@jshaw: "Hughes is a big ripoff and I will be leaving as soon as possible and I bet 1.4 million will possibly follow"
You have choices and if you want to leave, then that's your choice. The majority of the customers seem to be doing just fine, so they will stay and continue to use the service and benefit from it. There is no ripoff from Hughesnet. They are a corporation, on the market to make money and they have pluses and minuses, like any corporation. Try Comcast for sucky. Good luck.