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MarkJFine wrote: It's variable from day-day, hour-hour. I've changed my timeout to 60s to account for issues like that.   I also learned how to pre-type commands and count my backspaces in a terminal window. Not optimum, but it works. i don't understand how you can cope with it.  ... View more

I just took the test myself and:     The thing that really stuck out to me was how smooth and constistent the performance was during the test. come to think of it, it's been like that all day. great job hughesnet team. service is excellent at the moment. ... View more

The satellite is roughly 27,000 miles above earth. so that is 27,000 miles round trip to and from the internet. Additionally, the amount of data that can flow through a satellite is very limited. They don't tell us exactly, but i'm sure its probably only about 10gbps per beam. So this means all customers on a beam must share the internet, and thus each customer only can be given a small portion.   Really, the only services that can support your use case are either broadband or dsl. When i was with suddenlink, i got 350gb per month for like 80 bucks at 200mbps/50mbps. I only went over once or twice and the speed was plenty that the kids could all play games and i could work without any issues. i am not sure about comcast or other providers as the only other internet providers ive had are suddenlink(broadband) and centurylink(dsl).   If you can get dsl, that is your next best bet. It has lower speeds, but my uncle uses it at his house and is able to watch netflix and youtube just fine.    If neither is available in your area, you can try to find unlimited mobile hotspots. Some verizon and tmobile resellers are offering "unlimited 4g lte mobile hotspots", but these are subject to throttling under the parent carriers rules still. So really you only get like 32gb then they throttle you down during congestion periods, like 3pm - 10pm in the evenings. The speeds are about the same as hughesnet, minus the latency so you are able to watch videos and stuff with less buffering. There is a company called Unlimited LTE Advanced claiming to offer unlimited mobile hotspot for $75.99/mo. It is available whereever tmobile 4gLTE is available. If i would have known about this before hughesnet, i hate to say it i probably would have bought this instead, since my house is right in the coverage zone.    If you can't get none of these? stick with hughesnet and just upgrade your plan and buy tokens to feed your internet habit ... View more

Switching to public dns provided by google solved the issue temporarily for me.    https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/   Would still love a solution from hughesnet or comment on matter ... View more

MarkJFine wrote: Hindisght's always 20/20. Quite frankly, I never would have thought there was a problem with the modem software.   Nevertheless, glad to see you up and running. As a former Gen4, now Gen5 person myself, and one who has just processed and sftp'd a weekly podcast (~55Mb), I am certain you will appreciate the new upload speeds immensely. Must be something wrong with my connection, because my upload speeds are dog**bleep** slow. ... View more

sounds like a firewall issue with the hosting service. I've been using ssh and ftp for 3 months since joining hughesnet without any problems other than the latency. ... View more

MarkJFine wrote: I can talk this stuff as the day is long, but we probably should move this convo to General Discussion. (not during Arsenal matches tho) Wouldn't you know it. The ssd in question failed last night. Thankfully, still under warranty. I can say this, their 24h support is legit. ... View more

GabeU wrote: @r3wt   Linux Mint fan, myself.  Great OS.  If there isn't a specific need for Windows, one really can't go wrong with Mint.  Have it on an alternate HDD in this desktop and have it as my main OS on my first desktop build, though I don't use it.     BTW...I've never heard of Eluktronics, but that laptop is pretty packed for that kind of price, and it's got great reviews.   I had never heard of them either, but i researched them and decided to give them a shot. I bought it off new egg on sale for $800, original was $1100 so it was a deal i couldn't really pass on. I wanted to get the best pc i could for my budget of 1200 or less, and saving $400 bucks was a no brainer.   You should note that the company makes their own SSDs, which i didn't know until it was already in transit. I checked passmark scores on their ssds and it showed really low scores, but when i ran passmark the day i got it the score was in the 2300's IIRC, which is more comparable with mid price range ssds like samsung and crucial. Another thing to note is their chassis designs are 3rd party designs from china, so the quality of the design is questionable. My main concern at this point is worrying about longevity of the drive, since the company is pretty new and there hasn't been a chance for the type of in the wild longevity testing and reviews like with other brands. All in all though, i'm pretty happy with the computer thus far. ... View more

MarkJFine wrote: There's a debate about what constitutes inferior that I really won't get into.   Some of their design choices (like the thunberbolt connector for anything, and gluing the battery where it could interfere with bottom of the trackpad) are a bit unwise. But all in all, the MBP is built like a brick s***house and has been for well over a decade.   It's been very reliable, and the OS is the first to legitamately use a form of Linux in a commercial box. I've been quite pleased since I gave up Windows over 13 years ago. I have a VM that I can run Windows in any time I need to - which is really quite rare. Don't get me wrong, i'm a 100% linux fan boy, and I hate microsoft only a smidge less than i hate apple. It's true that you just can't beat bash, the superiority of epoll event model of the linux kernel means that linux io is always going to be faster than io in windows, and linux is more developer friendly... but in terms of desktop productivity, creature comforts, graphical performance(both desktop and gaming), and quality + quantity of applications available, i believe that windows 10 is unmatched in this area. Additionally, windows 10 is attempting to provide the power of linux to developers who use windows 10 and i gotta tell you its not quite as good as regular bash but its close enough i rarely have problems https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about ... View more

