Yeah. I remember taking it on every single family trip for years just hoping to catch a single packet. Never got one. Oh well. I somehow got a replacement under warranty, they let me keep the old broken unit. I set it up to work as a WAP gateway (the issue wasn't fatal) and used it to mess about on the early mobile internet, had a great time.
Probably the experience of every eager eyed young nerd who got one. Certainly was mine too.