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Willaurean's avatar
Willaurean
Freshman
7 years ago

Want to cancel after 6 Weeks

Hello, 

 

I am extremely disappointed with the service.   It has been 6 weeks of constant batting with bandwidth.

Customer service has been contacted twice re. issues, has explained why pages load slowly (because of all the pictures etc...) and tells us we need to upgrade our package.   We have to shut all devices down to get just one to work, inadequately at that. We were assured that a tv, tablet, and two phones would work just fine.  In order to stream to the television, I have to disable WiFi and do a direct LAN.

 

I do not want to upgrade, I am not happy with Hughes net, and would like to cancel with out paying termination fees.  6 weeks is more than adequate time to determine if the product sold is not the product promised.

 

Thank you for any help you may provide.

 

  • GabeU's avatar
    GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV

    Willaurean

     

    Are you sure you have not run out of data?  

     

    How is it that you're trying to stream on your TV?  If you're using an app on your TV and you're trying to stream in anything higher than SD, you're probably going to need to turn off, or pause, the Video Data Saver, which you can do in the Video Settings of your HughesNet Usage Meter or by signing in to the HughesNet MyAccount site and clicking on the Settings tab.  

     

    What is Video Data Saver?

     

    If you are streaming through satellite TV receiver, you would definitely need to toggle the Video Data Saver, but satellite TV receivers are recommended against using with HughesNet due to the amount of data they can use, which can't be controlled. 

     

    Keep in mind that streaming in HD can use a LOT of data.   

     

    If you're able to stream when using a LAN cable, but not with WiFi, there may be some WiFi settings adjustments that could help bring the speed up.  

     

    As for cancelling without an ETF, the reps will almost assuredly need to troubleshoot your service to see if they can get it working properly before considering a cancellation without an ETF.  

    • Willaurean's avatar
      Willaurean
      Freshman

      Thank you, Gabe.

       

      Yes, I utilized the video data saver with no success.

       

      I mirrored from my phone, tried chromecast, smart tv, smart blue ray, basically every solution I could attempt all with the same results.

      • GabeU's avatar
        GabeU
        Distinguished Professor IV

        Willaurean

         

        As previously mentioned, there may be a WiFi settings change that could help, as if it works with a LAN cable it should work with WiFi, but at this point I would wait for what the rep says.  They may also want to move this thread to the Tech Support seciton to troubleshoot the issue.    

         

        In the meantime, if you don't already, I would leave your modem plugged in so that the reps can run remote diagnostics on your HughesNet equipment if they deem it necessary.  

         

        The reps are on M-F from 8AM to 5PM EST, but it can take them a day or two to reply.  I hope they reply to you soon.