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Service not what sales claimed it would be.
I’ve had Hughesnet over a month and it’s worthless to me. The salespeople asked me to describe what I do online, which I did, some YouTube videos, spots streaming and some movies. It does none of t...
"Which is ludicrous as I still can’t stream a you tube video.
tried my speed check app and it showed .71 MBPS."
Likely your app doesn't detect satellite internet speed well.
You can stream just fine with 3 Mbps. The problem is not a speed one, it's a congestion and latency one. Congestion as in too many people trying to stream, which satellite internet is not ideal for, and latency, as in the inherent latency of satellite internet plus internet and network latency.
Ok, I understand that hughesnet is not suitable for streaming normally.
why don’t they tell you that when they’re selling you on the service. Oh, possibly because no one would sign up.
as I understand it, Hughesnet has about 5 times more subscribers than the single satellite can properly provide for.
That might be the problem.
my brother had it years ago and it worked for him, but there were fewer people using it.
It works for me too, so really, it depends on a lot of things, including where in the beam area the user is located, and likely the user's internet habits.
"Hughesnet has about 5 times more subscribers than the single satellite can properly provide for. "
Please provide a source for this information. Also, there isn't a single satellite. I believe there are two in service at the moment.
Brayhaven wrote:it said there was only one satellite and a capability of something like 240K subscribers capability at the advertised volume & speed.
Keep in mind, however, that because system load varies, the system can actually support a much larger number of subscribers.
The only way they could remain a viable company with a low enough subscriber base to guarantee 25Mbps at any given time, barring technical or weather related issues, would be to charge an inordinately high monthly fee. Likely upwards of $500 or more. Maybe even $1000.
That was in a research report I read on it when I was trying to find out why it wasn’t working for me.
it said there was only one satellite and a capability of something like 240K subscribers capability at the advertised volume & speed.
not sure what the date was on it, but seemed wellresearched
I’ll see if I can find it again. Read a lot of different info.
Starlink does pretty well 50-150 mbps for 110/mo after equipment purchase.
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I’m finding that with HN.
Should have stayed with DSL.
Starlink gets good reviews as best sat interne.
spock was thinking Star Trek, not star link 😎Time will reveal the answer. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
