keifer111,
Do you use the Hughesnet Status Meter? If the one of the dashboard is giving you trouble, you can still use the Status Meter. You can download it at...
You can also see your usage on the SCC, at....
Have you tried a different browser with the Dashboard?
Also, are you streaming in SD or LD? Streaming in HD can use around 3GB per hour, so if you watch two movies at two hours each in HD, that's 12GB.
kieferr111,
After doing a little digging, I found this for Macs. Just an idea....
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bandwidth+/id490461369?mt=12
It looks like something similar to Glasswire for Windows, which is very helpful for keeping an eye on data usage on the machine it's installed on.
This isn't a replacement for the status meter, but for watching data usage.