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 • 01/05/17
RingPlus has announced its first promotional plan offerings of 2017 which include free and paid plans. The plans are set to open today, January 5th 2017 at 9:00 PM PST and wi...
By Joe Paonessa • 01/04/17
Overview Total Wireless is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator, or MVNO that operates on the Verizon network. MVNO’s are typically small companies that don’t have their own wir...
By Joe Paonessa • 12/30/16
With 2016 now in the rear-view mirror it’s time to reflect back on the year as it pertained to the world of MVNO’s and no contract cellphone plan providers. Welcome to the sec...
By Joe Paonessa • 12/14/16
If you have an AT&T phone or tablet purchased from AT&T and are looking to take it to another carrier such as T-Mobile or a T-Mobile MVNO you may need to have the phone unlock...
By Joe Paonessa • 12/06/16
H2O Wireless launched a new promotion today valid though 3/31/2017 for those who port in a new line of service and for existing customers who use auto recharge. The new promo...
By Joe Paonessa • 12/05/16
RingPlus is launching two new Mad Promotions starting at 9 PM PST on December 5th, 2016 and lasting until 9 PM PST on December 6th. The plans are billed per day and per use....
By Joe Paonessa • 12/02/16
Republic Wireless has announced that it is now an independent company having just spun off from Bandwidth. As part of that process, the company managed to secure $30 million...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/29/16
Just the other day, AT&T announced some new ways to stream premium video, with the main focus being on its DIRECTV platform and a service called DIRECTV NOW. DIRECTV NOW will...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/24/16
About a month ago, Verizon and Walmart together launched Walmart exclusive Verizon Prepaid plans. At launch those plans came with 5 GB of data for $50/month and 10 GB for $70...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/20/16
RingPlus has announced its latest promotions and they are currently running until November 28, 2016 at 11:00 PM PST. The plans are open to new activations and are also availa...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/14/16
RingPlus is abruptly ending service for all of its plans that are not called “Mad”. All plans being terminated are legacy plans, plans that are not directly routed through Sp...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/11/16
Boom Mobile, best known for being a Verizon MVNO, has added some more plans to its lineup that will provide more value to both current and prospective subscribers. New Plans U...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/09/16
Page Plus Cellular has added more data to two of its prepaid phone plans. The $55 plan ($50 with autopay) now includes 8 GB of LTE data instead of 5 GB. This represents an in...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/03/16
Tello, the Sprint MVNO that allows you to custom build your own cell phone plan recently added international calling to Mexico and Canada to every plan free of charge. Tello s...
By Joe Paonessa • 11/01/16
H2O Wireless has just launched a promotion for those who port in or activate a new line of service on a monthly unlimited plan. The promotional offer is that an extra 1 GB of...