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- I am waiting until I hear from someone here who knows how to fix the problem, but what other course do we as customers have when we are not given the product we were sold.
- I Called support on 6-29-2018 and was told by the rep someone will call me Saturday. On 6-30-2018 at 9:45pm I called HughesNet support at 1-866-347-3292 again (for the 8th time) trying to get someone to fix the speed problem. This is after calling previously and each time being promised (and last night the rep, Blake Gomez "gave his word") someone from advanced engineering will call me at 11:45pm (I asked him again 11:45pm, he stated correct, please answer the phone when they call). I waited until 12:15am and went to bed.
- I have only gotten one call from "tier 4 support" and on June 16, 2018 the tech worked on it for approximately 30 minutes and said he could not fix it and was referring me to advance engineering, who would give me a call within 7 to 10 days.
- I waited unti June 26th (the 10th day with no callback) and called to get help. Since then, I have called multiple times, have been told by the rep someone will call me in 24 to 48 hours, and have never received a callback.
"but what other course do we as customers have when we are not given the product we were sold."
Actually, you are. You need to adjust your expectations to reality. Satellite internet is more limited than other types of internet service you may have experienced before. Satellite internet requires more involvement from the user.
The Hughes reps are usually here M-F, 9-5. There may be other people ahead of you, so you may want to be patient.
- BirdDog7 years agoAssistant Professor
swissvalleygal, Liz was trying to help you here: https://community.hughesnet.com/t5/Tech-Support/GEN-5-Beam-5-DO-NOT-BUY-GEN-5/td-p/101347/page/2
You never replied or provided the test results she requested.
- Liz7 years agoModerator
Good morning GweRDSKNS,
Thank you for this update. Do let us know how the site visit goes this weekend. I did inquire with engineering if there are planned improvements for your beam, I have yet to hear back, but I'll let you know once I do.
- Liz7 years agoModerator
Hi GweRDSKNS,
I'm glad you found the community, thank you for posting your speed test results. I pulled up your account and ran diagnostics on your site and found the equipment to be working normally. Engineering is already in the process of taking steps toward improving performance on your beam. I will ping them for an update on their progress and let you know when to expect these improvements to be rolled out to you.
Your patience and understanding are much appreciated.
- maratsade7 years agoDistinguished Professor IV
This is a technical support site. You may want to start your own topic so your issues can be addressed and fixed. Complaining will not fix the issues you are having with your system, nor will it help anyone else fix theirs. You'd get a lot more out of this site if you posted your specific issues under your own thread and worked proactively with the Hughesnet staff to troubleshoot your system.
*I am not a Hughesnet employee or representative.
- GweRDSKNS7 years agoFreshman
Thanks, I will post results after the site visit. Hopefully this will fix the issue.
- BirdDog7 years agoAssistant Professor
GweRDSKNS, be sure to run the manual tests using 25 MB size for download and 4 MB for upload in order to get help from the official mods here and for them to pass it to engineering. I see you have started running them lately at those sizes. Also try to run some at more varied times of day, not just late afternoon/evening if possible. It does look like your morning speeds are better.
That said, it does appear your speeds are below what they should be from your test history.
I hope you don't mind me posting the link to all your results so the mods can review them.
- GweRDSKNS7 years agoFreshman
BirdDog,
I don't mind at all, but I thought I had already posted my speed tests earlier. Thanks for any help. It just took 8 minutes to update a rule in my email (outlook).
- BirdDog7 years agoAssistant Professor
Sorry, I skimmed over where you had posted the link before and GabeU also.
Yea, it does sound like you have an issue and hopefully one of the mods will get involved tomorrow or Tuesday but with the holiday it could be later.
- GweRDSKNS7 years agoFreshman
Thank you BirdDog.
GabeU, my expectations are reality! I don't expect to get 25m all the time, I would be happy if I got 10m consistently, but can't even get that. What reality do you expect the service to deilver??
- GweRDSKNS7 years agoFreshman
Sorry GabeU, I meant the last post comment for Maratsade, just wondering what speeds he expects to get.
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