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I don’t understand so you’re saying Viasat won’t be able to get the first satellite with their new speeds and allow them to offer 35mbps. Viasat 2 already allows for 30Mbps. That’s the new gold plans that will go wide once the test markets are done. They are already working on getting Viasat 2 implemented. Viasat 3 is being completed and they would get in serious problems if they miss their launch window. Their stock would crash. So I wouldn’t discount it. I think that’s silly to act like they won’t be able to get their stuff off. The gold plan seems really cool but I need a plan that streams 4K so it will be with the new satellite that’s going up. And as you know Gen6 won’t happen till 2022 and I’m assuming Gen6 will have the capabilities or more of what Viasat 3 can do. ... View more

Just FYI Viasat is doing a lot with the military as well. You can look on the market news for VSAT. Like i said the market thinks they are the one to go with for the long haul but hey I’m sure I’m wrong. ... View more

Sorry viasat has 4 satellites and Viasat 3 is moving along fast and ready to launch in 2019. Not a lie. They had to delay launch of Viasat 2 cause SpaceX wasn’t able to put the satellite up in their position. So they contracted with another company. As for Viasat 3 they plan on having it up in 2019 for the US side and later times for the they two areas of the glove. Curious how much is the business 150gb plan? Do you know? ... View more

Here you go. http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2016/02/10/dankberg-viasat-3-satellites-will-have-more-capacity-than-the-rest-of-the-world-combined/ Look what should worry us is while HughesNet is maintaining what they have I can’t find plans to expand their service. I think Gen5 will be here for 5 years until Gen6 comes. So while that happens Viasat will be launched in 2019 and Gen6 will launch in 2022. Is that not worrying you guys? ... View more

And yes you keep defending something they offer to businesses and act like it’s not possible for homes. Like I said I guess I should call my home a home business so I have the same speeds available. And if you want to know speeds and other specs do what I do. Call exede, call HughesNet, and call Directv. Directv keeps expanding their satellites as is exede. Hughes seems to be doing just enough and that sucks in my book. ... View more

You act like you do by the way you act. When I said why can’t we have 150gb plans you say that’s not possible yet business plans go up to 250gb and have the same specs as personal plans. So I’m confused what YOU think I don’t know the difference of. It seems you think over 50gb plans don’t exist but they do. ... View more

I love how I’m supposed to look up answers to your questions so I’m going to do this. Exede/Viasat is working on expanding their network. I’m going to stay with HughesNet but I count 2 satellites currently working for HughesNet Service. EchoStar 19 and Echostar 17. Now as for exede they have four different satellites for Service. Their fourth one was just put up last June and is in the test run to offer what’s called Gold 30 plans that offer, wait for it 720 HD streaming. That’s with the viasat2 satellite. Viasat 3 will be launched in 2019 well the first of three of the satellites because they are going to be put one satellite to cover Europe and then Asia. But obviously first will be the US. Viasat three will be able to stream 4K video. If it’s okay to post links I can just ask. I know how much you are for following a companies rules that you supposedly are a customer of. I mean wouldn’t a customer be wanting to have maxed out Service. I find it out that business can get 250gb plans but individuals can’t. That’s funny to me. I guess I need to setup a home business just so I can have access to the 250gb data plan lol. Anyway HughesNet may have the most customers now I don’t know. I know exede has over 600k customers it’s services and now with Viasat 2 operational that’s why their service speeds are comparable to HughesNet. The reviews I’ve seen online assume the service doesn’t have unlimited capability and can only get up to 12mbps. That’s clearly not true since Viasat 2 is up. Anyway if you want those links I can add them in another post. Now as for Hughes it says on their website they have surpassed 1 million active users. Now who does the market think is better and has more opportunity? Well the market has Viasat at 74 a share and echostar(hughsnet) SATS if you’re curious, at 59 a share. Viasat is about to surpass hughsnet sadly. That’s sad but it is what it is. I’m probably going to bounce between the two of them but who cares. So after my Hughes contract expires if I don’t see any changes I’m gonna jump to exede. I’m getting tired of the bullying though on this forum. I figure if language isn’t allowed you’d think the moderators would cut down on bullying. Then again I wonder if the moderators are the bullies. People are getting awfully defensive for HughesNet when all I’m asking for is what businesses get. I thought 50gb was the max for home but a business get 250gb? That’s disappointing but I’m sure you’ll be just fine with it. You seem to love everything about Hughes and don’t question anything and repeat verbatim what customer service reps repeat over the phone. Hmmm are you really a customer or do you work for Hughes @GabeU. Very fishy how you don’t want more data options. That’s very strange. But really made me think customer rep was when you said exactly what the customer service rep said to me on the phone not 10 minutes after you wrote that to me. Very fishy. So I’m gonna stop trying to conversat with you cause you’ll twist this to be in favor of Hughes. You’ll defend it no matter what. That’s why I was hoping you’d hear my complaint and run it up the flag pole to offer more data without having to buy token packs. To get 150gb cost 400 dollars. That’s ridiculous. Anyway if you want the satellite articles about viasat and their expansions that are starting in 2019 I can provide it. That expansion will allow me to use my 4k streaming on a regular basis not just off peak time. Okay have a good day at Hughes. Tell them thanks for the service I enjoy it. I was trying to give them advice on how to make it better but I guess the cheerleaders don’t want that kind of posts on here. ... View more

