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stevef · ‎05-31-2020

K as kilobyte. kbps is kilobit. It was horrible for days. 20 kilobytes / s, it was never this bad ever before in the past 18 months. Then the new month came, we did reach the data cap, but the speed didn't fell to 20 kilobytes/s, we have a fair speed now, like before. So everything is ok now. The download is almost 300 kb/s . It's not bad. With some preloading, I was able to watch 480p a Youtube video. The question is if the system can handle this speed during Covid, why is it impossible to run the system like this all the time? They should just make it 500 kb/ s, remove the data cap, and I would happily stay with them until the new satellite. They would double the speed, run it 1 MB/s download speed and that would be ok. Well, it's up to HughesNet, they can make the decision. I would suggest them to do this basic change and they can stay in business. Make it constant 5 mbps (500 kb/s) and Remove the data cap. It would be enough for 480p Youtube videos, and even with the 750 ping, many people would probably stay even if Starling starts. 750 ping makes this Net useless for most online gaming, but it's the most important for kids, middle aged and old people using the Net for watching Youtube videos, watching online TV, listening podcasts, Watching videos on Facebook, Twitter, etc. 480p is enough for that and high ping is not that annoying when it comes to videos.

stevef · ‎05-18-2020

OneWEB is done, unless Bezos or someone else who will keep the project running not buying it. So right now, it's only Musk and his Starlink. I just feel sorry for Hughes, because I find their company excellent. Sure, the technical part is slow, but their customer service is great. So, I'm not sure what's going to happen to them. The new Satellite is not going to help them. Are they going to invest in 5G? Or maybe they are going to merge with another company?

stevef · ‎05-18-2020

. Starlink will be available in June of this year for northern US and Canada. I can't wait.. I think it's not true. About 2 weeks ago Musk had a Tweet, he said from about 3 months now, there will be a private testing period, and about 6 months, there will be public Starlink Internet. So I would say hopefully many people can sign up for the testing period, but the end of the tunnel is 6 months away. The end of November, early December? If Hughes could do something in the next 5 months (talking about a new, way faster satellite, with way lower latency, and dropping data cap, giving a stable 20 Mbps speed (or maybe 15 or even just 10, that works really good) I would say it could work. But passing the new satellite to somewhere 2021, that would be a late action. 5G is still no help for rural. Sure, 5G and 4G are working in a huge chunk of the country, but only T-mobile is doing it right, but even they don't plan too much for rural. (Even though they just merged with Sprint and they said they are going to give 5G to rural areas. Maybe they will in 4 years, 6 years or 8 years, who knows. But until then we need something. Musk is running fast with his plans. Cable is not going rural, nor fiber. (Our local Cable company told me that I have to pay up $80,000 if I want them to extend the cable to our house. It's not going to happen.) There is a Fiber cable in front of our house, but every single company denying that it's theirs. It's probably a dead project or I have no idea. We'll see what's going to happen in the next 6 months...

stevef · ‎05-18-2020

@GabeU wrote: @MarkJFine wrote: Speaking of LEOs (thanks to @C0RR0SIVE): OneWeb goes bankrupt, lays off staff, will sell satellite-broadband business (ars technica) I saw that they were doing this last week, but I was really hoping that there was something that could be done, as in a buyer or some other form or saving it. :( At first, I thought maybe Musk is going to buy it, but then I heard Amazon's Jeff Bezos is planning to purchase the ruins of OneWeb.

