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 Subscribers To Get Scam ID And Scam Block
A few months ago T-Mobile announced that it would provide its customers with the ability to screen phone calls for scammers and spammers. Today the company announced that its prepaid brand MetroPCS will also get those features starting tomorrow, July 25, 2017. T-Mobile has labeled the feature set as Scam
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For As Little As $21.25/Month, Red Pocket Mobile Will Sell You A Phone Plan With 3 GB Of Data Using Any Major Wireless Network
For the longest time those interested in service with Red Pocket have been able to pick up discounted cell phone plans via the companies eBay store and more recently through its Amazon store. To get those discounts, subscribers had been required to pay for several months of service in advance.
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Kajeet Mobile Closing Down, Switch To Any TPO Mobile Plan And Get Your First Month For One Cent
Kajeet has been notifying its subscribers that they will be ending cell phone service effective 8/23/2017. The company has stopped activating new lines, and has partnered with TPO Mobile who will give former Kajeet customers one month of service for just 1¢. The offer is available for all TPO Mobile
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Updated: Cricket Wireless Launches Promo Featuring 2 Unlimited “LTE” Data Lines For $80
The following has been confirmed true, and the post has been updated with new information. Rumor has it that Cricket Wireless will launch a new promotion next Friday, July 21, for those with multi-line accounts. The promotion will match one that was just launched by MetroPCS, get 2 lines of
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Is Apple The Reason Why Your Cell Phone Bill Is Higher Than It Should Be?
Over two years ago a BestMVNO site reader informed me that they were locked out of the part of their iPhone’s settings menu that would allow them to setup an APN. They noticed that the issue occurred when they tried to use a SIM card for an AT&T MVNO, but
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Get A Motorola E4 Free With Port In Or For Just $49 From MetroPCS
MetroPCS will be launching the Mototola Moto E4 on July 31st and it will be available for free from participating retail locations for those who port in their number. Port-ins will only be responsible for paying taxes on the device. Without a port in, the phone will be priced at
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Hot! Straight Talk Wireless Offering $100 Off Both Samsung Galaxy S8 Variants With Purchase Of A Plan
Straight Talk Wireless is currently running a special on both the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+. Those that purchase either device with a phone plan will receive $100 off of the regular price of the phone. The Galaxy S8+ is being sold for $759 before the $100 discount, while the
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US Mobile Decreases The Amount Of Data Included With Select Plans
It looks like US Mobile’s stellar offering of a whopping 10 GB of data for $32/month proved to be too costly to maintain as the T-Mobile and soon to be Verizon MVNO announced some changes to its plans today. US Mobile offers its customers the ability to custom build their
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New Promo, Switch To Tello And Get Up To 5 GB Of Data Free
It’s been about a month since Tello, last offered a promo. Today, July 17th, Tello has launched a new promo that will give those that port over free data for their first month of service on any plan priced at $10 or more. Tello is a Sprint MVNO that allows
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Real Mobile Updates Phone Plans To Feature 4 GB Data With Unlimited Talk And Text For $40/Month
Real Mobile, an MVNO that uses both the Sprint and AT&T networks to provide coverage to its customers has added some new AT&T based phone plans and updated a few others to include more data. A summary of Real Mobile’s new and updated AT&T based plans can be found below: Real
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MetroPCS’s Updated Cell Phone Plans Are A Mixed Bag
MetroPCS updated its cell phone plan offerings a couple of days ago and at least one if not both of the updated plans are a bit of a disappointment to me. Before I dig into the reasons why, let’s have a look at the updated plans one of which will
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Get An LG Harmony For $9.99 When You Switch To Cricket By 7/20
Cricket Wireless is currently running a few make the switch promotions. The best offer is for an LG Harmony which is priced at $99.99 for those upgrading their phones or those that port over and ask for a new number. Those that port in a number will be able to
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Black Wireless Updates Plans To Be Much More Competitive, Giving Away One Free Month Of Service
You can now add seldom talked about Black Wireless to the list of MVNO’s that have recently updated their cell phone plans to include more data at no extra cost to the consumer. Black Wireless is an AT&T MVNO, that is owned by Red Pocket Mobile and like it’s sister brand it
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AT&T GoPhone Rebranded AT&T Prepaid, Offering 2 Months Free Service
It had been rumored for a few weeks, and today it became official. AT&T has announced that it is rebranding it’s GoPhone brand to “AT&T Prepaid.” The changeover will go live on July 14th. Despite getting a new name, AT&T will be keeping the same rates for its new Prepaid
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A Better Cell Phone Plan Finder Tool And More Updates To BestMVNO.com
The past few days working on BestMVNO have been quite busy for me. A lot of changes have been made behind the scenes to improve different sections of the website. As part of those changes, today I am pleased to announce a major update and upgrade to the cell phone
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