Wow I’m hoping you’re talking about exede it now it’s called viasat. Anyway I looked and then dug into their complaints. First off I’m amazed their Customer Service Rep (CSR) actually talk and post on their comments. That’s refreshing. Does HughesNet? I usually call when I have a major issue but that’s because the reason the people were having problems were just like others who have problems and aren’t very tech savvy. They didn’t know they needed to reset the modem. Surprise that solves A LOT of problems. Some even upgraded their service but sounds like they should have just rebooted stuff. Look again from people I know, ie my kids teacher, got exede because of the unlimited plan. They still rave about it. I’m not saying HughesNet sucks I’m saying HughesNet OFFER SOMETHING SIMILAR. I wanna stay a HughesNet customer when my contract runs out in a year and a half. I hope to god they actually have a plan like this. It would be really nice. I’m going to assume they won’t and I will have to pay for the 25gb tokens. I’m sorry Netflix has kick **bleep** shows I want to watch. I try and binge them and then move on but if they are in 4K I want to get that experience without worrying about my data going away. I live in the rural areas and cell tech can already pull off 10+ Mbps. I figure you guys know that the servers use cell tech as well right. Run a speed test and sometimes you’ll see ATT pop up. Don’t fall for the company line that they can’t offer it because of the technology. This is why monopolies are bad. They are charging quite a bit for tech that should cost 50 dollars less but because of our location and the fact they and exede are the only game in town they get away with this stuff. I’ve had microwave internet as well which was great if you wanted faster then dialup. HughesNet is also great. I’m hoping on a year maybe less they will start having Service plans that allow for unlimited, 150gb then it gets throttled, and advertise but the speed will be 10-15 Mbps. I’m sure some dummy on here will think why can’t they have it at 25 like the other plans but I’m sure some “lovely” folks will help him understand and use the “smh” tag thinking people just don’t get it. I’m sure all you shakers have been in the industry, know the capabilities of what can be done, and I even bet you guys can build a PC from the motherboard up. Like I said maybe now with section 2 gone, that’s the net neutrality stuff, Hughes and others will start expanding their foundation and maybe add another satellite or two for their internet business. To be honest if Trump does want to help infrastructure he’d also push for the expansion of satellite technologies and give Hughes or a competitor to Hughes the money to put more satellites up as well as help them expand their server capabilities. Or heck I have Frontier and I still pay for my regular DSL that is the most annoying service. We get 5-6 Mbps which is good but then sometimes something at the hub has to be fixed and we wait for a few days till they send a guy out to reset that node. Till then no one in the city has internet at least not through Frontier. When Verizon owned it the upkeep was better and issues were usually resolved in a day. Frontier is the worst. They are why I got Hughes. We also keep Frontier for online gaming cause you can’t online game. Thankfully we also have great cell service so getting internet isn’t the problem. Heck even watching online isn’t an issue. Sprint and ATT get great service in my 400+ town. Sprint gets about 8-10mbps and ATT ranges from 50 to 100mbps. Both have unlimited plans as well and I use about 50gb just for me but my sons are starting to gobble up as much if not more. They both have PS4s and to game one uses cell tech and the other uses Frontier. To not suck up the bandwidth I use Hughes to watch tv shows, films, or whatever. Most families would only need one provider but Frontier has no options to expand plans for my area so we pay like we have the top of the line plan when if we were in another area our plan is equal to the crappy plans others have. I’d love to have one provider but it’s just not possible for rural folks. Hughes and Exede are it for people like us. It’s weird but it seems like you guys only have Hughes for just surfing the internet. I surf on my phone as I’m writing this on my phone as well. Heck I barely use a laptop for enjoyment and same goes for the PC. So when you guys “smh” on my saying I stream my tv and other things as if that’s stupid first thing notice that’s what HughesNet advertises these plans are capable of doing. The top of the line plan says it’s for heavy duty use. Only heavy duty use I have is for watching my Apple TV. I’m not a cord cutter so I’m not on my Apple TV all the time but still I should be able to use 150gb without it costing me $400+ dollars if I do what exede customers are able to do. With that cost it’s worth paying the early termination fee and installing exede satellite. But again I AM A HUGHESNET FAN. Been a fan when my first satellite box I got as a kid for my birthday was a HughesNet Directv Box. So I’m hoping they start offering plans or a plan that’s unlimited but has less download speed. Like I said you don’t need 25mbps. I laugh at my friends who stay with Verizon and say I have the fastest speed for internet. I tell them I pay less for Sprint but their service still does just as good a job as yours does for less the money. HughesNet can pull off an unlimited plan and not because they throttle people down to 1mbps. They can do it and throttle people to 10mbps. It is possible I just wish you guys would realize this but I have a feeling you won’t. I wonder do you guys pay for Hughes because of the speeds or because you don’t have anything where you are? ... View more

