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Why in rual areas it cost more for less?
My service is up on Gen4 next month and I live in a rual area why is it that I can get 20gb for $100 plus but go 50 miles down the road and the plans change to 50gb monthly for $90 and when I talked ...
TG2, Just gets back to semantics to me, we look at it differently. HughesNet could change all their plans to "unlimited" tomorrow with the caveat they will "prioritize" once the plan amount is surpassed. I honestly don't see the difference.
I can stream Netflix and other video sites even when my speed is around 1.5 mbps so I don't have an issue. Large file downloads, I schedule them for Bonus time or do them during the day when I can. I'm Gen 4 Ultra plan so basically a 100 GB plan for $90. Sure not about to jump ship when no idea how that 150 GB "unlimited" plan actually performs.
Still feel they are playing a marketing game with the 150 GB "unlimited up to speed" thing then adding the "prioritizing" part after the 150 GB.
PS: Even cable internet "unlimited" has a throttle after a certain point for residential accounts, usually around 200-250 GB. Otherwise, everybody and their brother would be hosting servers from their home for Amazon, Ebay, Facebook, Twitter.......etc.
I'm Gen 4 Ultra plan so basically a 100 GB plan for $90.
WTH!! I'm getting screwed to put it bluntly. I can't even get that plan. I pay $74.89 for 20GB. 10 day time and 10 bonus(2-8am). Well I'm going to bring this up in a customer service call. If they can offer me that plan or something close, I'll consider staying. If not, CYA! Wow when we all get together and complare plans, a person can really see when they are getting the GB shaft. It's really sad, but it's business. And that's how it goes. It's not about customer service in the end, it's about home much cash they can get from a customer.
But I can see your point. You're better off staying put. But for me, it would be a huge upgrade. I'll pay for it, but it will be an upgrade for sure.
TG2 wrote:I'm Gen 4 Ultra plan so basically a 100 GB plan for $90.
WTH!! I'm getting screwed to put it bluntly. I can't even get that plan. I pay $74.89 for 20GB. 10 day time and 10 bonus(2-8am). Well I'm going to bring this up in a customer service call. If they can offer me that plan or something close, I'll consider staying. If not, CYA! Wow when we all get together and complare plans, a person can really see when they are getting the GB shaft. It's really sad, but it's business. And that's how it goes. It's not about customer service in the end, it's about home much cash they can get from a customer.
But I can see your point. You're better off staying put. But for me, it would be a huge upgrade. I'll pay for it, but it will be an upgrade for sure.
You're not getting the shaft but it is based on beam/gateway loading. Is why you have to enter zip code when ordering, different areas have different pricing. The burbs of New York will certainly have different plan pricing than Montana or Idaho.
I, and some others, were simply in the right place at the right time a few years back to get the Ultra plan. It is no longer available, along with Gen 4 plans entirely. Things do change.
Wasn't trying to rub your nose in it. Only saying that Exede "unlimited" plan doesn't look so rosy to me. Plus I generally get good speed. For me that is mostly anything 3+ Mbps as not a gamer and files still download reasonably fast unless in the GB size.
Watched Netflix show just a bit ago even though Testmy.net reported 1.8 Mbps. Granted a family with a bunch of kids trying to do things at the same time will not have a good experience with such speed.
Multiple devices connected at the same time doing data intensive things will certainly degrade the experience for everyone. This is even true for a good cable Internet connection.
PS: Did a couple tests before posting this and speeds were 17.5 Mbps and 24.7 Mbps only a minute apart. Quite an increase from the 1.8 when watching Netflix. Satellite internet speed can change quickly based on loading. How it is, limited satellite and gateway throughput, speed depends on number of users and what they are doing at any point in time.
No worries. I know you're NOT rubbing it in my face. I just feel data raped. I know they change plans and such, but overall for what I pay, I'm getting a bad deal. As for the Excede speeds, my neighbor can stream netflix with no issue until his 12GB was used up. Then he said he just had to buffer the movie a bit, and was good to go. With my setup, I couldn't even buffer a netflix movie when my data was used up. It's that slow. But I'm optimistic HN will work with me on getting a better plan. If not, it's no big deal. I now have other options I can use.
