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 • 06/06/17
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 litt...
Consumer Cellular Closing In On $1 Billion In Annual Revenue, Adds Target As Customer Service Center
By Joe Paonessa • 06/06/17
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...
By Joe Paonessa • 06/05/17
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 givin...
By Joe Paonessa • 06/02/17
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 continu...
By Joe Paonessa • 06/01/17
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...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/27/17
Cricket Wireless has announced another promotion for those that are willing to make the switch to the AT&T prepaid brand. To be eligible, potential subscribers must port...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/27/17
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...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/25/17
Starting Wednesday, May 31st, T-Mobile is transferring all of its customer phone lines over to its DIGITS system. DIGITS technology is made possible by what T-Mobile calls IM...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/24/17
T-Mobile announced today what it is calling the #GetOutoftheRed promotion. Those of you that have one of several phones on an installment plan from Verizon, will get it paid...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/24/17
Updated: 5/24/2017 Sprint and T-Mobile MVNO Ting is currently running a promotional giveaway and it’s pretty easy to enter. To enter, simply take a screenshot of your home sc...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/23/17
In the aftermath of yesterdays terrorist attack in Manchester, both AT&T and Sprint are temporarily waiving fees for calls and text messages to the UK. Sprint, Boost Mobil...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/19/17
Mast Mobile launched with much promise over 1 year ago. The company was started in part by two former Virgin Mobile executives who together with a couple of other partners we...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/19/17
Updated: May 19, 2017 Prepaid Phone News spotted a dealer post at Howardforums that H2O’s double the data promotion will continue to run until the end of June. By the time th...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/18/17
T-Mobile MVNO Ultra Mobile has introduced some new phone plans that they call Flex Plans, additionally the provider has announced that it will shut down its sister brand, Univ...
By Joe Paonessa • 05/18/17
US Mobile has announced on their website that they have partnered with “the biggest and most dependable 4G LTE network in America” which I take to mean Verizon, since that is...