GlocalMe 4G Mobile Hotspot (G3 Black)

I'm down in Antigua on a boat and this solves my communication problem. I bought a local Digicel sim card to put in the sim slot and took out a plan to activate it. Now, all my use of the Glocalme goes through that sim card and not Glocalme's plan. When I go to another island (most in the Caribbean use Digicel), I'll just buy another local plan and continue to use it through the G3 Hotspot. If I go off the boat, I can take the device with me and still have communication. It really works well: no slowdown and just does its job.

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I'm looking for a mobile hotspot device to provide connectivity for my GPS, occasional Kindle updates, and minimal use of a Chromebook in my 18-wheeler. Several coworkers recommended the att device with 100GB for $55/mo, but that was more than I need for more than I wanted to pay. When I found the GlocalMe me that promised 1.1 GB international and 8 GB for North America free with purchase, I thought that's all I need.Well today I received the device and set it up, and discovered the 1.1 GB is only good for 5 years and the 8 GB is only good for 90 days. I was very disappointed and went back to check the fine print in the Amazon listing. It doesn't mention any limit on International, but it does say the 8 GB North American plan is only good for 30 days, so I got more than the listing mentioned, but less than I expected.It does have two sim card slots, so I can still use at&t or another carrier with it. You can use the virtual sim and buy plans from GlocalMe, but it looks like the cost per GB is about 3x the AT&T.

Cannot log on, keep getting a message that I need to pay, does not recognize my email address, phone number or password..AWFUL....NO SERVICE

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To use the product, US citizens are required to provide the passport details to Glocal website. This is unacceptable and a big privacy concern. I suspect a backdoor to track all activities and routing data to China.The product works occasionally and consumes a lot of bandwidth. The main purpose was to use it during overseas travel for secure work. It didn't work at the London airport/hotel, not in Germany, not in Bangalore/Mumbai (India). In India, a few times it did connect but switched to 3G and stopped connecting altogether after a few log ins. I prepaid for a large data package and most of it remain unused. Disappointing is an understatement. I won't recommend any Glocal hotspots for these reasons.

I bought the GlobalMe for a trip to Italy. It turns out that the villa I was staying in had some cell coverage, so I didn't really need it. However, the speed on the GlobalMe was faster than my mobile network, so I used up all the data I had purchase. The only draw back is that data is not cheap. Without doing much on a single device I could burn through 1GB in less than a day.