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Is unlimited data in Hughesnet future?
http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2016/02/10/dankberg-viasat-3-satellites-will-have-more-capacity-than-the-rest-of-the-world-combined/
Look what should worry us is while HughesNet is maintaining what they have I can’t find plans to expand their service. I think Gen5 will be here for 5 years until Gen6 comes. So while that happens Viasat will be launched in 2019 and Gen6 will launch in 2022. Is that not worrying you guys?
Nope, because Hughesnet is a MAJOR sponsor and player with OneWeb which is one of the companies that could put Viasat and Hughes under as consumer grade companies.
I am willing to wager that Hughesnet could end up as a VAR for OneWeb offering low latency connectivity.
Also, Hughesnet doesn't provide just internet connectivity, they develop technologies for other agencies, and for the government. So, I am not worried about them really going under.
Also, here's some data on Jupiter-3, http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/jupiter-3.htm
One last thing to note, Hughesnet was playing it safe... Viasat was already working on VSAT-3, where as Hughesnet litterally just created the order for J-3. There was most likely concern that the market may have been at maximum profit potential, which J2 proved otherwise, hence the reason they ordered J3.
Viasat is taking a huge gamble on ordering so many satellites at one time, especially with OneWeb coming online in 2019.
To be fairly honest... If OneWeb offers ~50GB/m at $75 or less, I would go to them, just for the lower latency, and keep Hughesnet for my large heavy downloads.
- Just FYI Viasat is doing a lot with the military as well. You can look on the market news for VSAT. Like i said the market thinks they are the one to go with for the long haul but hey I’m sure I’m wrong.
/shrugs/
Back to the topic, wont happen, not for some time. It would be stupid to increase data allowances when the satellite can't keep up with demand as is.- I don’t understand so you’re saying Viasat won’t be able to get the first satellite with their new speeds and allow them to offer 35mbps. Viasat 2 already allows for 30Mbps. That’s the new gold plans that will go wide once the test markets are done. They are already working on getting Viasat 2 implemented. Viasat 3 is being completed and they would get in serious problems if they miss their launch window. Their stock would crash. So I wouldn’t discount it. I think that’s silly to act like they won’t be able to get their stuff off. The gold plan seems really cool but I need a plan that streams 4K so it will be with the new satellite that’s going up. And as you know Gen6 won’t happen till 2022 and I’m assuming Gen6 will have the capabilities or more of what Viasat 3 can do.
Looks like this company offers what you need, so you'll be jumping ship to join them soon, I expect. Are you not with them because they don't offer service in your area? (Forgive me if you've already mentioned why you're with HN and not another company).
Saxgod wrote:
I don’t understand so you’re saying Viasat won’t be able to get the first satellite with their new speeds and allow them to offer 35mbps. Viasat 2 already allows for 30Mbps. That’s the new gold plans that will go wide once the test markets are done. They are already working on getting Viasat 2 implemented. Viasat 3 is being completed and they would get in serious problems if they miss their launch window. Their stock would crash. So I wouldn’t discount it. I think that’s silly to act like they won’t be able to get their stuff off. The gold plan seems really cool but I need a plan that streams 4K so it will be with the new satellite that’s going up. And as you know Gen6 won’t happen till 2022 and I’m assuming Gen6 will have the capabilities or more of what Viasat 3 can do.
