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Thanks for that info regarding Amazon. However, I am not using an external device to receive the video feed, ie. Roku, Chromecast, etc. The television is capable of receiving directly from the provider such as Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, etc. As I stated in prior comments, this instance was a test to see how much data would be used for the one movie in this instance. I do have Gen4, as the equipment was installed 2+ years ago. We rarely use the ISP for watching movies or other television shows for the example this has provided. About a year ago I tried to watch a movie and after 20 minutes of on and off buffering and 10gb of wasted data, I gave up. This has been a consistent trend, hence the reason we rarely try to watch anything. Until recently, I had the ProPlus Plan. In a typical month, we would have blown through the 15gb in less than 2 weeks with basic usage. Emails, web browsing, online shopping, Facebook, other social media outlets, rare instances of short YouTube videos, and occasional music downloads from Spotify. There have also been several months that we have used the 50gb in the Bonus zone. There has to be some "unseen data hog" that I haven't determined. We have multiple laptops, all dual-bootable (Windows/Linux). Mine is the only one running Win10 which I am aware is beast of a data hog and I have it set for a metered connection, pop up & ad-blockers, etc. installed. Anything and everything attempting to conserve the precious download speeds. For what I have spent purchasing extra data in the past 13 years from Satellite ISPs, I could have paid Spectrum/TimeWarner cable the $25k they want to run the 2400ft of cable across a bridge to my house. ... View more

We have the VDS, just have to turn it off/on...has a 4 hour window before it auto resets itself. ... View more

In this case we didn't experience any buffering throughout the movie at all. ??? ... View more

This was basically a test. We made sure all other devices were disconnected or turned off. We have another satellite ISP with business class service for our primary provider and had turned off the router and modem for it as well. I only use it for business purposes, not entertainment. I could see a spotty connection being an issue at times to cause excessive data usage, but not to this extent. Unfortunately, I don't have a meter on the router connected to the Hughesnet modem. ... View more