Ver confused about data usage
We are new to Hughes net. We just moved from NH to SC and apparently Hughes net is the only internet we can get. We have a something or other data plan. With 2 kids doing school remote they suck it u...
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SharlaNickell wrote:
We are having the same problem not enough GB for school classroom work. Can't Hughes let carriers like Google classroom thru and not slow them down?
Not having a data limit, even on just certain activities, would have the opposite effect of what everyone wishes, as in it would slow the service down even more than what is already occurring. Having high speed data limits forces people to prioritize their activities, which is what keeps the service usable. Without those limits, the system would end up in a digital traffic jam.
I think one issue is that many subscribers don't understand how satellite works and keep comparing it to terrestrial internet. They don't realise how small the data packages are for satellite internet, and how fast data can be used by regular Web activities (even though a simple calculation would show just how little is available to use on a daily basis).
GabeU wrote:Not having a data limit, even on just certain activities, would have the opposite effect of what everyone wishes, as in it would slow the service down even more than what is already occurring. Having high speed data limits forces people to prioritize their activities, which is what keeps the service usable. Without those limits, the system would end up in a digital traffic jam.
