I was still out as of 9:00AM CDT, been using my phone as a hotspot and it is doing a much better job than hughes ever thought of.. I just looked and all the lights are back on with the modem, so I am assuming that it is back up.. I saw that announcement last night as well, but it is gone this morning and hughes is not answering any comments on here about it, Have to assume they are not wanting to acknowledge that they lost the bird again last night.. Spaceway has to be nearing the end of it's service life and I wonder if they have a backup plan.. If I can coax a Free install out of excede, I will be switching as soon as I can...