I wanted to be able to access the internet during my lunch break at work, but we're so "fire-walled" I can't access much of anything. I don't have a smart phone and wanted to access the internet on my wifi iPad. I ordered the FreedomPop stick then realized it wouldn't work with an iPad because there's no USB port(my bad). After some customer service emails, I returned the stick. I was credited $40.75. I'm okay with that. I ordered the FreedomPop photon and the "free" account. Sometimes it's slow to find a signal, but for my occasional use at work it's been okay.