’s...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/01/17
Walmart has become a haven for exclusive mobile phone plans and phones. Over the past few months we’ve seen Straight Talk Wireless launch what were once Walmart exclusive pla...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/01/17
Boost Mobile is currently offering double the data on its $35 plan for those that signup for it through Walmart. The plan normally comes with 3 GB of high speed data, but as...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/01/17
Twigby has just launched a promotion for new customers. Those who make the switch will receive 50% off of their first 2 months of service. Twigby operates as a Sprint MVNO, w...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/01/17
FreedomPop has placed its GSM SIM kit on sale again for just 1¢. As always, ordering the penny SIM will also get you a free trial of FreedomPop’s GSM service. FreedomPop’s G...