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erehwontsol's avatar
erehwontsol
Freshman
4 years ago

Lifeline - Emergency Broadband Benefit - when will HughesNet be ready?

In the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Congress appropriated $3.2 billion to the F.C.C to help low-income households pay for broadband service and connected internet devices. The Emergency ...
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  • Liz's avatar
    Liz
    4 years ago

    Good morning erehwontsol,

     

    Thanks for posting, you're already on the right track with keeping an eye on https://www.hughes.com/EBB

     

    Hughes has applied to participate in the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit program, and we are waiting for approvals by the USAC (the Universal Service Administrative Company). That's all the latest we have so far, we're waiting ourselves.

     

    -Liz

erehwontsol's avatar
erehwontsol
Freshman
Hughes has applied to participate in the F.C.C’s Emergency Broadband Benefit program, and we are waiting for approvals by the USAC (the Universal Service Administrative Company). That's all the latest we have so far, we're waiting ourselves.

You believe that? When I just told you a tiny ISP in a town of 2000 people has been participating for two weeks? You believe that HughesNet, a very large provider, is still waiting? It took me two days to get approved. I'm not naive enough to believe that.

maratsade's avatar
maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV
4 years ago
erehwontsol wrote:
Hughes has applied to participate in the F.C.C’s Emergency Broadband Benefit program, and we are waiting for approvals by the USAC (the Universal Service Administrative Company). That's all the latest we have so far, we're waiting ourselves.

You believe that? When I just told you a tiny ISP in a town of 2000 people has been participating for two weeks? You believe that HughesNet, a very large provider, is still waiting? It took me two days to get approved. I'm not naive enough to believe that.

 

Lucky for you, you're not obligated to believe it. 

  • erehwontsol's avatar
    erehwontsol
    Freshman
    4 years ago

    It's more useful to me read between the lines of your cryptic reply, than to read it at face value. Aha, I see what you're saying.

     

    A quick Google search shows that Frontier and Comcast are both also already offering the program. HughesNet clearly isn't being forthcoming here, is having you lie for them, and will continue to shaft customers every chance they get.

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

      Are you still in Nevada, and do you have any other alternatives you could consider?

      • erehwontsol's avatar
        erehwontsol
        Freshman
        4 years ago

        If I had alternatives, do you think I'd be with HughesNet? haha. As soon as Starlink is shipping antennas you bet your bottom dollar I'm paying to sever with HughesNet, but until then I'm going to keep trying to bring attention to the fact that HughesNet lies to get out of every single pickle the get caught in.