MarkJFine wrote: @r3wt All 100% correct. I'm biased, because I'm only about a few feet from the modem, so I used to the word "potential" a lot. lol I'd use ethernet cable, which as you say is preferable, but Apple's made that completely undesirable anymore. Well that's your own fault for buying inferior products. (i kid i kid)   I paid about $800 for this -> https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA8S14P58112   About the topic at hand, nothing wrong at all with using the wifi. Just for the sake of diagnostics, better to go in there and hardwire it. perhaps, with this in mind hughesnet installers should provide customer with complimentary cat5 cable for diagnostics purposes ... View more

for comparison here is a test done on at&t 4g LTE using my galaxy s6( exynos 7420 processor, 8 physical cores) as a mobile hotspot: you can see the connection, while more stable and with less latency, is slower than hughesnet:     ... View more

Gateway 11 Beam 79 Outroute 3     ... View more

latency and packet loss with wifi grows exponentially the further the device is from the router. if you perform the test with full strength signal, the difference should be negligible in terms of human perception, but huge in trying to pinpoint a problem. If you have less than 50% signal strength on wifi, the speed would be extremely slow as the packet loss at even 50% signal is extremely high. hard wiring using a lan cable eliminates packet loss, as well as the extra latency, providing a more accurate view of time elapsed during a network request. IIRC wifi packets are smaller than standard network packets, which are around 7kb.     ... View more

It's already to late, i used 3 mb. but, it scool. ill have them for later now so no worries. and $9 for 3gb is still cheaper than i will pay for cellular data ... View more

How do you know where the gateway is located? How can i find it out.   mine is: J2NLV079HNSIGW0110   I agree that it is useful to know where the gateways are so we can check weather as a troubleshooting step. ... View more

Dougward68 wrote: Game System: Playstation 4 Game: Battlefield 1 Location: Alaska I figured I would try it. Amazaingly the game detected my latency issue and actually showed a popup meter in the upper right hand corner of the screen showing the latency times. It also showed a warning stating that it noticed my connection had the latency issue, but instructed me to just lead my targets a little bit to compensate for the issue. it is still very playable. i was surprised!!!!!!!! Wow. I never thought to try and play it since i moved here, maybe i'll give it a go. :) ... View more

GabeU wrote: r3wt wrote: The folks in this forum will basically lie and **bleep** you around, ask you to provide speed tests, and all this other stuff, and make no mistake, there is basically nothing they can do to change it.   They'll try to use crafty rhetoric to finagle their way out of it, but basically yes, they have lied in a way that is currently legal for them to do, because we live in a country ran by corporations. Though I am not a rep, nor do I work for Hughesnet, I can tell you that dissuading someone from performing the steps needed to determine the cause of the issue they are having absolutely WILL NOT BE TOLERATED on this Community.   This is a support site, not a rant site, nor a site to stop others from receiving help.       What are you going to do? Tell on me? Disuassed them? Maybe you could see it that way... But not so much as much as trying to help them accept the limitations of the technology, and lower their expectations accordingly in terms of the help they will receive here. The service is slow period, its just how it is. As i mentioned, i have dl speeds between 10mbps and 20mbps in the day in the average case, and 50mbps in the offpeak hours. And as I mentioned i haven't achieved UL speed over 2mbps, which is poor imo. I think its fair to say that this is what can be expected, even with great signal strength and everything operating normally. Additionally, citing past reports of other customers who report oversold beams and very slow service. So you may whine about my supposed dissuasion, but that doesn't take away merit of my comments.. Or the merit of countless user experiences, for that matter.   OP, if i didn't mention this before, i'll mention it here now:   After a storm, i experience high packet loss and latency. Rebooting the router from the admin interface fixed it twice now, so that may be helpful to others with the gen 5 ht2000w. Best of luck ... View more

Hi @timandjodi I'm a new customer too. In my experience, one thing you can try is resetting the router. If that doesn't work, read on...   I'm in my 3rd month of service. What you are experiencing is pretty much the norm, there is high latency and low speeds, except during off peak hours. The folks in this forum will basically lie and **bleep** you around, ask you to provide speed tests, and all this other stuff, and make no mistake, there is basically nothing they can do to change it. The service is what it is, because its satellite internet. Sometimes it works pretty good. other times, not so much. Additionally, as more and more customers purchase the internet, it will likely become slower and slower.   It's up to you if its worth it. For me it is. I get about 10-20 mbps during the day which is ok. The thing that pisses me off is the insanely low upload speeds, even during offpeak i haven't achieved anything over 2mbps!   Right now, I'm looking at wifi hotspots. if you can afford a wifi hotspot, its pricey monthly plan, and you get decent data reception at your house, that's your only superior alternative.   I would give hughesnet 3 of 5 stars, and that is only because they lied about the speeds in my opinion. They'll try to use crafty rhetoric to finagle their way out of it, but basically yes, they have lied in a way that is currently legal for them to do, because we live in a country ran by corporations. ... View more