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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Today Only, Get A Nextbit Robin Factory Unlocked GSM Smartphone For $117.99
Nexbit may not be a household name, but they do sell a device, “The Robin,” with some decent specs for the price. Currently Amazon is selling it for one day only for $117.99, a savings of $264.40 off of the regular price. It is the #1 best seller on Amazon
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Updated Deal! Get An HTC 10 For $240
The HTC 10 was HTC’s flagship device for 2016. It was released in May of that year at a price of $699, and it competed against the Samsung Galaxy S7 and LG G5’s of the world. In fact if you head in to Best Buy today, you’ll see that the
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Switch To Sprint And Get A Free Year Of Unlimited Data, Almost No Strings Attached
Summer is just around the corner, and as things are just starting to heat up outside, they’re also just starting to heat up in the wireless world. Some MVNO’s have been making the market sizzle by increasing the amount of data included with their plans while other MVNO’s and carriers want to
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Once Again Market Force Study Reveals T-Mobile And Consumer Cellular To Be America’s Favorite Carrier And MVNO
Market Force Information (Market Force), a customer experience management and research company conducted a large scale consumer study in May of 2017 polling over 8,200 consumers with the intent of uncovering trends in the wireless industry. The study focused on carrier performance, in store experience and service usage among other
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Pure TalkUSA Doubles Data On Select Plans, Featuring 5 GB Data For $35
A few months ago I wondered what the impact would be on MVNO’s with all the major carriers moving towards offering unlimited LTE data plans exclusively. I had hoped to see a benefit to those of us who didn’t want or need unlimited LTE data through the MVNO front. It
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Those Who Signup With Verizon Prepaid Through Walmart Continue To Get 2GB Of Free Data On Select Plans
A week ago Verizon announced that it tweaked its prepaid wireless plans, adding more data to some cell phone plans while lowering the cost of another. The $40 plan got a data bump to 3 GB up from 2 GB, the $50 plan got a bump to 7 GB up
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AT&T’s New $35 1 GB GoPhone Plan Dissappoints
AT&T has launched a new GoPhone plan. The plan is priced at $35/month and it includes unlimited talk, text and data with the first 1GB at 4G LTE speeds before throttling to a maximum speed of 128 kbps. Unlimited international texting to over 100 countries is also included. Those that
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New And Existing Sprint Customers Get A 6 Month Free Trial Of Streaming Music Service Tidal
Starting tomorrow, June 9th, Sprint is offering a free all access pass 6 month trial of TIDAL’s music and video streaming services. The offer will be valid for both new and existing Sprint customers. Unlike many of its competitors which include Spotify and Amazon Prime Music, TIDAL offers lossless audio
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Straight Talk Wireless Intros New Plan, Adds More Data To Select Plans Featuring 8 GB For $45
It turns out that new cell phone plan that Straight Talk temporarily posted back in April was no fluke after all. It’s just that the company posted it to their website a little bit before it was ready to officially be announced. Today, the $35 plan with 2 GB of data
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Consumer Cellular Closing In On $1 Billion In Annual Revenue, Adds Target As Customer Service Center
Consumer Cellular has announced that it recently signed up its 2 millionth customer, which is more than double the amount it had signed up 3 years ago according to an article in The Bulletin. The company has not stated if that is how many active subscribers it currently has, or
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AT&T Wireless Customers Can Subscribe To DirecTV Now For As Little As $10/Month
Since its launch, AT&T has been pushing its DirecTV Now service pretty hard on consumers. I even subscribed in their initial launch phase. At that time AT&T was giving away an Amazon Fire TV Stick with each subscription, as well as offering a discount on the service for as long
Read MoreVerizon Adds More Data To Prepaid Plans, Color Me Unimpressed
Verizon has added more data to its prepaid plans, and I say big whoop. They’re simply unimpressive and noncompetitive, but’s lets have a look at the changes before we continue to shake our heads at them. Verizon’s Updated Prepaid Plans All plans include unlimited talk and text. The plan changes
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Data Only Provider “Charge” Is Shutting Down
Charge launched itself into the MVNO stratosphere with good intentions in early 2016. The Sprint MVNO hoped to differentiate itself from other providers by offering data only plans for smartphones and tablets. There are only a handful of providers who cater to this particular niche and Charge saw it as an
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Cricket Wireless Announces $50 Bill Credit For Making The Switch
Cricket Wireless has announced another promotion for those that are willing to make the switch to the AT&T owned MVNO. To be eligible, potential subscribers must port in from a provider other than AT&T, and activate a new line of service on a qualifying plan all in one transaction. Eligible
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netTALK Wireless Now Offering Unlimited LTE Data For $40/Month
netTALK Wireless has announced an update to the only cell phone plan that it sells. For just $40/month with autopay billing enabled, subscribers can get unlimited talk, text and 4G LTE data. Without autopay enabled, the plan is priced at $45/month. Previously netTALK included 10 GB of 4G LTE data
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