Which company cause I’ve been talking about exede and you said another company. So which OTHER company. This is why I was wanting a link not some generic reply. ... View more

Well if you’re gonna make claims I’d love to see the links of this new unnamed company. Lol. ... View more

I give up. If you guys don’t want to demand better service or a better way to provide service then whatever. People blissfully happy with limits don’t try to rock the boat. There’s a better way and surprise exede is doing it. Too bad you guys don’t want the same from Hughes. Oh well. I’m sure exede has issues during peak hours BUT from friends who I actually physically know they say exede is a great unlimited service. But whatever. They had a monopoly and now they don’t. Let’s hope they make Service better for us. ... View more

It’s fascinating that people think Hughes doesn’t have the capability to offer high speed internet and allow up to 150gb for a specific amount. High speed doesn’t have to be at 25 Mbps. I’d much rather have 150gb at 10mbps then 50gb at 25mbps lol. But hey you guys assume it’s not possible. And throttling happens on Hughes during peak times as well or have you not had that issue yet? ... View more

If you offer high speed internet you expect to be able to cover it. If directv can give you 4K and 3D channels constantly then Hughes can cover high speed internet they choose not to because they think it’s all about speed. The speed isn’t the issue it’s the pipe. You can could throttle back and allow only 10mbps and allow 150gb usage and you’d accomplish the same as 50gb at 25mbps. It’s all about their algorithm in how the manage the usage of their pipe if they are at all. Also you can’t online game with HughesNet or any satellite company Service I’m suspect because of the delay. Watching UltraHD is possible just like how I watch 4K on my Directv hmm smh you guys need to educate yourselves before shaking your head at people not realizing the tech is able to handle this kind of stuff. ... View more

See look at you being mean again isn’t that against community standards to be bullying on a forum. You guys act like you’re from the 90s of high speed internet and have dumb dialup. Of course if I had dialup I would use satellite but IF a company is advertising “HIGH SPEED” internet they need to be able to offer plans in such a way that can cover folks. I find it VERY silly you guys act like well it’s satellite internet it must be not use the bandwidth. You probably don’t understand what they are doing with wireless currently and being able to force quite a bit through. In fact if you capped the bandwidth to 10mbps you can still get away with 4K video and doing other things while adding more space to your pipe. You guys know this right? You know how budget the size of your pipeline? Other companies do it. My point is Hughes knows how to they just don’t want to cause they can justify charging people whatever because they had the monopoly on the market. Now that exede is in the space they need us to push them to think better and reorganize things so that people can get the full benefit of their package. I don’t care that I can’t get 25mbps for 50gb. I’d rather have 150gb at 10mbps. GET IT. Now stop being bully on the forum. I mean you don’t like language well I don’t like online bullies. And you were talking about me watching ultra HD and using 15gb. Smh REMEMBER I get tagged in your attempt to make fun of me. ... View more

