Liz wrote:
Hi John,
I really appreciate you continuing to monitor your performance over the weekend even though you're getting Gen 5 Monday. Your feedback would be useful to our engineers and would further validate that the fix was effective.
Also, thank you for your compliment, it means a lot to me.:cathappy: Don't hesitate to post back in the community about your Gen 5 experience, and let us know if you have any other concerns.
Well, no instances were observed since yesterday morning (3/24/17) when the engineering change was implemented. That's great. If this lasts today and tomorrow, I think we'll be able to say with a high degree of confidence that the engineering change has resolved the problem, and I'll be able to click on the "resolved" button before moving on to Gen5. Hopefully the other folks who have been reporting this problem will provide their feedback as well.
So far. so good !!
We are in an age of acceleration in technology, and I think we are often construing our experience upon the model of our experience with purely mechanical systems -- products like toasters and refrigerators. But when we stop for a moment to consider just what is going on with a system like Hughesnet, it's actually kind of breathtaking that it works at all, let alone as reliably as it does.
So problems in such a profoundly complex system are to be expected. What makes this into a viable commercial enterprise then is the ability of the human parts of the system to interact in recoginzing and correct problems when they occur, as they inevitabely will. And for me, as long as I can see that happening, it's far less important that it happens in the first place or that it isn't fixed instantly.
In working through this particular case, I've experienced a wide spectrum of responses ranging from the initial "technical service" phone responses "we're sending you a new modem" and "we don't know what the problem is and we can't do anything to fix it" and "what do you want me to do - I'm not a technician. well can you transfer me to one? no, I'm afraid that won't be possible." to my last ditch decision to try posting the problem here on the Community and then finding out it was not just me and being fortunate enough to get Liz's attention.
In conclusion, we're all part of something that is quite complex, and a lot can go wrong, both in the technology and on the human side. We must give kudos to Hughesnet to operate a business within such as context !
Final report on this problem, first thing Monday morning. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
