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Let me state right out of the gate that I am multi-decade customer of hughesnet. I am very satisfied with Gen5 relative to the history of satellite based ISP (Internet Service Provider) services. That being said, as is repeatedly pointed out in these forums satellite ISPs have limits. To date, economic considerations have limited the options for those of us who live in sparsely populated, rural & remote areas when it comes to ISPs. Simply put, there has been little or no potential Return On Investment (ROI) for companies to put in place infrastructure in sparsely populated areas. I've recently been hearing of certain initiatives to help provide higher quality ISP options for certain sparsely populated areas. A notable general effort can be found in the Microsoft Airband Initiative. One key technology to enable that is TV White Space (TVWS) (the link provided here is just one example of a player in this technology space). This article ("Town's experiment could help bring internet to millions") provides one pedestrian perspective on the topic. I've become particularly interested in the technology and business aspects of this because a local ISP is offering service based on this technology. From an ISP customer perspective I have the following assessment: Pros: + No data limits including no data monitoring and attendant throttling. + Download speeds at least as fast as hughesnet Gen5 (maybe even better) + Upload speeds on par with download speeds, so definitely better upload speeds + Immensely less latency (terrestrial turn-around, cf., satellite distances) + Comparable monthly cost. + No contract lock-in period. + Relatively low cost initial equipment costs. Cons: - Will the company be around for the long haul? - Unknown reliability of service. - Unknown consistency of speeds as a function of load. - No equipment rental option (just purchase, though cost is not that great). I'm posting this mostly to get feedback from folks on what they might know of the technology and the businesses that might result. What trade-offs might I be missing? I don't think this is a significant threat to providers like hughesnet. The technology still requires local base stations with limited range to connect to high-bandwidth Internet connections. There will still be economic considerations relative the number potential customers that can be reached that will limit the availability of these services. I look forward to your thoughts and insightsRe: Trouble with new security protocols
Thanks Amanda. The workaround of disabling IPV6 for my internet connection around my visit to this site did the trick. I hope whoever needs to gets the problem fixed as that is a clumsy thing to need to do just to get my business done on a site. Sorry I missed the existing solution in the archive.5.1KViews0likes0CommentsTrouble with new security protocols
I'm having trouble getting to a web site I haven't had trouble with in the past: treasurydirect.gov I've tried 4 different browsers: Firefox, Edge, Chrome, IE. All fail. An error page stating the following comes up (from Firefox): Secure Connection Failed The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading. The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem. I have contacted TreasuryDirect by phone. They indicated that I am not alone in experiencing this difficulty. They indicated a recent update to their security protocols and are considering whether that change might be the problem. They did indicate that they thought the problem was isolated to a small set of Win10 systems. I'm on Win10. The OS is up-to-date as are all of the browers being used. It behaves the same on both my tablet and my desktop computer (both on up-to-date Win10 systems). I'm on Gen5. I called a friend who tried to access the site on a Win7 system with the Chrome browser and had the same problem. That friend is also on Hughesnet (Gen 5). This makes me wonder if it isn't a problem with this secure site's interaction with Hughesnet. While I'd hope it wouldn't make any difference I've currently used up my allowance. I don't think that was the case for my friend. fwiw: I've been able to access other sites with secure-predilictions : e.g. e-commerce sites & a set of other goverment sites. Can any of you successfully get to this site? Thanks for any insight you can provide.Solved5.1KViews0likes5CommentsRe: How to turn off automatic updates on Windows 10
I am a user of the metered connection hack to control the timing of my update downloads. Please be aware that Microsoft Office updates won't happen when you have metered connection set. Office detects that updates are available and reminds you of that fact. However, when you go through the series of prompts to actually get the update to download the download will silently fail. This is despite the fact that it detects you have 'metered connection' set and verifies that you would like to override it for the purpose of the download. I found that in order to get the update I needed to temporarily disable the metered connection setting. I spent quite a number of cycles trying to figure out why the Office update would not complete.7.9KViews0likes1CommentRe: How do I set my connection to metered? Windows 10.
I am a user of the metered connection hack to control the timing of my update downloads. Please be aware that Microsoft Office updates won't happen when you have metered connection set. Office detects that updates are available and reminds you of that fact. However, when you go through the series of prompts to actually get the update to download the download will silently fail. This is despite the fact that it detects you have 'metered connection' set and verifies that you would like to override it for the purpose of the download. I found that in order to get the update I needed to temporarily disable the metered connection setting. I spent quite a number of cycles trying to figure out why the Office update would not complete.12KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Usage meter javascript error
This problem cropped up again today. The good news is that the steps identified above still fix the problem. Is there something Hughesnet can do to avoid the problem cropping up? Is there something I can do to avoid having this problem crop up over and over?12KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Usage meter javascript error
Fwiw I had the same problem and this was my experience … Uninstalled & reinstalled usage meter. Problem remained. Uninstalled usage meter. Uninstalled & reinstalled JRE. Reinstalled Usage Meter. Problem remained. Cleared the contents of C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\HughesNet Usage Meter\ and then: Uninstalled usage meter. Uninstalled & reinstalled JRE. Reinstalled Usage Meter. Problem fixed. I hope that helps somebody with similar problems.12KViews4likes3CommentsRe: Hughesnet Usage Meter 6.6.0 is blank on Gen5
cherylclarkwa wrote: I am using usage meter 6.6.1.0 with Gen 5, Windows 10 , and get the zoomed in message. Ialso get this message with blank window with wvery usage meterfor thepast year. I would like to try zooming out The + and - keys do nothing. How do I zoom out?? As Liz wrote in an earlier post in this string: Please navigate to your Windows 10 display settings:Start > Settings > System > Display You'll see in this display setting window this option with a slider underneath:Change the size of text, apps, and other items8.5KViews1like0CommentsRe: Hughesnet Usage Meter 6.6.0 is blank on Gen5
Liz wrote: Thank you for your continued feedback! I just got word that our Usage Meter devs are currently working on having the Usage Meter work at higher magnification settings. Once I have any other updates on this, I will post back. That's great news. I hope I'm not being too needy, but it would be really nice if they could fix the color scheme stuff (as mentioned elsewhere -- honor OS's UI color scheme or allow selection of alternative, broad range of color schemes).3.8KViews0likes1Comment