My apologies for not remembering this sooner...I am almost 74 and have noticed a lot of forgetfulness lately. After posting, things began to look familiar, like I had been through all this before. When facebook re-posted a post that I had posted four years ago, it all came back to me. It seems my suspicions were correct as you will see in my re-post from four years ago. It would appear that HughsNet keeps selling satellite services to more and more customers despite the fact that their satellite can no longer handle the traffic during peak hours...which is likely that they give free "Bonus" data after 12:00 midnight. They want to get people to access more in the off-hours to lighten the load on prime time when their system cannot handle the load. But, the just keep on putting more and more customers on the system. My FaceBook post from four years ago: May 19, 2013 · "HughesNet is a satellite dish "INTERNET provider". It has over-sold and continues to sell their services even though they have admitted (to me), that during peak hours of usage customers may find that there are "problems". The "problems" is that during peak hours of usage, you will not be able to access the INTERNET at all. When I called them, predictably they tried to sell me an "upgrade" (faster and more expensive). When I asked if the "upgrade" would solve the problem, he responded, "Well no, you may still have "problems" during peak hours (AM works, late afternoon and evenings are virtually without service). As per usual, I lapsed into my native tonge...gratuitous profanity. Note to others considering Hughsnet. Research on the INTERNET about HughsNet (don't just take my word for it), it is one of the lowest rated IP companies. The two most common comments from users are: "...Only get it if there is no other choice...", and, "...marginally better than dial-up if at all...". I agree with them. If you have NO other choice. Hughes-Net is the way to go...just don't expect to access the Internet but in the AM. As for me, there is no other choice, no cable access out here, dial-up is too slow (albeit more relieable), to down-load software updates. In short, Hughes-Net sucks big time." With my memory restored, I will now drop out of this discussion.
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