Update Sep. 5: The first several days of experience has been just OK. Browsing works, but definitely slower than before my modem failed a couple of weeks ago. Email has worked. But today we are not able to connect to the Hughesnet servers to send or receive email since early this morning. That is true on all of our devices - wired and wireless. Email had been working before today. Download speeds on Testmynet are in the 1-7 Mbps range, which is well below average over past few months. Not sure if the mail problem is due to general bandwidth issues, Hughes mail server issues, or other.
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