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Tpaynter1
5 years agoSophomore
So internet
My internet has been consistsnly having problems. I ran a sped test per the instructions and my upload and download speed is 0.3 Mbps. This speed makes it impossible to do even the simplest tasks. I ...
- 7 years agoA very nice and knowledgeable Hughes tech came out yesterday morning. He adjusted the antenna and reset the modem. Download performance and signal improved. However, upload performance remained terrible. I looked at him and said, ‘Transmitter?’ He agreed it was worth a shot and popped a new radio into the dish.After nearly a month of our drops and resets and timeouts, everything is working astoundingly well. It’s like a completely new system. I think the radio must have been sputtering out for a while, even though we’ve only had the service since April.
I really appreciate the responsiveness, particularly after the multiple runs with tech support. My 89 year mom has dementia and calls us obsessively when she is agitated, usually first thing in the morning. It was *great* to pick up the landline when she called today and talj her out of her confusion... rather than ignoring the phone & trying to call her back on my work cell, which is iffy at best in our mountainous area.
THANK YOU Felicia for breaking the logjam. You are the best! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Good morning Tpaynter1,
Thanks for posting and working with the community. I pulled up your account to run diagnostics on your site and the HughesNet equipment is working normally. Please keep in mind that even when speeds are reduced while subject to the Fair Access Policy, those reduced speeds are still shared amongst all connected devices.
So if you have multiple devices on the network trying to run on less than 3 Mbps, that's going to be split up- all those devices won't get 3 Mbps each.
As maratsade noted, speeds aren't guaranteed as they do fluctuate as a result of a multitude of factors. Our suggestion is to manage the monthly data or as some other customers do, buy tokens, to avoid the Fair Access Policy.
-Liz
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