The answer to your very first question WHY do I assume Hughes can offer this is because they have been in the sat business for over 20 years and in the internet sat business for just as long. That’s why I know they can offer it. Thinking they can’t is silly. Directv and Hughes have the assets to push out 4K tv. They have the pipe to do it. ... View more

But again exede starts throttling at 150gb. So why not do that. Charge $200 a month for 150gb. Don’t call it unlimited even though that’s what exede calls it. So why not do that? Basically 150gb and maybe have unlimited off peak hour from 2am-8am. Why not do that? ... View more

Okay you don’t have to be a mean person to about it. The first sentence was just fine. Mentioning it AGAIN down after was why you’re being mean. Now to your comment that maybe true EXCEPT Hughes allows you to buy however many tokens you want. $75 bucks for a 25gb token and I just called those are unlimited. So to use customer service terminology doesn’t work. Also YOU ARE RIGHT. After 150gb they do throttle. Why can’t Hughes offer that. As I told them you have me for a year and a half. I HOPE they allow an unlimited plan. Heck I’d pay $200 a month for that. They are letting me jump up to 50gb to see if it works. Oh and BTW not a cord cutter. I just watch Netflix, Hulu, as well as have directv. Don’t know if you know but Star Trek is online only. So you have to have CBS as well. So again I get why they are limiting people to 50gb. It’s about bandwidth. They don’t want the demand on the system to be dragging the network down. I’m an IT Audit consultant so I get how networks work. If it was a case that the system can’t handle individuals have unlimited data then they wouldn’t allow unlimited tokens. Anyway the system can handle it and people are willing to pay for it. Let’s hope they take advantage of net neutrality rules, more specifically being declared a telecom and now considered an information provider means they won’t have as much regulation being forced on them and they will expand the network. The fact they are still offering Service plans with a discount isn’t a good sign cause if you have high demand USUALLY they will stop offering those nice savings because demand will allow for it. Economics 101. Anyway I apologize for using swear words on Hughsnet personal site, but as I told customer service on the phone after I posted and as I will tell you and anyone who’s not a rep demand is there to justify $200 a month for unlimited. You can do like exede and cap like you do at 50, 30, and 20. Offer a 150gb plan for $200 with the 50 gb between 2-8am. That way your plan is actually better than exede and you’ll make us folks with you guys happy. They trap people for 3 years. You guys only do 2 years. So compete. You have no section 2 rules anymore and you have a new corporate tax cut. By no means am I a Trump fan but according to him you guys have no excuse no not to offer even better services especially for what we pay. Heck they have their unlimited I think at $100 bucks so do $1 a gb and have the plan at $150 plus tax so it will be more but you guys get your $150. Would be an idea to keep all is Hughes users happy and not looking to jump ship. I contemplated paying the $300 early termination fee. I’m giving you guys a shot to give us something better. I do believe you guys have a great service. So PLEASE stop using the technology can’t handle that. That’s not true. The tech can handle it. There’s a market for people like me and I’m not a cord cutter there’s just more stuff to watch on Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, CBS, or my iTunes movies I have. I’d really like to stay with Hughes. Don’t lose the war to Exede. You guys have been in the game since 1997. I had one of your guys first directv boxes back in 1996 when it was USSB and directv and when you had internet I almost got it till a local isp offered dialup speed for way less. Don’t lose to a newcomer. I have many friends in my area and county who are choosing your competitor. Compete with them. ... View more

Not to blow up your spot and it’s why I’m now counting the days my contract ends with HughesNet but excede doesn’t throttle people when they hit their data limit. **bleep** I’d pay for Hughes 50gb plan if they allowed unlimited data. I’d pay that price and keep the service but I can’t. I live in a small town and my kids game. They have to use two other systems cause you can game on Hughes. But you can watch online films Netflix or Hulu etc. 20gb today isn’t anything ESPECIALLY when you watch in 4K. I get throttling people but **bleep** I need unlimited. Maybe getting rid of net neutrality will light the fire under companies asses to spread high speed internet across America. If it doesn’t I’m gonna vote for someone to tie their asses back down cause I’m tired of people in big areas getting FIOS speed and I’m paying a ton just for 20gb and if I want to watch anything cool waiting till 2am so I can use the 50gb I have available. Watched a film in 4K last night and it took 15gb of data lol. It’s ridiculius. Keep me as customer past my contract date please. I love the service but hate the fact others are getting so much more with another competitor in my area and getting the same kind of service. ... View more