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GabeU's avatar
GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago

Gen5 SmartBrowsing?

Does Gen5 have SmartBrowsing like Gen4 did, or are the new, higher FAP speeds taking the place of "SmartBrowsing"?
GabeU's avatar
GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
maratsade wrote:


Seems so from reading this:

 

No Hard Data Limits†
With HughesNet Gen5, hard data limits are a thing of the past.

Well, that's playing around a little with the meaning of "hard data limits", as, technically, Gen4 had no hard data limits, either.  And really, when it comes right down to it, neither did the legacy plans, though the throttling speed was barely even enough to be able to get to the page to use a token.  

 

C0RR0SIVE's avatar
C0RR0SIVE
Associate Professor
8 years ago

To be honest... SmartBrowsing replaced the FAP...  Soo...

  • GabeU's avatar
    GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV
    8 years ago
    C0RR0SIVE wrote:

    To be honest... SmartBrowsing replaced the FAP...  Soo...

    True, and now it appears to be going back the other way, though still getting better.  

     

    I have no problem with no SmartBrowsing, as the new FAP is better, anyway.  I was just curious if the new FAP had more or less taken it's place.  I noticed on someone else's picture of their Gen5 Status Meter that the SmartBrowsing part was gone, so that's what made me wonder about it.  

     

    Thanks for the info, folks.  

     

  • larrykelly's avatar
    larrykelly
    Junior
    8 years ago

    What's so smart about SmartBrowsing? 

    • maratsade's avatar
      maratsade
      Distinguished Professor IV
      8 years ago

      You can browse normally as long as you stick to Web browsing and email.  Stuff that uses a lot of data, such as streaming, won't work, and will lead to FAP.  At least on Gen4.  Is that smart? Yes, it is.  Users never got this with Gen3. It's been a big improvement. 

    • GabeU's avatar
      GabeU
      Distinguished Professor IV
      8 years ago

      larrykelly

       

      SmartBrowsing would kick in after you had run out of data (if you were on a plan that had it).  It could differentiate between simple web page downloads and active downloading.  If the latter, SmartBrowsing would "disengage" and throttle you to the much lower speed.  If just browsing, it allowed you to keep doing so with no noticeable difference.  

  • maratsade's avatar
    maratsade
    Distinguished Professor IV
    8 years ago
    C0RR0SIVE wrote:

    To be honest... SmartBrowsing replaced the FAP...  Soo...

    but if one's using SB and wants to stream Netflix, eventually one goes into regular FAP, right?  (ETA: I sense this might be another SQOTD*)

     

     

     

    *stupid question of the day

    • maratsade's avatar
      maratsade
      Distinguished Professor IV
      8 years ago

      Stupid question of the day: the tokens we have purchased transfer to Gen5 like they did from Gen3 to Gen4, correct? 

      • GabeU's avatar
        GabeU
        Distinguished Professor IV
        8 years ago
        maratsade wrote:

        Stupid question of the day: the tokens we have purchased transfer to Gen5 like they did from Gen3 to Gen4, correct? 

        From what I've read, yes.  

         

        With that said, larrykelly had an issue with them not transferring, but he called and they replaced them.  

    • GabeU's avatar
      GabeU
      Distinguished Professor IV
      8 years ago
      maratsade wrote:
      C0RR0SIVE wrote:

      To be honest... SmartBrowsing replaced the FAP...  Soo...

      but if one's using SB and wants to stream Netflix, eventually one goes into regular FAP, right? 

      Yep.  But, with Gen5, that doesn't appear to be the case.  The FAP speed may be enough to stream in lower def.  

      • maratsade's avatar
        maratsade
        Distinguished Professor IV
        8 years ago
        GabeU wrote:
        maratsade wrote:
        C0RR0SIVE wrote:

        To be honest... SmartBrowsing replaced the FAP...  Soo...

        but if one's using SB and wants to stream Netflix, eventually one goes into regular FAP, right? 

        Yep.  But, with Gen5, that doesn't appear to be the case.  The FAP speed may be enough to stream in lower def.  

        WOW. Impressive.