About maratsade

"All the streamers and cord-cutters eating bandwidth, then they complain "I can't stream", "too much buffering", "unwatchable" when it's the main source of the problem. Every. single. time. #smh"   Yes. Those who create the problem complain about the problem. It goes to false expectations.  ... View more

Yep, there's that too, definitely.  🙂   @MarkJFine wrote: Monday Night Football... Phenomena is not just Sunday afternoons.   ... View more

I noticed a slowdown, but there have been slowdowns for me this week around the times when most people are expected to be home. It was very significant on the weekend.  I've also had trouble reaching sites, but all those sites are weather sites or sites covering the impending hurricane.   I think in my case it's just congestion.    @GabeU wrote: For those on the ES19 who normally have decent speeds, is anyone else seeing a significant slowdown tonight? At 9:33PM EST.     This question if only for those mentioned.  Please do not turn this thread into a rant against HughesNet.  Thank you.       ... View more

I checked Walmart's site and they do carry them.    @GabeU wrote:     Regarding the Buddy heaters, in addition to Amazon, as maratsade suggested, many chain hardware stores carry them.  I don't know if you have a Tractor Supply where you live, but they carry them, too.  I think even Walmart might have them.  🙂     Here's a bit more about them.  The prices on this site are higher than what you'll see in stores.  I'm looking at one of the Big Buddy heaters.  They even make battery powered fans for them.  🙂     http://www.mrheater.com/product/heaters/buddy-series.html   ... View more

@Reggie,  see, I'm  not a farmer -- and it shows!   LOL ... View more

Have you heard of seed potatoes?  Works the same way with beef, only it's seed steaks.   @Amanda wrote:  how do you grow beef?       ... View more

It seems you may have had a bad experience with the company, but you should not generalise from your own experience, as it does not apply to everyone. Many customers have no issues at all with the service. ... View more

Hughesnet doesn't have control over the news feed.  I don't know if they can offer users the ability to opt out of it, but that may be something to consider.  The mods may have a better answer.    *I am not a Hughesnet employee or representative. This is a customer-to-customer tech support community, and I am a customer. ... View more

The deer here are too focused on eating grass and berries and don't seem to care about the internet at all. Luddites, the lot.   @GabeU wrote: We occasionally have a bear sighting here, though I've never seen one, personally.  I have further south while in PA.     We have lots of deer, of course, though if I ever see one interested in my HughesNet dish I'll think I've entered Bizarro World.  😛     ... View more

Amazon carries them. ... View more

Like BirdDog said, I'm a customer. I was just wishing you well.  This is primarily a customer-to-customer site, which is why you get answers from customers, but a Hughesnet employee is looking into your complaint and I'm sure there will be updates and a final resolution soon.     *I am not a Hughesnet employee or representative. This is a customer-to-customer tech support community, and I am a customer. ... View more

Wow.  I think the largest thing I get here is deer.  ... View more

" There are a variety of answers about switching from the $39.95 service to the $24.95 service."   Maybe one of the moderators can make sure you get an official answer regarding this before you make your decision. Can you wait until next week?   ... View more

Well, I'm sure someone's going to help you.     Hi yeah actually its been six months for the problem, and yes 3 months since I posted on here, the 'trick' workaround for enabling me to create 1 other false account, doesn't enable the 10 accounts you have taken from my business, this is inexcusable why hasn't this been fixed by now, why can't I get answers anywhere??   ... View more

It's actually been 3 months since you first posted about this, and the last time you posted anything was on 6/10/2018.  @GabeU gave you a workaround here.  Did you try it? Did it not work?         ... View more

I'm sure the Hughesnet representatives that work on this site will be able to sort things out for you. I'm going to tag them here:   @Liz @Amanda @Brooke @Jay @Hardy @Hal   *I am not a Hughesnet employee or representative. This is a customer-to-customer tech support community, and I am a customer. ... View more

No problem, Hessy. Best of luck to you and I hope your issues will be solved. ... View more