stevef · ‎05-18-2020

Hello, We signed up to Hughes about 18 months ago, so far. Until now we always had the first 10 GB gone in 3 days, and the other 50 in 3 weeks. It's ok since after that data cap it's about 180k / s speed, which is really slow, but still ok to check things. Well, in the past several days the speed nosedived. 180k? No. It's more like 30k and less. I can't open Gmail, even if it opens when I'm trying to delete spam, it says "Something went wrong". Facebook is also useless. Won't open pages, takes 10 mins to open 1 page, but I usually have to try over and over, because it crashes and stops loading. Same about videos. 360p is not an option, 144p either. I'm an online salesman, opening Amazon, eBay, Etsy is horrible, often crashes the whole thing, meaning by that it just stops loading the pages. Same about PayPal, my Bank's website, etc. I keep having to try loading the pages many times when it's finally open. Working like this is absolutely painful and stressful. I had to download a video file, 350 MB. The average download speed was about 30kbyte/s. No virus or anything like that. The FAP condition is on, but that just means the data cap is reached and the net should run in a degraded speed of 1-3 megabit speed (100-300 kbyte/s). But we are really far from that. What is the problem? Is it happening because more people are staying at home and using the Internet at the same time? I think that shouldn't be an issue, as the situation was the same weeks and like 2 months ago too. But the speed fell only in the past several days. Don't get me wrong, I like Hughes, also the new month is starting 5 hours from now, I'm just wondering what's happened and if it's going to happen again when we run out of data cap. The after-cap 150k/s (up to 300k, but we usually have 150k) is fast enough for doing basic surfing, but 30k/s, 20k/s, and even slower is pretty much dial-up speed and even emails, FB, and web stores won't work with that. The 3rd party website speed test says 25k/s, but the Hughes speed test is close to that result: DOWNLOAD SPEED: 0.33 Mbps UPLOAD SPEED: 0.11 Mbps So the speed should be about 8 times faster than it is, even in FAP condition. Maybe it's a Hughes issue? There is a problem with the system? Everything was ok for 18 months, yet now we have extremely slow speeds for several days now.

stevef · ‎01-20-2020

We had this sometimes after heavy snowfalls, but there is an easy solution. If the weather is quiet and just cold after snowing, but your Internet is still down, the issue is maybe with your dish. If it's covered with snow, it's not going to work. It was the case all day for us, so I just used a latter, got to the roof, used my gloves and some hot water to remove the snow, and the Internet started to work immediately. So, you can fix it, it's really easy. Just make sure that you don't use too much force on the dish, as it has to aim at the satellite, so do not move it. But some light snow removal is ok, as the dish is not moving by heavy storms, so it'll be fine if you just touch it a little bit to gently wipe off the snow (or use hot water on it). (Another pro-tip: - Don't fall from your roof/ladder.)

stevef · ‎12-14-2019

I'll reach the 1st year now. HugesNet as a company is excellent, they give discounts, their (after Cap reach) net speed is slightly better than our former Internet Provider's. Hughes has great customer service too. The Satellite Internet system has It's limits, but as a company I like them a lot. I can't complain and I wouldn't complain, because I think they are doing a great job. I'm planning to stay with them as long as possible. :-) I wish Hughes would start 5G system in our rural area.

stevef · ‎04-10-2019

True, on the other hand OneWeb plans to shoot up less than 700 satellites, the other company plans 7,000. The 3rd one 2,200 or so. I think the 4th one is still just thinking of starting a project, but maybe the competition scares them away, who knows. :-)

stevef · ‎04-10-2019

I don't know, but all the corporations have money, at least 1 got government approval, and they have to do it, as the government gave them exact date-lines. They really have to start it soon, as news says in 2020, the satellite system could be operational. I guess the planning takes long, as all of them have to get approved by the government. But as the government also working together with these corporations and profiting by their projects, I wouldn't be surprised if the projects would really speed up in the next 10 months. We can say, logically thinking, If even 1 of the 4 projects would become reality soon (in the next year or 2), it would put the old satellite providers in a really difficult spot.

stevef · ‎04-10-2019

I have a feeling that things are going to change soon. With 4 other large corporations planning to shoot up 20,000 new satellites, offering high speed Internet, no data cap, for a possibly lower monthly fees, the 3 large corporations that providing satellite Internet today, have to catch up to the new ones' promises. If not, the new ones are going to win the race and take all the subscribers/clients of the old Internet Providers. I would say 1, maybe 2 years and the Satellite Internet is going to change to the better. (That's what the news promises since the other corporations started their projects.) 1 shot up 2 and another one shot up 6 test satellites already. Hughes should start shooting up new ones and doing radical changes and upgrades in a very short time. Or at least that's what I would do if I would be in charge. :-)

stevef · ‎04-10-2019

Yours looks better than mine. Here is my results: Download :: 628 kbps 79 kB/s Upload :: 2.1 Mbps 258 kB/s Unfortunately, this is looks alright after reaching the data cap.

