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Re my experience with Netflix. I only had a base plan w/Gen 4 and didn't try to do much streaming, mainly because my wife was getting upset with all the stops and starts when trying to watch after dinner. Went to our winter place in Florida with Comcast 15 Mb/s plan and switched back to streaming from the DVD plan we had moved to watch movies. UhOh, same problem with Comcast cable as on the HNS Gen 4. Apparenly its not a satellite issue, just overloaded systems. Back to my rural WNC home and upgrade to GEN5 with 25 Mb and 50 Gb plan, tech measured 102 sig strngth.. Speeds during nonprime are great  >15 Mb/s and no buffering on Netflix. BUT when my wife and I try at 8PM...buffering again. This is so frustrating. Certainly Gen 5 isn't already overloaded? While watching, I frequently check the speed using Networx, which gives a 5 sec avg speed whenever I mouse over. Usually only at 80 KB/s or less. Thats about 800 Kb/s.  I hope improvements to the Gateways will help before "Frank & Gracie" restarts. ... View more

I'm still on Gen4 with an upgrade coming next week. Seems I have forgotten how to see my curret signal strength, presumably with System Control Center. Pls refresh my knowledge, since I can't find reference to it here. Thnx.  . ... View more

The token data shows up separately in the status meter. ... View more

The first fix to try is to reboot your sat modem and router wifi. Seems your modem may have lost sync with sat link. ... View more

Thank You. ... View more

Thanks Qwalk, very interesting, although I couldn't tell how much data was actually used. In any case, I have been thinking about upgrading my EA8100 router and hope you will share your model number. ... View more

quesirasira Plese open a new post so we can work on your issue. Don't tag onto someone else's which will confuse everyone. Don't know what you have tried but you can learn a lot from just browsing the many posts on this forum and testing as recommended. Good luck and Thank you. ... View more

Something is using the data. I suspect the cell phones but am unsure how you have told them not to use wifi. Maybe you could download "Data Usage" app from Apple store. It shows how much data is used by the pnone, and separates it into wifi and cellular. Also there are some routers which maybe with a software change, can provide details of what devices are using the data. Good luck. ... View more

No one said or implied he is at fault. Just a simple test of his Hughes modem to verify whether it is causing data loss. ... View more

Correct. The hubs are typically called SLIC's and are remote termials connected to the CO by fiber. So, if it is a newly available option from the telco, it is probably because of a new SLIC implementation. ... View more

I would choose DSL if available, but as Birdog says, check it out first, preferably with a neighbor who has some technical knowledge re speeds and reliability. The speed usually is only important if downloading/playing video or interactive gaming where latency is also important. "In general, the maximum range for DSL without a repeater is 5.5 km (18,000 cable feet). As distance decreases toward the telephone company office, the data rate increases. Another factor is the gauge of the copper wire." ... View more

I think my install did the removal prior to the install starting. In any case, now I only get a blank screen on my WIN10 64 bit machine. ... View more

RE DD_WRT firmware; you might want to check for compatibility here:  https://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices ... View more

Yes you can set an ethernet to metered using a registry change.  See "Interesting Discussion: How to set a Windows 10 Ethernet Connection as Metered to control Updates, Drivers, Store, etc." post. Just search in above Search Box for "metered ethernet". Read the whole thing to see several methods. ... View more

Thanks for the update and response to fixing the issue. Shouldn't have happened in the first place. ... View more

I did my Win 10 Anniversary Update at 4AM and it still took 4 hours. I also have my Registry set to Metered Ethernet so was missing a lot of small updates when I first checked status. Strange that Windows Update now shows no history except for some other apps like Office, which I have to go to uninstall Updates to see. ... View more

And there are significant data limits on cellular. ... View more

I agree. Just had four guests with iPhones for the weekend and they were advised not to use video. However my usage went from 150 Mb/day to 1 Gb/day.Do not think they made any calls via iPhone though. ... View more

PS: You cannot use a video streaming service, such as Netflix, Hulu, etc. for long unless in SD mode.Watch your Status meter.  ... View more

You are surely one of the old timers. I started out with Atari 400 as a PC in 1980 but took computer class in 1963 college, learned FAP, used a IBM 609, then later at Bell Labs no less, used punch cards to run programs in their computer center. They didn't save it on the Ark but what changes God and man hath wrought. ... View more

Sounds like that outside computer help firm which Hughes techs sometimes refer you to. They had me for $99/yr once and have since called many times trying to get me to sign up again. I do not know why Hughes deals with them.Not really a scam per se but probably not the way to go. ... View more

Come on... just get off Netflix on line. Use their DVD version. Netflix is the biggest user of data for many of us. Use DISH/DirectV for movies.And accept the fact you cannot use Netflix without going over your limits. Even SD usage will use it up quickly. You have given a few data points but not adequate to find where it went. Do you have Glasswire installed? If Not why not.? PS: I love Netflix and really would like to watch their streaming, non-DVD, stuff like Longmire. Just have to avoid/ live without it until I move. ... View more

Really strange you talked to who? re they will fix it for $215??? That could be a service call but that is real strange. A service rep here will want more info re that call and they have authority to answer. Usage, as Gabe says, requires some investigation, control, and use of software to help identify where and when the data is going. Lots of helpful info here on this site. Do some homework and let us know what you find. Something has obviously changed in your usage. ... View more

To set your HughesNet ethernet to metered use this (carefully). http://www.cnet.com/how-to/meter-your-ethernet-connection-in-windows-10/ ... View more

You should also consider downloading Glassware as another tool to give you more info about usage. It's free at glasswire.com. ... View more

I also got it done with regedit it after script failed. ... View more

I get an error when I run Mediacost.cmd. "'subincl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,..." subincl.exe is installed in the proscribed tools directory. I am running it as admin. I'll recheck the second link from foxbrook to see if I missed something. ... View more

Such a shame you don't understand what you are buying. You can wish all you want but there is no answer here. As above there are reasons for having caps on your service. For instance consider mobile service.. All have caps. That is what you compare with, Not cable. PS: Some of them are also putting in caps. So learn to control your usage. Good luck. ... View more