I think my smoke alarms react to the heat. They go off a minute or two after the heater's on. But then, there are smoke alarms everywhere here, more than what I think would be reasonable.  The kerosene heaters are awesome (except after turning them off, when the stench is nasty, as you know) and when we were without power for 7 days one winter, they saved us and saved the pipes too. We also run a little indoor kerosene-fueled stove, so we can eat and have some hot water (another fun aspect of living in a rural area is wells....no electricity, no electric pump, no water). So I have a great appreciation for kerosene - it also lasts a very long time.  But I'll be looking into the Buddy heaters, though.  They seem small enough and I wonder if the alarms will ignore them.      @GabeU wrote:   For me, because I have a small house, Buddy heaters would be enough, and they're so much easier, and less stinky, than kerosene heaters.  Don't get me wrong, kerosene heaters are great, and they put out a LOT of heat (too much, in my case), but they're a pain in the rump and stink on shutdown.  😛     ... View more

" I could freak them all out and get a shelter-mounted one and a chase vehicle. "   Please do. And take pictures. LOL ... View more

Jeez, Gabe, that's nuts.  I have kerosene heaters too, and every time I use them I have to disable all the smoke alarms, which ironically work without power.  I have to remove all the batteries and disconnect them from the house, because something in them beeps even without batteries.  Then after the power comes back, I have to reconnect them all again.  It's So.Much.Fun. I'll have to look at the Buddy heaters.  ... View more

OR...it may have been those wascally Wussians.   @MarkJFine wrote:   Edit: Almost got it right. Software glitch, not a solar flare.   ... View more

Clearly services love you. 😉   @GabeU wrote: We got VERY lucky during the 2003 Northeast Blackout.  We were one of the few areas that was not affected.  🙂   There were folks less than three miles from here that had no power for nearly two days.     ... View more

I think the one I remember was the one in the 70s, and yes, there was a lot of looting, but also oddly, a lot of community spirit.  I was in Manhattan at the time, and the cookouts were surreal but also very cool. And yes, seeing NYC without lights was also surreal.    Edit: I also remember a big outage in the early 2000s. 2003?? Edit number deux:  The 1965 outage.  ... View more

Yes, I had the same experience of having just restocked everything when the refrigerator died.  These things always happen at the worst time.    @GabeU wrote: Earlier this year, or late last year, we had an outage that lasted nearly a day and a half.  Not that long, but when it comes to food in cold storage, that's the end.  I ended up having to restock everything in my fridge and chest freezer.  And the worst part is that I had just gone shopping two days beforehand.  The chest freezer was stocked very well.  😞     ... View more

" imagine giving a full-up ops briefing after you've bathed using 16oz water bottles and shaved via flashlight. "   But you have a captive audience, right? they can't leave. 🙂  (Edit: so at least you're not alone in your misery...) ... View more

In New York city once there was a long outage, and people were having parties and sharing ice cream, making hamburgers and steaks, etc., having one big block party. It was pretty awesome. I think if people just let others know their power is down and they have fully loaded fridges and freezers, parties could be organized to eat all the food before it rots.   ... View more

I never called the electric company either, but I did call the phone company and was told they didn't do pro-rating.  The X cable company allegedly pro-rates, but customers have to call. When you do, you fall into a deep dark phone tree. Eventually, the user dies, goes insane, or gives up to prevent death or insanity.    I personally think that companies should perhaps consider some sort of goodwill gesture if service is down for a long time, perhaps over 3 days.  It doesn't seem to be a thing, though.  ... View more

Well, I never had any luck with my electric company about that. I've had outages lasting for 7 to 10 days due to hurricanes, and not a peep from the electric company.    Lowe's gave me $250 to compensate me for food gone bad in a refrigerator that kicked the bucket 18 months after I bought it.  That was part of the extended warranty, but $250 was the limit.  I lost more than that, but it was better than nothing, and they were very prompt about it without me having to jump through any hoops.    I also never got anything from the phone company when the land line was dead for over 10 days. I finally cancelled the land line because it was dead more often than it was alive and it just wasn't worth it.      ... View more

Yes, they do compensate sometimes, which is more than I can say for other companies (I'm looking at you, V---on, and X---ty).  ... View more