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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FreedomPop Multi-Month ATT Discount Plan With Premier Package

FreedomPop Premier On AT&T’s Network Has Unlimited Talk, Text And 2GB Data For $14.98/Month Or $11.99 Without Premier Package

By Joe Paonessa • 09/27/17

FreedomPop is now offering tiered discounts on a plan that features unlimited talk, text and 2 GB of data on the AT&T network with prices starting at just $11.99/month. Mu...

T-Mobile Acquires Remaining Interest In iWireless

By Joe Paonessa • 09/26/17

iWireless is a regional carrier that operates in Iowa and a few surrounding areas that include Eastern Nebraska and Western Illinois. The carrier was owned in part by Aureon....

Lycamobile Eliminates Select Plans And Increases Data On Another, Featuring 6 GB For $35

By Joe Paonessa • 09/26/17

Lycamobile has eliminated 3 of its cell phone plans while increasing data on another. Perhaps the most interesting change for its customers and would be subscribers is that Ly...

Google's Trade In Program For Pixel Devices

(Updated) Google Offering Up To $410 When You Trade In Your Phone For A Pixel

By Joe Paonessa • 09/25/17

Google has launched a new trade in program for those interested in picking up a Pixel device. The trade in program will offer customers who own select devices up to $388 (upd...

Get A Free Moto E4 And Free Month Of Service From Boost Mobile When You Add A Line

By Joe Paonessa • 09/22/17

From today through September 30th, customers who add a line to an existing Boost Mobile unlimited LTE data plan account, will get a free Motorola E4 as well as a free month of...

Verizon Wireless Get Up To $300 Dollars Off An iPhone 8

Verizon Deals, Get $300 Off An iPhone 8 Or 50% Off Samsung Galaxy Note 8 With Trade In, And Other Special Offers

By Joe Paonessa • 09/22/17

Verizon Wireless has announced a few special offers on select devices. Current Big Red customers can trade in one of several devices and get an iPhone 8 for $300 off when they...

Walmart Family Mobile Adds Unlimited LTE Data Plan

Walmart Family Mobile Now Has 9 GB Of LTE Data For $39.88/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 09/20/17

Walmart Family Mobile has made some major changes to its cell phone plans as the MVNO industry continues to shift towards offering more data at lower prices. The T-Mobile powe...

Red Pocket’s $10 Essentials Plan Includes 500 Minutes, Texts And MB Of Data Good On Any Wireless Network

By Joe Paonessa • 09/19/17

A few weeks ago Red Pocket Mobile updated its cell phone plans with some pretty stellar pricing, especially for the budget consumer. One of those updated plans included Red Po...

T-Mobile Increases Unlimited Data Deprioritization Threshold

T-Mobile Nearly Doubles Unlimited Data Plan Deprioritization Threshold To 50 GB

By Joe Paonessa • 09/19/17

Wireless carriers all offer what they call unlimited data plans, however once you read the fine print, you realize that not one plan includes truly unlimited data. Instead, e...

ROK Mobile Adds Unlimited Data On Verizon Network

ROK Mobile Now Has Unlimited LTE Data On Verizon Network For $50/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 09/18/17

ROK Mobile has been a busy bee this past year, updating its cell phone plans numerous times. The latest plan changes are for what the company calls its “other CDMA plans,” or...

FreedomPop September 2017 Mobile Hotspot Deal

Latest Offers From FreedomPop Feature 2 GB Of Mobile Hotspot For $9.99/Month, And Unlimited Talk, Text And 2 GB Of Data For $12.99

By Joe Paonessa • 09/13/17

FreedomPop is currently running a couple of limited time deals. Deal number 1 features a mobile hotspot plan with 2 GB of data for $9.99/month while deal number 2 is for a ph...

The 9 Best And Most Unique MVNOs Of 2017

By Joe Paonessa • 09/13/17

2017 edition There are many options for you to consider when you are looking to save money on your phone bill or when you just want something different. In fact BestMVNO.com...

Lycamobile Lowers Price Of Unlimited LTE Data Plan

Once Again Lycamobile Updates Plans, Unlimited LTE Data Starts At $50, New Customers Get 20% Off

By Joe Paonessa • 09/12/17

Back in June Lycamobile updated its cell phone plans to include an unlimited LTE data plan for $55/month. Within the past couple of weeks the T-Mobile MVNO lowered the price...

Hurricane Irma Florida T-Mobile Free Calls Text And Data

(Updated) Carriers Offering Customers In Florida Affected By Hurricane Irma Free Unlimited Data, Calling And Texting

By Joe Paonessa • 09/08/17

Due to the impact of hurricane Irma, T-Mobile and its prepaid brand MetroPCS are offering customers free unlimited talk, text and data regardless of what plan they have throug...

Boost Mobile Stops Charging Taxes And Fees

Boost Mobile Removes Taxes From Prices, Continues 4 Lines Of Unlimited Data For $100 Promo

By Joe Paonessa • 09/08/17

Sprint made it official today that its prepaid brand Boost Mobile will now include all taxes and fees in its listed cell phone plan prices for both new and existing customers....