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Seriously looking at Excede
When Gen5 plans were announced, I thought they were still pretty stingy with their data allowance. And now that Excede is starting to offer 150g plans, that sounds a lot better. Plus the fact th...
We just got HughesNet. I did a lot of reading and from everything I saw, it was mostly a coin toss. I went with HughesNet since they partner with Dish and I got a small price break on both.
The "unlimited" plan offered by Exede looked promising. You get get 150 gig of unchoked data, 50 gig more than the 50/50 plan and you aren't time restricted on its use. However, it is more expensive and on several reviews I read that Exede rarely delivered promised speed, while the same reviews said HughesNet Gen5 met or exceeded promised speed.
Before making the jump, go to their user forum. You'll find the level of unhappy customers is about the same as here. I can't tell for sure, but it looks like they "optimize" video but unlike Hughesnet, with the unlimited plan you can't turn it off.
Looks like Excede is rolling out their new Satellite now. Still not available in my area. :(
I'm going to keep checking.
150g unthrottled simply can not be beat.
Even their 50 gig plan beats HughesNet. 100/month vs 129.99/month.
If HughesNet would give me 50gigs at 100/month, I could live with that.
But they don't.
I know the arguments. HughesNet doesn't have the capacity. HughesNet won't offer what they can't support.
I don't care about their problems.
All I care is getting as much as I can for as little as I can. Just like every single other person and business out there. I am not a charity. I am not going to take pity on a company simply because they "can't."
If Viasat (Excede) comes to my area, I'm gone. Unless HughesNet wants to make me a better offer.