stevef · ‎04-10-2019

I'm just wondering if Hughes is planning shooting up new satellites in the next few months? I know there are news about 2021 or something like that, but I don't think that it's good enough. So far, there are 4! corporations working hard on building new Satellite Internet system, with literally tens of thousands of new satellites, all over the United States, low orbit, low latency, crazy fast speed, no data cap, etc. We are talking about Billions of dollars, huge projects. The government gave green light for 1 corporation already. So the question is, if Hughes going to run and start the system uprading immediately? Getting in business would force today's 3 Large existing satellite Internet providers upgrading, shoot up new low orbit satellites, wiping off data caps, or at least raising it to a Terrabyte or something, working on latencies, the ping is 650 or so at this point, 1 new company promises around 50, and that would be low enough to play online games. 650 is no way for any FPS or similar games. Also, if the 3 large satellite providers wants to stay in business, they - beside upgrading the the speed and removing data cap - has to lower the prices too. There is no exact prices for the new projects, but people are guessing under $50. So far, I'm ok with Hughes. Not much better than Dish was, but the customer service is more nice and they gave US a deal too. I didn't find any news about it, but I hope Hughes can upgrade their system really soon, working on a solution to stay in business, shooting up a few more satellites in a very close futre, removing data cap, lowering ping, lowering the monthly fee and customers can get fast and relliable capless Internet, and gladly pay for the service. :-)

stevef · ‎04-10-2019

Well, you have to turn off buy buying more 1GB-s. You have 10 for daytime, 50 for night time and you pay around $60 a month for it. Yes, it gets slow when the limit is reached, but at this point, the technology and the companies working like this. There is not much people can do, if the only option is satellite provider.

stevef · ‎01-26-2019

I apologize if I sound upset, I just hope we are not going to lose money over this, as we are a married couple living in poverty and the whole point was saving a couple dollars a month by switching the Internet Provider to Hughes. :-(

stevef · ‎01-26-2019

I tried it, with and without it, Youtube automatically streams between 320p and 144p, but never 480p and especially not in HD. It's exactly the same as Gen 4, except a lady told me in another thread that we need to pay about $200 more in the 2nd 12 months. I really hope that at least that can be solved. :-(

stevef · ‎01-26-2019

Hi Amanda, It sounds like then the first 12 month would be just about the same as we paid for Dish Network. But the 2nd 12 month is going to be so expensive that we are going to lose $180+ tax ... As it's going to be the same speed and same data cap, I'm not sure why Dish told me that we should upgrade to Gen 5, because it's going to be cheaper. I hope there there is a solution here, the only reason we upgraded, because we were told that it's going to be slightly cheaper. So far, it sounds like we made a really bad deal. I hope something can be done about the 2nd 12 months. I find it unfair, that no one showed us a contract and nothing about the exact cost of the switch from Dish Gen4 to Hughes Gen5. At Dish, they told us more about what we get and for how much exactly.

stevef · ‎01-24-2019

Thank you, the settings showed up on the page today. It's kinda confusing though. It says: "This setting will automatically stream videos in DVD quality which uses less of your Data. When enabled, you can stream up to 3 times more video." I watch videos in 144p and 360p. So how is watching videos in 480p uses less data than watching videos in 144p or 360p? I have a feeling that it's not what I was hoping for, and the Data Saver Info FAQ is not telling what it is really. Is it just not letting a video player play anything in HD? If it is, then it's useless for me, as I never played anything in HD anyways, since I moved out a house with Cable Internet. Or this Data Saver setting gives more speed post-data cap reaching? I was hoping for something like that.

stevef · ‎01-22-2019

Hello Amanda, Thank you. I'm just really worrying about the monthly bill. I did check the one with Dish, it was not even $72, I paid $70.50 a month. So if the monthly bill with Hughes would be higher, it would mean I made a really bad deal. (The Video Data Saver / Settings is also missing, hopefully someone can fix that issue at Hughes.)

