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ecoalex2
Tutor
3 years ago

Bonus Time Speeds

It is 5:30 Am , the bonus time , I am under FAP after 8, I am under the impression, the bonus time allows me unthrottled speeds. My testmytest speeds are under 8mps. What am I missing here? I have all browser tabs closed , only testmytest open for tests . https://testmy.net/quickstats/ecoalex Thanks
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  • maratsade's avatar
    maratsade
    3 years ago

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  • ecoalex2's avatar
    ecoalex2
    Tutor
    3 years ago
    Help, I keep getting bot requests to mark this post as answered. How do I stop the bot emails? 3 so far today help!
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      ecoalex2
      Tutor
      3 years ago
      I tried 2 browsers, I cannot make it stop. I mark accept as solution, and denied error- Authentication failed for the action you are trying to do. This failure could be due to your browser not supporting JavaScript, JavaScript not being enabled, or trying to use the action URL directly in the browser address bar instead of clicking the link on the page. Help! Help!
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        ecoalex2
        Tutor
        3 years ago
        Help! Help! I put the url of the error message in paste and go and just got another error message. help! :) :)
  • GabeU's avatar
    GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV
    3 years ago

    ecoalex2 

     

    Judging by the variance graphs from your tests, in that they aren't showing erratic changes, my guess would be system congestion.  Unfortunately, as time goes on and streaming becomes more prevalent, it's likely that the incidence of people downloading media during the Bonus Zone period has picked up considerably. 

     

    That's just a guess though, as there are a lot of variables.  

     

      

    • ecoalex2's avatar
      ecoalex2
      Tutor
      3 years ago
      It appears the problem then is capacity. Either Hughes will have to increase capacity ; another bird, or Musk will solve the capacity problem . Any other possible solutions?
      • GabeU's avatar
        GabeU
        Distinguished Professor IV
        3 years ago

        ecoalex2 

         

        Another bird is going up next year.  How much of its capacity will be designated for the US, however, I don't know.  However, that new bird may only help lessen the impact for a time, not solve it.  And there's no other way to increase capacity.  Once a bird it is up, that's it.  Its throughput is pretty much set in stone.  

         

        The main problem is streaming.  HughesNet was never designed to handle so many people doing something so bandwidth intensive so often.  And the more people that do so, the more congested the system becomes.  But nearly everything else we do online is becoming more bandwidth intensive, so it's not just the streaming, though that is, by far, the most impactful.

  • MarkJFine's avatar
    MarkJFine
    Professor
    3 years ago

    8 Mbps is not 25 Mbps, but it's definitely not a throttled speed.

    25 mbps is not guaranteed and depends greatly upon a lot of factors, too numerous to list here.