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Perhaps try changing it here: Account Information There are two places to change: Day (work) and Night (home) numbers where you may be contacted. ... View more

I'm not an expert, but from what I understand, ones that are cloud-based should work. Don't get anything that needs to be IP-addressable because it can't be seen from outside the HughesNet network.   Understand that either way, cameras will use a lot of data. Recommend one that's motion-sensor activated to reduce the amount of video it collects. Being able to reduce the pixel resolution and speed will also help reduce data consumption.   @BirdDogmight have additional tips.   ... View more

That would certainly do it. ... View more

Unsurprisingly, if something's going to go wrong, it's going to happen within the first 20 days. They give you unlimited data for that period precisely to ensure the system is properly shaken out.   This will ensure the admin staff see this, attempt to connect to the modem just to be sure, and ultimately send a tech: @Amanda  @Liz  @Hardy  @Jay  @Damian  ... View more

Try unplugging the power from the wall, wait a minute, then plug it back in. Wait a couple of minutes to allow the modem try to re-acquire the satellite. If it fails and shows the same code, you will likely need an authorized technician to come look at the dish alignment/radio. ... View more

Usually it's a weather issue with heavy rain or thick cloud cover, but could also mean there's an alignment issue or the dish transmitter is out. Using a device connected to the modem, are there any other codes being shown for the same time on this page? ... View more

At one point in time I suggested there be some FAQ pages for some of these things, rather than community topics. If this comes about there really should be a whole section devoted to this and data management as a whole. An adjunct to this would likely be a minor dissertation in how the various acceleration techniques are used to get large file download speeds, but there's no way around radio being bound by the speed of light without going into a dissertation into quantum physics, wormholes, naquadah generators, etc. ... View more

@maratsade wrote: An internet-connected toilet.....Interesting. No s..., right?   ... View more

lol... what was that adage? if you passively suggest something, be prepared to do it.   Honestly, I'm late to this (due to a heat pump blower motor issue... long story), but I'd have to say that the biggest drains are (not in any particular order):   1. Satellite television boxes and gaming consoles - I can generally just term this IoT anymore, because more and more we're seeing lots of devices (even toilets) have some dumb reason for being connected (and susceptible, but that's whole 'nother story) the internet and they're increasingly unrelenting on the data they use. Satellite television seems particularly a problem, because remote DVR setting tends to prioritize On-Demand instead of live programming and you can mistakenly record a 5GB movie. There are other services such as software updates will prioritize internet over the one-way satellite feeds. This will also include on-screen guides and apps that use a tremendous amount of data, and are perfectly happy using it without you knowing about it. All of my DirecTV boxes are off-line and are staying that way unless I want to order/watch a PPV, then I might temporarly hook them up. BTW: Have you seen the size of on-demand nexgen games now? 2. Video streaming protocols - not just because of the inherent volume that a 1-hour show or 90-minute movie would require, but depending on protocol and server response window, the high lag can contribute to unwarranted resends that unnecessarily add to buffer time and data drain. To a lesser extent you can add security cameras to this because it's basically the same thing, but you have to send the video somewhere, then recieve it somewhere else. If you're using it to watch what's going on and they're both using the same modem, it's a double-whammy.   3. Any kind of real-time cloud work - for reasons similar to streaming, things like Google Docs are especially notorious for eating data. Whenever my wife says she has to update her lesson plans and grading (all done on-line) the hairs on the back of my neck go up.   4. Social media apps - Particularly Facebook and Instagram because there's no way to hide people's images and videos. Media, especially hi-res media, are a massive data sink depending upon what resolution they are converted to. We also had a discussion about compression/decompression of media built into Gen5, and I had a test procedure all ready to go to try to characterize it. But I never really pursued it. I'm mainly a Twitter guy (and not a lot of even that anymore), where you can hide all media from showing by default. That greatly reduces data consumption.   I'm sure there's a lot more. This is just off the top of my head. ... View more

The best part is playing them on my MacBook using a regular controller. The emulator transposes either of the stick and fire buttons to emulate an old joystick. Unfrtunately, they also emulate how inaccurate/unreliable they were. ... View more

Likely a latency thing affecting the protocol then. Maybe the FileZilla problem (also on Mac) isn't just FileZilla. Could be something lower level occurring in macos/ios and I've just never noticed it. ... View more

Lol... I probably know too much comic stuff for my age. ... View more

You can probably get an emulator somewhere. I have one for my C64 and occasionally play some of the old games: ... View more

What ftp client are you using (if any), and are you using secure (sftp) or regular?   If you're using Filezilla, there's an issue with reconnecting after a curtailed send. Killing FileZilla and restarting it usually fixes the reconnect problem. ... View more

I learned Basic in high school in the mid-70's... on a TTY machine. Someone smart thought it might be a good idea to take it as an "elective". Was good for a lot od ASCII art printouts.   Bought a C64 when they came out so I knew what to do. The real fun came when I got my hands on a Hesmon cartridge and learned 6502/6510 assembler code (long story, but I built my own card and programmed an EPROM). My first 'project' was to build an interface to an FM audio subcarrier (SCA) demodulator/decoder that I built as a home project and the code to display/manipulate the data stream.   The 80's were fun. Been coding on various devices in various languages ever since. ... View more

Some of these people are fired up enough ... View more

...also it's 'their tech' and 'they're one' #irony ... View more