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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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Consumer Cellular Announces New Plan Rates For 2017

Consumer Cellular Adds More Data And Talk To Select Plans, And Limited Time Offer $50 Invoice Credit For New Lines

Joe Paonessa - Feb 3, 2017
Consumer Cellular has kicked off February with improved service in the form of better value for your dollar as well as a new promotion. “Nifty Fifty” Now through March 15th, 2017 the AT&T and T-Mobile MVNO is offering a $50 invoice credit to current subscribers that add and activate a
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Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge $200 Off With Republic Wireless

Limited Time Offer From Republic Wireless Get $200 Off Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

Joe Paonessa - Feb 2, 2017
From now until February 28th Republic Wireless is offering $200 off of the 32 GB Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.  The phone is regularly sold for $799 but with the discount the price is reduced to $599 and it is available with financing starting at $36/month. More About The Samsung Galaxy
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MetroPCS Free Phone For Everyone Offer

Get Over 30 GB Of Free Bonus Data From MetroPCS And A Free Phone

Joe Paonessa - Jan 23, 2017
T-Mobile owned MetroPCS is offering bonus data to customers that sign up for its $50 plan.  Those that do will receive 8 GB of high speed data each month instead of the plans normal allotment of 5 GB.  This amounts to an additional 36 GB of free bonus data for
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ATT GoPhone Promotion Free Month Of Service

GoPhone Promotion: Port In To AT&T GoPhone And Get Your Second Month Free

Joe Paonessa - Jan 17, 2017
AT&T has launched a promotion with its prepaid brand GoPhone.  Those who port in their number to the prepaid provider will get their second month of service for free.  This promotion excludes those that wish to port in from Cricket Wireless as it is another AT&T owned prepaid brand. GoPhone
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Limited Time Offer Get Up To 75 Percent Off With TPO Mobile

Get Up To 75% Off Select Plans For One Month With TPO Mobile

Joe Paonessa - Jan 13, 2017
TPO Mobile is currently offering up to 75% off of select plans.  The company is also giving away free SIM cards for a limited time for use with its GSM based service, which is on T-Mobile’s network. TPO Mobile Plans That Are 75% Off New customers will get 75% off
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Charge Drops Voice And Text Plans In Favor Of Data Only Plans

Joe Paonessa - Jan 10, 2017
Charge, an MVNO on the Sprint network launched last March as a data only provider.  The company later went on to add talk and text plans to its offerings. Today, the company has announced that as of January 17th, 2017 they will be discontinuing all of their texting and calling plans for
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ECO Mobile Plans $30 And Up Now Include 1 GB More LTE Data

Joe Paonessa - Jan 9, 2017
ECO Mobile, an MVNO that operates on the Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon networks has increased the amount of data that it includes with each of its wireless phone plans that costs $30 or more. ECO Mobile’s Wireless Plan Changes All ECO Mobile plans include unlimited talk, text and data with speeds
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Ultra Mobile And Univision Add More Data To Select Plans

Joe Paonessa - Jan 6, 2017
Ultra Mobile and Univision, MVNOs on the T-Mobile network, have increased the amount of data included with the majority of their plans.  The increased data however, is at 3G speeds. Univision Mobile is actually powered by Ultra Mobile and the two MVNOs offer essentially the same plans and features.  For
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RingPlus Mad Coffee House Plans

RingPlus’s First Promotional Plans Of 2017, Here’s What You Need To Know

Joe Paonessa - Jan 5, 2017
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 will remain open “while supplies last.” Free Plans Mad Hot Chocolate Free Plan – features 100 minutes, texts, MMS, and
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Total Wireless Review, My Personal Experience

Joe Paonessa - Jan 4, 2017
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 wireless network, but rather buy minutes, texts and data at wholesale prices from major networks that they then turn and resell to you
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BestMVNO 2017 Award Winners

BestMVNO Awards: Best Of 2016, Year In Review

Joe Paonessa - Dec 30, 2016
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 second annual BestMVNO.com end of the year MVNO and prepaid provider awards. (Disclaimer: Some links are affiliate links,
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ATT Device Unlock

AT&T Unlocking Policy Explained

Joe Paonessa - Dec 14, 2016
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 unlocked before you can take it elsewhere.  The following is a guide to show you how
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H2O Wireless Bonus Data Promotion December 2016

New H2O Wireless Promotion Offers 8 GB Of Data For $36

Joe Paonessa - Dec 6, 2016
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 promotion is that eligible plans will come with a significant amount of bonus data. Eligible plans include all of H2O
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RingPlus Mad Daily Cent Promotion

Latest RingPlus Promotions Feature Plans Starting At A Penny A Day

Joe Paonessa - Dec 5, 2016
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. Mad Daily Cent The mad daily cent plan costs 1 cent per day to maintain, as
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Motorola Moto Z At Republic Wireless With 6 Months Of Free Service

Republic Wireless Offers 6 Months Of Free Service With Purchase Of Select Phones

Joe Paonessa - Dec 2, 2016
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 in funding to help it accelerate product development and expand its marketing initiatives.  No changes to its service are expected as
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