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Re: Re: ""...we are increasing the amount of available capa..." - lighthope1
I think you misunderstood my comment about using VPN. I said using VPN worked better than without, not the other way around. The reason for this is that the throttling HughesNet imposes based upon sites and content is circumvented when using a VPN.12KViews0likes5CommentsRe: Re: ""...we are increasing the amount of available capa..." - lighthope1
In terms of VDS, starting around April and up until a couple weeks ago, toggling off VDS was not permanent. You could toggle it off at any point through the day, and it would remain off, until midnight, at which point it would reset and turn itself back on. I had to turn it off each day. It does seem however that within the past couple weeks this change was reverted back to its old functionality - I toggled it off and it hasn't reset itself again yet. In terms of Teams, Zoom, and media streaming, I have found everything works best when running through a VPN. Without the VPN, I have had some services, websites, and apps that would take extremely long times to load, or simply timeout. Upload speeds when trying to share out files were non-existent, and again many times timeout. Once I began using a VPN, speeds seemed to balance out and "work better" - at least on my two computers. Unfortunately all my other home devices cannot run through VPN, so continue to be excessively slow or non-functional due to timeouts.12KViews1like11CommentsRe: ""...we are increasing the amount of available capa..." - lighthope1
lighthope1- Yes, they have been. It's funny though, isn't it? I've been forced to use HughesNet for years, and have complained for years, and have been told repeatedly there's nothing they can do. Nothing at all. But now that the Starlink open beta is about a month away, magically, mysterially, they find a way to double, triple, even quadruple bandwidth speed in a system that they previously claimed was absolutely impossible to improve. Though I haven't seen any additional "normal speed" capacity before cap. The future and new headache-free, inexpensive, and blazingly fast download AND upload speeds are just around the corner for all of us who depend upon satellite internet.15KViews0likes25Comments- 8.1KViews1like10Comments
Re: Fix or wait?
I've realized that no amount of logical conversation with HughesNet will enable them to make my internet any better. Attempts to converse with customer service is nothing but wasted energy, emotion, and countless days' worth of my time that is better used elsewhere. HughesNet is like the US Post Office - they saw this eventuality coming many years ago, had the opportunity to plan for it and be part of the evolution and solution, but they opted not to. They are taking as much money as they can from us now, probably knowing that their decision not to get into the LEO model and market will be their end. I've decided to quit worrying about HughesNet for now, and just wait. Private Beta begins in a month or two, Public Beta begins 3'ish months after that, and main service is expected to launch within 6-12 months. I sleep comfortably at night knowing that within a year I'll likely be saving $420/month and have insane internet speed with no data caps.4KViews0likes2Comments