ageofpiece wrote:
I suspect that the bandwidth Hughes net can afford to offer its customers can’t possibly be 25mbps to all customers simultaneously. I assume this is a infrastructure issue on their end.
It's a capacity issue. There is no way possible to ensure that every customer has plan speed at any given time, as there simply isn't enough bandwidth available to support it. As well, system load varies from beam to beam and gateway to gateway, so experiences can differ from one area to another. The higher the load at a given time, the lower the bandwidth available to each subscriber.
Unfortunately, unlike ground based services, there's no easy way to increase system capacity.
Barring weather and technical issues, the only way to ensure that every subscriber would receive 25Mbps at any given time is to greatly restrict their number and charge a much higher price, which would be required in order to remain a viable company. It would be a service only for the well to do.
Edit: Again, that's barring technical issues, which is what people normally end up coming here to get help with.
