Forum Discussion
Are uploads supposed to affect download speed?
HughesNet has implemented a prioritization policy that, while favoring work and schooling related activities, is de-prioritizing streaming/video and certain types of downloads (and likely uploads of the same type).
Though I don't know exactly what the system does when it identifies a video signature, or that of a video site, it may very well be that when the system is detecting your upload, and especially to a site like Youtube, it's de-prioritizing everything done through your service while that upload is happening. i.e. both upload AND download. Like throttling, if you will, though as a result of the file type and/or site.
That's just a guess, but with the policy that's currently in place, that may be what's happening. And, if this is what's happening, it's unlikely that there is any way to address it.