stevef · ‎01-22-2019

So far, I never seen that video data saving thing. 4 days passed, but the Settings didn't show up, so far. :-(

stevef · ‎01-21-2019

" Regarding the contract: though I'm not positive of this, as I read it online beforehand and just signed the phone when the installer handed it to me, they do have it available for you to read before you sign the phone, but you have to ask to see it, which you have the right to do before you sign." That's the problem. There was a sign, for "starting the install" and there was another one for "finishing it right". So we signed something that we never seen? No one told us that we are signing contract on phone. And as no one told us, then we cannot ask to read it. We were just surprised that no contract was anywhere provided to us. I don't know if this practice is legal, but it shouldn't be. The person on the phone should provide a link to the contract, to the agreement, to the ToS. Then we would have about 20 hours to read it, as the person who installed showed up in 20 hours. I kinda think that it's not an accident. Either way, if there is the -$15 and we get that each month, then it's going to be alright. Even though I think not letting people know about the contract and not letting them to read is pretty much illegal or at least morally 100% wrong. (One thing to mention, he did an excellent job, he spent like 2 hours outside, almost in 0 Farenheit, his pants were literally frozen. As the service is so expensive, I hope these employees are getting paid well by the company.)

stevef · ‎01-21-2019

Thinking of the bill, maybe the " Property Tax" is the "sales tax", they just named it wrong on the bill? I mean I don't see anything "sales tax" charge, so that would make sense.

stevef · ‎01-21-2019

" You can see the legal info, including the Terms of Service and User Agreement, here . Additionally, agreeing to the service and utilizing the service constitutes agreeing to the contract." That's one of the issue. They never said anything about these. They didn't say anything about legal info, ToS, User Agreement, contract, etc. We didn't even set automatic payment. Someone at Hughes did. They did put our card info in the system and started to auto-charge it, without our approval or even telling anything about it. Getting the bill, then paying the bill. That's how it works in business. Sometimes I do business with Chinese companies, but even they send me a bill before asking me to pay. It's shocking that a company can just charge peoples' credit cards randomly for everything, without telling about it. As a victim of a credit card fraud, I really don't appreciate getting unauthorized - unexplained weird transactions on my Credit Card.

stevef · ‎01-21-2019

Thank you for the reply. If there is a -$15 credit, then I'll be ok, that's just slightly less expensive than the Dish Network bill we paid every month. I guess that would be a couple dollars, if If see all these new taxes... Still it would be ok by me. I don't need paper bills, the invoice is online and I found it. However that's not right if they charge me witout my approval. Dish had the bill, and they gave us 10 days to pay. They never charged our card without our permission. I know the 6% sales tax, rent tax, etc. But I never heard of property tax collected by an LLC. Dish never said anything about such a thing, and we were with them for over 2.5 years. They have something special connection to Hughes, I think Hughes gives them the Internet, and they just install it and sending bills every month, but the Net itself they run is by Hughes. Anyway, thank you for telling me that it's -5 and -10 is for every month and I hope you are right. 15 dollars is a lot money for us. We are going to call the number tomorrow. Honestly, I'm not sure what is going on. We barely got any information, only on phone, a guy really fastly said a couple info, but not mentioning important things. No contract, no terms of service, no user agreement, no exact fees or taxes, nothing. No signature either. All really qestionable practice. :-/

stevef · ‎01-20-2019

Promo Service Credit 1 -$10.00 Is this a Credit we are going to get every month? That way we could just be at the same as with Dish Network before this "upgrade". I asked my wife. She told me the same, she didn't sign any useragreement or contract. The sales-person didn't even mention anything about a contract. So, we gave no signature, nor read anything. I still can't find turning off the auto-payment. I will pay with Credit Card each month, but I don't want any company automatically charging me on random days, not telling me what for, and MAYBE putting it on a bill, that is a mess and shows no details. With dish I got a bill/invoice, then I had to pay in 10 days. It was simple and I never had any issue with them. Over 2.5 years with them, zero issue. 2 days with Hughes, I'm freaking out over the mess I face with. I need answers, asap.

