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Speedgraphic
Freshman
6 years ago

Why Can't Hughes Offer a Real Unlimited Plan at Lower Speeds?

It sort of seems like the current plans are simply designed to get users to run out of data, pushing them to theoretically purchase tokens, and/or reduce network stress.  Even the highest data caps a...
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Speedgraphic's avatar
Speedgraphic
Freshman

I just don't know why a 3/3 unlimited connection or similar would stress the network more than a small number of people on 25/3, and the rest on 1/1 or lower.  It doesn't add up unless you want to incentivise purchasing tokens.  Also the fact that the tokens are availalbe at all is proof that they have data to give! 

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MarkJFine
Professor
6 years ago

It doesn't add up to you, because you clearly don't understand how satellite internet works and how a potential 75km round trip datalink plus provider delays impact congestion.