Originally Posted by
Dubai Stu
I found a lot of informational gaps. What LTE bands does it support? The 60 country list is pretty limited and many of them are temporarily unavailable. Can I put my own SIM in the device (...)
I agree that there's an information gap. The '
Device' page of their website provides limited details, but there doesn't seem to be a complete technical specification anywhere.
Originally Posted by
Dubai Stu
Besides GlocalMe, also look at Skyroam. It is a nice looking unit, but I'd need to know more.
Yes it's a nice looking unit, isn't it? Also the daily rate of $8 isn't bad. Unfortunately it isn't currently supported in the UAE or Bahrain, which - for me - is an inconvenience. This is also the case with the Pokefi device, but not the GlocalMe U2. Still weighing up the pros and cons!
Originally Posted by
chx1975
Not wanting to shill for glocalme but let me explain why gigabytes is a poor measurement. When I travel what I need is
access, the traffic I generate is ridiculously little: email, maps, messages. Heck, a VoIP call consumes like 8 kbytes per second so a call with my airbnb host "hey I am outside! great, I am coming" won't exactly bankrupt me
I usually do EU wide visits for roughly a month and glocalme covers that for 16 EUR meaning my access is ~0.6 USD per day. Totally works for me.
A very valid point, I very rarely exceed 1GB of mobile data while on my home network, as I'm usually connected to WiFi. I can't imagine this changing significantly while roaming. The deciding factor on which device to buy will probably be access, as you said.