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Upload speeds 2-3 Mbps when download is under 300kbps
Actually, things do change, even though you think they don't.
"congestion doesn't change" -- oh, but it does, and constantly. Other variables that may not be on the list I provided change as well, possibly also constantly. Believe it or not.
Just to add to this, one way of thinking about it is that the beam is akin to a massive router with limited bandwidth that may be used at any time by any HughesNet user in Central Virginia; as well as any of the surrounding area that the beam covers. Similarly, the beam itself is combined with two other beams at the ground station in San Diego. Those beams cover parts of Missouri and Kentucky. On top of this, there's the terrestrial internet pipe to the ground station itself that could have bandwidth and/or routing issues (as has been known to happen). This example is specific to beam 68 and SDO, but can be applied to virtually anywhere in the network.
So there could feasibly be congestion anywhere in the system, concurrently affecting tens of thousands of users at any given time, depending upon the instantaneous user load, which is never constant.
With people on vacation (and 'staycation') and kids out of school this time of year that load is hardly predictable. Naturally this becomes more predictable as September rolls around.
