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Hello TallCR,   We'd like to help you resolve any concerns you may have, but in order to do so will need a more direct way to work with you. To expedite this, please create a new thread for yourself in the appropriate category and detail what you need assistance with.    Thank you, Amanda ... View more

I wish i had known before I started using Hughesnet as well. I ordered Dish Network and there was a bundle offer so I took it thinking nothng of it. Well I was wrong. If there was a way out I would take it. I was never told that I was locked into a contract with Hughesnet nor was I told there was a data cap. If I knew that I would never have swtiched.  ... View more

This is true I am in Mojave Desert california and we get reallly high hurricane winds over 100mph.  My hughesnet may slow down intermittently but there is really no effect at all since the high winds are isolated to my area.  Hughesnet only acted up when all of California was flooding from that huge rainstorm.  While a river ran through my driveway out to the street and sinkholes opened up several blocks away from here the hughesnet slowed down dramatically.   Since I never get dropped connection.  Mine is always on 24/7 with up to 5 people (1 computer 4 tablets) on at the same time and no problems except speed because of sharing. I have come to think that maybe Hughesnet satellite internet is specifically for us rural out in the deserts and mountains and wilderness's where no DSL or Cable TV is available but Hughesnet is.  I think the signal in a major city or town cant reach as easy the dish because of major interferance.  Where I am so isolated I have 0 interference from radio, cable tv or DSL.  We share a landline party type phone so nobody (10 People) all dropped landlines and have their cell phones only. so nobody has a landline out here anymore either.   Does anyone as rural as I am have the same meltdowns and speed problems as the rest of the people??  Are the people with the most problems in a major city or town??    You have to think in a city like Los Angeles your direct view of the sky is not so direct with all the activity in the skies above LA from LAX and every direction?? All the radio waves.  Your radio spectrum is totally full of activity all day every day as well.   There is alot to consider maybe hughesnet is truly meant for the ruralites instead of the suburbanites who should maybe stick to DSL service. something I know nothing about because I will never have it. ... View more

Hi TampaGal,   Welcome to the community and thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. That's an interesting coincidence, I wonder if our other tech support colleagues are also monitoring the community.    In any case, if you still have concerns, feel free to post back in the community.   ... View more