@Gdge
It all really depends on what's causing the issues. Lately, HughesNet has been having some pretty low speeds, and absolutely abysmal speeds for those in northern CA. Your issues may be because of this, but they may not, or at least not fully. Even when my speeds sometimes drop to 400Kbps lately I'm still able to browse without much issue, which makes me wonder if there may be something else contributing to your pages barely even loading and/or taking forever to do so when they do.
Unfortunately, at least through this avenue (the Community), the only way to go about finding out what's wrong is to troubleshoot. It may be a connection issue or it could be abysmal speeds causing all of it, but without the troubleshooting it's hard to know.
I definitely do understand that doing that troubleshooting can be difficult, especially when you don't have much time to be able to do so. If you do end up doing so, though, when you start your new post in tech support, one thing that would help to see if there are any connection issues is your state codes. So, if you do end up posting in tech support it would be a good idea to take a snapshot of the following page and post it in the new topic you start, but make sure that you edit out your SAN (at the top of the page), as that is your account number (it starts with DSS), and you should never post your account number. Also, because the state codes are logged in the mode and are lost when it is unplugged, it would be a good idea to have the modem plugged in for at least a few hours before you take the snapshot of the page so that it shows if there are any connection issues. I only say that as some people unplug their modems when they aren't using the net for a while, like overnight.
The state code page is here... http://192.168.0.1/limited.html#!/state_code/state_code_monitor
I wish I had better news for you, and I wish there was an easier way to go about discovering what the issue actually is. And I don't blame you one bit for feeling the way you do. I wouldn't be very happy either, and right now I'm not very happy about my own service, though it's not quite as bad as what you're dealing with. Lately, I sometimes wish I never had upgraded to Gen5. Gen4 may not have been as fast as Gen5 was in the beginning, but it's a lot faster than Gen5 is now. Oh, and this isn't at all an attempt at a joke, but you always have the option of calling tech support, though I know how that often goes, unfortunately. 😞
As for the headaches, it's not really that bad for me, as if it gets too much I can always take a break from the Community. I'm just a customer trying to help other customers, so if it gets too much for me I can just walk away for a while, but I almost never do. 🙂
