Good or Bad, Service-Support-Billing
I have had Hughesnet since November. Other than the Big outage in early January, my service has been good. Have not had to call for support yet. Billing has been a bit confusing. The bill comes on 2...
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That's Gwalk900 who has posted some guidance before. I do believe you have to be on the invoice billing plan to pay in advance though.
The default payment method employed by HughesNet is "Auto-Pay".
It is possible to pay ahead, that is to say that you will show a positive credit balance ..... however ......
If you have "invoice billing" you have 30 days to make your payment from the data that the bill is generated. If you have "Auto-Draft" your payment method will be charged the micro-second that your bill is generated.
If you were to pre-pay and are on "Auto-Draft" you run the very real risk your payment method getting a double hit as the Auto-Pay is .... automatic.
Be aware the Invoice Billing usually comes with a $5.00 monthly charge.
But .... you can pay early ... just watch the details.
My bill is generated on the 5th of the month. I pay online as a"one time" payment and hence show a credit balance:
