After reading all the negative reviews and complaints should I stop my purchase of Hughes net service before they come out and install it?

mecmaine:

You can always go wireless then you'll see what bad really is.  Pay twice the price for half the bandwidth.  Most wireless providers offer something like 2gb for &50.00 and if you go over they will either charge an outrages price for overage or slow to EDGE (144k max normally 55k) speed.  If you have problems with HughesNet service let someone here know what it is.  

You got that right Jezra my only complaint is low data cap but even if throttled it does pretty much all I need it for.  By the way even throttled I can listen to soma and rarely a buffer maybe 5 or 10 seconds long once or twice in a four or five hour period.

One thing while I don't stream a lot of video (just news clips) I do stream internet radio via soma and can listen darn near all day long in my workshop and only use about 70mb to 100mb of bandwidth.

If you are on a 7000 system you may need to go with the Jupiter system, you'll definitely notice a major difference

I have not heard of any satisfied customers.

Well, people don't normally post satisfaction with a service on the internet, but they sure will post dissatisfaction. Not going see much praise at all percentage wise. I've been satisfied overall for 10+ years now.

Leigh, if you have problems with your service you should start a new topic and ask for help.

If you have ANY other options available to you, I urge you to take them. I have not heard of any satisfied customers. I have no other options at the moment, but am still checking. I live in a very rural area, so a little internet is better than none at all. It costs a little more each month as my service gets worse. It will only work in the wee hours now. I won't turn it on for a week and when I do- no more bytes. I always know when 8 am rolls around, it stops working. I just sit and spin, get disgusted and unplug it. Good luck.

Every persons allowed and, Apparently we have totally different interpretations of this.

Exactly. My thing was the man stated his opinion. Whether it made sense to you or anyone else was besides the point. & For you to correct him "in a support site for customers" not a bash the comment because you felt the need to explain that he has a coax line running from the dish to modem, & how insane you thought his comment was. Gamers, and hardcore streaming isn't ever recommend with satellite, good sales reps will explain data & this. If he shouldn't say someone is pyscho because their statements insane, then Should someone being condescending tell another what to do? Have a great night bud!

A lot of DSL only gets from .5mb-6mbs download & if the consumer isnt concerned with streaming & gaming, Hughes can be great for them. A lot of customers live in an area where they are limited to very slow DSL & Dialup, that's Hughesnets target market. some DSL & dial can run around $80-100 per month, & can be very limited to what customer can do "e.g. Streaming, Downloads/Uploads, & slow browsing" If he had these issues Insane would be keeping the DSL. Cable internet is always the first option but when you don't have access Hughes will work, if you know what you're limits are and don't use it like it has unlimited band width.

Amen to all that.