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03-04-2016
02:11 AM
I hear that. There's no way I'm leaving this desktop on all day when I have no need to. To be honest, I've never even once tried sleep or hibernate in the 20 years I've been using computers.
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03-04-2016
02:09 AM
Eh, my desktop starts in about 16 seconds, so shaving a few seconds off isn't going to make any difference for me. My laptop starts even faster.
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03-04-2016
01:59 AM
Hi. I just wanted to make sure that when my bill is generated it will include the $10 per month discount that was offered when I upgraded. I went through the email I received to do the upgrade and it offered $10 off per month for 12 months. I just wanted to make sure that it will be $69.99 rather than $79.99. This, of course, is besides the $9.99 lease fee and the $5.00 paper invoice charge. The total should be $84.98, NOT $94.98. I just wanted to make sure they are going to give me that $10 off per month for 12 months and not renege on the deal. If you cannot bring up my account by my community name, please let me know what info you need. Thanks for the help.
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03-01-2016
12:22 AM
erinnystrom, I suggest you get one of those foam bricks so you can throw it at the screen to ease the suffering.
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03-01-2016
12:21 AM
You guys are lucky, I just have deer, and they just LOVE to frequent my front yard. I had seventeen of them out there one evening last week. It scared the heck out of the cat in the window! LOL.
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03-01-2016
12:05 AM
No problem. After a few days, or however long they need you to do tests for (I think it's three tests three times a day, but don't quote me on that), you can copy and paste the URL of your results so the reps can see them.
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02-29-2016
11:18 PM
Create an account at testmy.net, if you haven't already. When you are signed in and run the test, it saves your results automatically. You can stay signed into it so you don't have to sign in every time you go to the site.
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02-29-2016
09:05 PM
I notice it doesn't mention anything about system images, which is what I do. I don't keep any important info on my PC, so there's no reason for me to back up individual files, although I do keep copies of programs and such. With that said, I do a system image about once a month. Good idea to post this, though.
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02-29-2016
08:01 PM
When a rep asks you to do something, like post your results, they aren't doing it for the heck of it. If you don't want their help, I guess nothing will change. Good luck.
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02-29-2016
07:29 PM
If you could post your testmy.net results URL the reps could take a look and probably help you. Just go to testmy.net, sign in if not already, click on results, then copy and paste the URL. Like this.... http://testmy.net/quickstats/Gabe1972 If you are allowed to access the internet at work, you can do it from there (not do the actual test, just post the results URL of your Hughesnet tests).
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02-29-2016
06:12 PM
That's the version I have. I haven't had any updates since the 18th. I made sure to do the upgrades to W10 and all of the updates on my desktop and laptop, plus a rarely used netbook when I still had those twenty days of resets.
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02-29-2016
05:59 PM
Ah, interesting. Good info to know. Perhaps if these updates become a problem I will do the same.
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02-29-2016
05:32 PM
Just a little note, those settings are only available if you are connecting wirelessly. When connecting directly to the modem with an Ethernet cable those options are not available.
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02-25-2016
11:34 PM
I didn't see any point in it, but I will keep that in mind next time. Am I forgiven?
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02-25-2016
11:02 PM
I told Liz she could close the thread because my questions had been answered.
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02-25-2016
10:42 PM
Interesting idea, but I can tell you that the temps in my area have varied from 5 degrees to about 60 degrees over the last 20 days, and it matters not whether it's in a cool down during the early evening hours, or even a warm up, which has happened with this strange whether going on (last week one night it was twenty degrees warmer than it had been during the day). My signal strength is 106 right now, which is quite low for me, but it is presently snowing and my dish is covered with wet snow. My speed right now is 21.7Mbps. The temp and contraction idea might be a problem if the daytime temps and nighttime temps were almost always the same, consecutively, and the dropping of the temps always occurred during the same times, and at the same rate. With my problem, at least, I can say with 100% surety that it has nothing to do with temps or the possible contraction of the dish due to such fluctuations. Also, no nuts are loose. That's one thing I made sure of after the installers left.
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02-24-2016
05:23 AM
Ugh! How could I forget? I was watching Honey Boo Boo and it was reduced to three frames per second. I was devastated and ran to bed, sobbing, without my warm milk.
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02-24-2016
03:00 AM
The double post thing again, and the inability to remove the second one. Ugh!
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02-24-2016
02:59 AM
We bought a Commodore VIC 20 when I was a kid, then got a Commodore 64. The neighbors got an Apple 2C and I was so jealous, but it's not like I really knew how to use any of them for more than the demonstration programs in the manuals. My first internet used computer was an IBM clone that had Win95 and 8MB of Ram. That sucker was expensive, too!
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02-24-2016
02:59 AM
We bought a Commodore VIC 20 when I was a kid, then got a Commodore 64. The neighbors got an Apple 2C and I was so jealous, but it's not like I really knew how to use any of them for more than the demonstration programs in the manuals. My first internet used computer was an IBM clone that had Win95 and 8MB of Ram. That sucker was expensive, too!
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02-22-2016
07:21 AM
Mine came out to 6.131GB per month using that calculator. Interesting. I'll have to write that down and see how close that actually is to real usage.
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02-22-2016
03:17 AM
Agreed. The sales people should be the ones to initially explain this to the customer.
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02-22-2016
03:08 AM
Same here with the DW6000. I signed up in Nov of 2004. It was a bit different back then, though I never used any of the forums.
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02-22-2016
03:05 AM
Obviously, the best solution is to require the installer to make the user fully aware of what capped internet service is, and also make them fully aware of the ways in which to see how much they have used/are using. Aside of that, I think changing the plan to have normal service for thirty days, then the resets, or five days of resets, then changing to normal service could cause even MORE problems. How? I'm glad you asked. If one is not cognizant of their capped service, then starting them out with regular service could cause them to run out in no time. At least with starting them off with resets it gives them a chance to do the required updates, plus other updates (like games and other programs), PLUS it gives them a chance to explore and learn about Hughesnet and how it works. It gives them a chance to understand the Status Meter and other measurement devices before they go whole hog and run out of their monthly allowance without ever knowing they were getting close to doing so. I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth. Twenty days of resets was not something I expected, and when I found out about it, I thought it was fantastic. I'm sure people will be very happy to find out, when the twenty days of initial resets is no longer given, that they could have had such a thing were people more cognizant of just what they were buying. Ignorance ruined it for them. That's what I was speaking of when using the word "punishment." Again, the twenty days of resets gives people the bandwidth, and the time (not everyone has the time to update everything in five days) to do all they need to do. Changing the policy so the installers, and even the sales people (if they can understand them), are required to explain the resets and what they are for, and how to keep cognizant of your usage (everyone can add), is the way to go. If you download a large amount one afternoon to do updates and other things, you know darn well you can't do that every day during your regular month. Plus, as people above have mentioned, a "Welcome To Hughesnet" flyer that explains the ins and outs of the service would be fantastic. It could carried with the installers and given at the time of installation. They could even use the ridiculous $5 invoice charge from all of us that choose to pay our bills manually to fund it. Education of the service and a "Welcome To Hughesnet" flyer would solve ALL of this. As for people feeling like they are duped into a two year contract and a $400 cancellation fee...that's a whole other animal. That seems to be a MAJOR problem, as is evident on these boards.
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