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6.6.0 Usage meter - Data Cycle Info Missing
The design is intentional due to new service plans coming soon as well as Gen4 style plans being retired once Gen5 gets into full swing, as in it will display bad only when you have gone over your data allowance for the month. If I am not mistaken it will also display if you enter SmartBrowse in that same area which has essentially replaced the old FAP unless excessive consistent downloading occurs.
They have also changed the method of usage tracking to show remaining usage per each day.
I personally don't see Hughesnet stepping back from the design decision, it's the second or third time they have pushed the new method and design and this version is required for the HT2000W modems that are now in service.
Why would they remove the whole bottom info section due to Gen5, that same info would be benificial to all Gen5 users just the same as it is for Gen4. I understand what you mean about maybe they change the display info/wording but why would they remove the info about customers data cycle usage date, percent of allowance used, how many days passed and the very nice graphing estimate as the month moves along.
Displaying bad only after you run out does not benifit anybody, as you can see in the compare above my data usage is not "Good" as the new version shows, I will be running out before the month is over. The new version makes it look like all's fine when it's really not, while the old version has let me know for a few days now I'm going over and need to slow down. I do understand I can track usage many other ways, but this really looks like a huge step backwards again, I read the old threads on when this dissapeared the first time.
Surely removal of this info bar is a bug and not intended! Gen5 and Gen4 users both would need/want all of that info, there can't be a business or design reason to take this info away from customers because it clears up monthly usage questions from many angles all at once which surely helps alleviate some questions about data usage here and on the phone lines.
SmartBrowse displays all the time with the previous version, just grayed out unless enabled/using
I did see how they updated the graph in "usage history" in the app and the online version, that isn't so concerning (but still odd) as the main page of the staus meter loosing all those features.
Hopefully someone will say how to disable the update check/nag popup if all of this is to be removed permanently.
The new version isn't really helpful if that's how it's supposed to be, I'll stick with this old version that provides relevant info from many angles.
