@Liz wrote:Hi GW,
Are you saying that you're concerned with the automated phone system pulling up your account with the old number?
If so, this has been addressed, and I just confirmed that entering that old number when you call support does not bring up any account.
If you have other concerns, please let me know.
-Liz
Liz,
Still, at this moment, when I call the main Hughes number 866-347-3292 I am asked to enter a phone number so the computer can locate my account. As always, when I enter the old 251 number, which has supposedly been removed from my account over and over and over again, I am told it thinks it has found my account and asks me to enter my zip code. And then I'm in. I've verified it four times so far this morning. 5:36 AM, 5:50 AM, 5:53 AM and 7:56 AM
My concern is every time I need a service call, the dispach is sent to the service company and the service company is given the wrong number by the system. I always ask Hughes to ensure my correct phone number is sent but it never is. For both of the service calls I've needed this year I've requested special notification be sent to the service company with the correct information. Maybe it is but the technician never is informed.
I've been naive enough to belive all this is corrected but it never is. Fortunately, both times the technician has called pre-appointment this year, I was inside the house (and not outside doing my work). Since I was expecting a call on SOME number, I did answer the phone which I rarely do because after all the years of non use the only people who call this number are telemarketers. Botton line here is neither technician had any other number for me.
I see no reason this will ever change as long as my old landline number exists in your system. Should I keep paying over $50/month for the landline as long as I have Hughesnet just so I can have service work done on my Hughesnet site? Will I always have to sit in the house waiting for the technician to call just so I can tell him it's okay for him to drive the 25 miles from any of the nearest towns to fix my system?
That's odd. What browser are you using, and do you have many add-ons?
Here's what I see when I click "Reply:"
Maratsade, you got me thinking if switching browsers would make a difference and apparently it does..
I was using FireFox so I switched over to Google Chrome and the additional optionsappear directly below the RICH TEXT, HTML, and PREVIEW icons.
I will have to look into my firefox settings....one of my add on's must be obscuring these options for whatever reason.
Anyways, here is the screen shot of my own account info (edited in red to remove sensitive info)
As you can see my old phone number ending in 06 is still actively showing as my evening number. We haven't had this number in YEARS...like well over 6-8 years.
I've clicked on the EDIT icon countless times over the years trying to change and/or remove this number but it simply will not change.
Like I mentioned before, this phone number ending in 06 use to be listed as my daytime phone number and I had to ask Liz to help me remove it and replace it with my new, and current number ending in 75, however, the 06 number, as you can see, never went away. It simply moved down to the evening phone number and to this day, will not go away. With my daytime number being accurate now (I would assume most tech & customer service related call happen suirng the daytime) , I'm not concerned about this old 06 phone number being listed. Obviously if someone from Hughesnet does try to call me in the evening they are not going to get a hold of me.
P.s... @maratsade apparently it was my AdBlocker Ultimate add-on that was obscuring the editing features on this page.
I disabled this addon and I'm now able to see all of the editing features while using the Firefox Browser. 
I much prefer using Firefox browser so I will simply disable the AdBlocker Ultimate add on for all things related to Hughesnet community.
@GW wrote:
@bare65 wrote:
GW, many of us have that same issue. It's a Hughesnet glitch that has been going on for years. The 'evening' phone number listed on my account is wrong and has been wrong for many years and no matter what I do to edit it or remove it, it simply will not go away. I used this phone number (land line ending in 06) to initiate service many years ago but after some time had passed, our phone service changed, as well as the number. I tried everything I could on my end to edit that number (ending in 06) and replace it with our new phone number but nothing I did worked. Several years back, when I had issues with my service and needed a tech to come out, for obvious reasons, they could not reach me at the number listed on my account (ending in 06) I actually enlisted the help of Liz to help me get my new phone number (ending in 75) added to my account as my primary daytime number so that the tech people could contact me to schedule an appointment. Now while Liz was able to apply my phone number (ending in 75) as the primary 'daytime' number, the old phone number that is no longer even in service STILL to this day remains actively showing on my account information, only now it is listed under my 'evening' phone number and like I said, nothing I do on my end will remove this phone number. Over the years I've tried to get rid of it or edit it and it simply won't go away. I have a screen shot of my own account with both numbers listed, however I'm not seeing where it is I can upload that image to show you.
Thanks bare. Does the Hughesnet system at 866-347-3232 still recognize your account when you enter your long disconnected 06 number, followed by the zip code verification?
@GWIn all the years I've had Hughesnet I've only called customer service one time...and honestly, that was one too many times 
I think I was still using my old number at the time...that's how long it's been
but just to see what would happen I went ahead and dialed the 866 number you listed above and all I hear is an annoying FAX or DIAL UP sound. Is the 866-347-3232 you provided the right number?
