Quote from "Corrosive" - "Gen5 refers to nothing more than a type of service plan, not which satellite you are pointed at... If you are in one of the blacked out areas (which is ES17 only), there is not much that can be done AFAIK..." So CNET got this all wrong? Hmm... Where could they have gotten this info? https://www.cnet.com/news/satellite-internet-finally-brings-true-broadband-speed/ "HughesNet Gen5 will tap into Hughes' newly launched EchoStar XIX satellite, which the company describes as the "world's highest capacity broadband satellite," along with the EchoStar XVII satellite currently in orbit. HughesNet Gen5 is powered by Hughes' Jupiter System, the "world's most widely deployed satellite networking platform," the company said." Sure sounds more to me than just a different "plan"....
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