stevef · ‎01-20-2019

Also, I thought we have to real and sign some documents. No one offered us to sign anything. We signed with finger on a phone something, the guy who installed the system. He said we have to sign that, it's about we being satisfied by his install-work. But no contract to read and sign? Terms of service? User agreement? We read of signed nothing of those. No one sent us any paperwork, not even a PDF file or a link. :-/

stevef · ‎01-20-2019

Lease Taxes MI Tax $0.89 If the equipment lease I paid was not 14.99, but 9.99, because of the -5, then why I got charged 0.89 for tax? 9.99 x 0.06 sales tax = $0.59 Any information about this? I see nothing about the company charging property taxes. Additional Property Taxes MI Tax $0.05

stevef · ‎01-20-2019

Ok, I accidentally clicked on a link, now it's broke down to everything. Taxes Property Tax Surcharge 1 $0.75 HughesNet Plan Detail Promo Service Credit 1 -$10.00 Lease Set-up 1 $99.00 Equipment Lease Promo 1 -$5.00 Equipment Lease 1 $14.99 Lease Credit 1 -$99.00 10 GB Service Plan 1 $59.99 Service Credit 1 -$50.00 Total Accounts Charged 1 $10.73 Can a company collect Property Tax? Isn't that a local government's job? I never seen any company collecting it. Sales Tax is different. But I see even that got callected, so what is "Property Tax" that companies collect? I have company, never heard of collecting property tax as a random LLC. One thing is sure, the guy said nothing about it on the phone. Nor about paying 14.99 for equipment lease. I seen 49.99 for the cheapest one, yet it's 59.99 on the website. So, if it's $59.99, and the Lease is $14.99, + paying sales tax, then how is this going to be cheaper than paying $72? Is the Equipment Lease Promo is for every month? Even with that, It would be questionable after sales tax. So, is there someone at the company who could tell me and make me sure that I don't pay more for the same service I got (Gen 5) then I had before with Dish? (Gen 4). The speed even feels slower now, and it's the same 10/50. No speed upgrade, no data cap upgrade. So the reason I switched, because I was told there is a lower monthly fee if I all in Hughes and ask them for a switch from Dish.

stevef · ‎01-20-2019

Ok, now I'm getting worried. I switched from Gen 4 to Gen 5. Reason: I read on the Intenret, that it's going to be 5 dollars cheaper / month to go from Dish to Hughes. At Dish, no one charged us for any installation. But now I see that now we might get charged? I'm also worried because of the rental fee thing. I read it's $4.99. Is it though? I'm not sure, as the salesman didn't tell anything about it. Also,l the salesman said he'll charge us for $9.99. Well, he did. Then 1 dollar more. Then another $1.69. $12.70 is not $9.99 at all. For people who make 200 dollars a day is probably not a big deal, but my family is way under tha poverty level. We can't afford this. Also why can't we see anything about any exact numbers about the monthly bills? All I see is 59.99. So it's all? And taxes? If it's not all, then it should be metioned. Is the installation was free? Wher do I turn off auto-paying? Why is it even turned on now? Obviously if they charging my card randomly, then I can't have it turned on. I have a feeling that my family is getting into trouble. Suspicious overcharging in the first 2 days? What is going to happen in the next 24 months? No one overcharged us at Dish, ever. They never charged anything for installation either. Yet, at this point we don't even know what is going on, and we are scared, if we have to pay even more than what we paid to Dish, even though the whole point of switching to Hughes, because of the promise of a lower monthly fee. :-/ We paid $72 at Dish, every month, for the lowest service 10/50. Taxes included, there was no install fee or anything.

stevef · ‎01-20-2019

I found it on the main page, earlier today, good to see they are on the issue now. :)

stevef · ‎01-19-2019

Just switched from Gen4 to Gen5. 2 hours of new Net, I don't see any Video Data Saving, or Settings or Video Settings. It should be there, under the "My Account", but it's not there. I tried to contact Customers Service on chat, but they just gave a phone number. I don't see how talking on phone is better than telling on Chat what that problem is. Either way, if so many people are complaining about it for weeks and week, yet I see no Technician addressing the issue, then it looks like a serious problem. :-/

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