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!
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