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The Most Popular Phone Plans

By Joe Paonessa • 11/02/17

It’s been a long time since I last put together a list of the most popular phone plans at BestMVNO.  In fact it’s been over 2 years! A lot has changed since then.  Some MVNO’s...

JD Power Ranks T-Mobile Tops In Customer Satisfaction Among Business Users

By Joe Paonessa • 10/28/17

A few months ago, a survey conducted by Market Force revealed T-Mobile to be the nation’s favorite carrier.  Now a survey conducted by JD Power Associates has named T-Mobile t...

Best MVNO Logo

By Joe Paonessa • 10/26/17

You may or may not have noticed, but over the past few weeks quite a few changes have been made around here. Two of the biggest changes are to the data only plans list and the...

Ting Now Offers Global Calling At No Extra Charge

By Joe Paonessa • 10/13/17

Thanks to a reader tip, I have learned that Ting recently added international calling free of charge to its cell phone plans. Ting minutes are now global minutes the company h...

Google's Trade In Program For Pixel Devices

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...

FreedomPop Best And Most Unique

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...

Ookla Speedtest Of USA's Top Wireless Carriers

By Joe Paonessa • 09/07/17

Mobile internet speeds were measured by Ookla during quarters 1 and 2 of 2017, which basically corresponds to the first 6th months of the year.  Over that time frame roughly 3...

TracFone Brands Have LTE Speed Restrictions Lifted On Their Verizon MVNOs

By Joe Paonessa • 08/27/17

Weeks ago there were rumblings that Verizon had lifted the LTE speed restrictions that it placed on its MVNO’s.  The speed restrictions that had always been imposed limited do...

Will Your iPhone Work Properly On An MVNO?

By Joe Paonessa • 08/24/17

Apple’s iconic iPhone is loved by many, but there is a problem with it.  If you want to use it with an MVNO, you may find out the hard way, meaning after you spent your hard e...

Phone Number Theft, The Impact Of T-Mobile Digits, And Google Voice

By Joe Paonessa • 08/02/17

About two months ago, T-Mobile officially took its Digits platform out of beta and made it available to “all” T-Mobile customers.  By all I mean T-Mobile postpaid customers, w...

Is Apple Charging MVNO's For Customer Access To The APN Settings Menu

By Joe Paonessa • 07/18/17

Over two years ago a BestMVNO site reader informed me that they were locked out of the part of their iPhone’s settings menu that would allow them to setup an APN.  They notice...

Verizon MVNOs No Longer Speed Throttled

By Joe Paonessa • 07/05/17

Over the past few weeks I’ve noted around the web that users of TracFone based Verizon MVNO’s have been reporting that they have been experiencing LTE speeds much faster than...

PCMag tests fastest wireless networks for 2017

By Joe Paonessa • 06/19/17

PCMag has just completed its 8th annual study which set out to determine which is the fastest mobile network in the USA.  They tested the network data speeds of AT&T, Spri...

Wireless Provider Use Age Demographics - Graph Provided By Market Force

By Joe Paonessa • 06/13/17

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 consume...

Mast Mobile Closes Down

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...