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Re: Why Can't Hughes Offer a Real Unlimited Plan at Lower Speeds?
I just don't know why a 3/3 unlimited connection or similar would stress the network more than a small number of people on 25/3, and the rest on 1/1 or lower. It doesn't add up unless you want to incentivise purchasing tokens. Also the fact that the tokens are availalbe at all is proof that they have data to give!11KViews0likes5CommentsWhy Can't Hughes Offer a Real Unlimited Plan at Lower Speeds?
It sort of seems like the current plans are simply designed to get users to run out of data, pushing them to theoretically purchase tokens, and/or reduce network stress. Even the highest data caps are laughable at this point. I reduced my plan to the lowest cap simply becuase I run out in less than a week, so what's the point? As far as I'm concerned Hughes offers a 1 down, 1 up service with a short turbo period. I'm also assuming there is some kind of incentive to say that you offer the (Eff See See's....the acronym is not allowed in this board lol) current definition of broadband at 25/3. More realistically, a 5/1, 3/1, 3/3 (etc...) combination would keep data usage down and allow them to either vastly increase or eliminate the cap altogether! We would all be streaming very decent SD quality to our hearts content, or just downloading software updates in a reasonable amount of time. I ran out of data after TWO DAYS this period. I don't even try to stream so it's just my day to day usage. 35gb goes fast when you are a photographer and need to send files to clients. I normally accept my usual 1-2mbps down speed, but the past week I've been seeing Speedtest readings at .43 down, and .6 up. It's really bad!11KViews5likes9Comments