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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Cricket Launches More Multi-Month Plans, With Big Limitations, Current Customers Need Not Apply
Cricket Wireless has launched new multi-month plan discounts based on Cricket’s unlimited high-speed data plan that is normally priced at $55/month. Subscribers who prepay for a year of service on the plan can get it for just $30/month. But there’s a big catch. Cricket’s new multi-month discount options are only
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Total by Verizon Says It’s Going “All In” By Giving Away 15K NYC Prepaid MetroCards
Earlier this month, BestMVNO reported that Total by Verizon launched several new offers online including 4 unlimited lines for $100 and free phone deals. It was also noted that Total by Verizon had a new tagline on its website, “All In.” The same tagline is featured in a TV ad
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Verizon Appears Ready To Shutdown NET10 Wireless
NET10 Wireless appears to be headed to the recycling bin. A visit to the NET10 Wireless website today surprisingly led me to be pitched Simple Mobile service. A new tab on the website says “New Changes Coming,” while a banner reads “No contracts, no credit checks, no hidden fees. Make
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Nebula Wireless Closes Down, Porting Out Is Urgent
BestMVNO has learned from a reader tip that Nebula Wireless, which initiated an Indiegogo campaign in November 2022 to prepare for its commercial debut, has now shut down. Nebula was formally launched to the general public in January 2023. Its lifespan on the market, even for an MVNO, was very
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Boom! Mobile Founder Launches boom! Tech, Aiming To Become Mobile Industry Leader
Jeff Holley, founder of the MVNO boom! Mobile and the eBIKE company, boom! Moto, issued a press release today announcing the launch of boom! Tech. According to the release, boom! Tech has made advancements in design, patents, and product build-outs within the Internet of Things realm as it seeks to
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Ultra Mobile’s Summer Deals Include Buy Three Months Get One Free, Get A 2GB Plan For $10/Month
Ultra Mobile has introduced four online-exclusive promotions available for new customers. There’s a buy three months get one free offer, a monthly unlimited plan for $35, a 2GB plan for $10/month, and an offer for 15% off any plan purchase. There’s also an in-store only dealer offer available of buy
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Jim Gaffigan In New TV Ad Wants You To Buy A Straight Talk Multi-Line Plan
Last Friday, Verizon Wireless announced that it had hired a new celebrity spokesperson for its prepaid brand Straight Talk Wireless. That spokesperson is actor and comedian Jim Gaffigan. In the years prior, actor Ed O’Neil fulfilled that role in a less pronounced way as served as the voiceover in Straight
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Total By Verizon 4 Unlimited Lines For $100 No Longer A Store Exclusive, Free Phone Offers Now Online Too
Total by Verizon has brought what had been exclusively in-store-only offers online. Customers who shop totalbyverizon.com can now get 4-unlimited high-speed data lines for $100, a $40 BYOD unlimited plan, and several free phone deals. Here are all the new online offers. Unlimited Plan Deals Four lines with unlimited talk,
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US Mobile Updates Plans With All-In Pricing, Adds New Unlimited Plan And Shareable Data Plans
For a couple of months, US Mobile had been teasing on Reddit about coming out with new plans and features. And those plans are finally here. To start, data allotments are now the same no matter which network you use US Mobile with, its GSM network (T-Mobile) or Warp 5G
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Red Pocket Revives FreedomPop & Unreal Mobile Brands, Adds More Data To Its Own Plans
Red Pocket Mobile has started a revival of some of its neglected brands. Wave7 Research noted in its most recent prepaid report that Red Pocket Mobile brand FreedomPop has launched its first new YouTube video in three years. The video, available here, launched about a month ago and introduces viewers
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PureTalk Updates Plans With More Data & Dedicated Hotspot, Continues Free Phone Offer
PureTalk has increased the amount of high-speed data included with several plans and appears to have added dedicated hotspot allotments. A couple of weeks ago BestMVNO reported that H2O Wireless increased the amount of data added to its plans and added dedicated hotspot to each of them. H2O Wireless and
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Unreal Mobile Has A New Website And Plans Starting At $20/Month For 10GB
Unreal Mobile is back from the dead and now has new branding, a new website, and new plans. The brand stopped posting to its social media accounts around a year ago. But exactly when they stopped can no longer be tracked. Unreal Mobile deleted all of its old Facebook and
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Simple Mobile Maintains Prepaid Market Dominance in Wave7 Research 2Q23 Dealer Survey, Verizon Prepaid Falls
Simple Mobile once again emerged as the top-selling prepaid carrier in the latest Wave7 Research multi-carrier prepaid dealer survey conducted in the second quarter of 2023. This is the 34th straight time that Simple Mobile has won the quarterly survey and it has won every survey conducted by the firm.
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H2O Wireless Updating Plans With More Data And Faster Throttled Data Speeds
H2O Wireless is updating all of its plans with quite a few changes. Select plans now have more data, dedicated hotspot, faster data speeds after a given plan’s high-speed allotment gets used, international talk credits, and international roaming credits. Here’s a list outlining what’s changing with each individual plan. $20/month
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Red Pocket Mobile Ramped Up Its Advertising Spend With TV And Radio Ads
Red Pocket Mobile has ramped up its advertising spend. The firm Wave7 Research detailed in its latest prepaid report that the MVNO launched three new TV ads in June. BestMVNO has since learned a fourth TV ad was also launched. But that’s not all, in May, Red Pocket Mobile launched
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