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06-20-2019
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Process of elimination was my strategy. I eliminated every device except for one. Then, I followed the directions in the articles on this site and advice from this forum. Again, I turned off all auto updates. I turned off any automatic streaming of video and audio. I blocked adds. I blocked pop ups. I advised my mother not to watch videos or stream music. At best, I got 4 to 5 gbps. Data usage was typically a little less than a gig a day with all those measures in place. I have been too busy with “life” to do anything more. Now the final step in my process of elimination is started. I’m eliminating service, at what for me is no small expense. I got the instructions and I’m removing the radio today. Maddening as the placement of the dish is, I suppose I can be thankful it isn’t on the roof. Edit: I meant 400 to 500 mbps. Less than 1 gbps. Anyway, thanks all for suggestions. I wish things had worked out for me as well as they have for you.
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a week ago
I feel like I should get a degree or at least some sort of certification, I’ve spent so much time studying ways to minimize data usage in the past six months. Turned off any and all auto updates, prevented launch of videos and sound files. Pop up blockers, add blockers. Sheesh. My time has value. I’m tired of wasting it to try to come in under a data limit, with every attempt making little to no difference. If you guys like all of the work it apparently takes to have (actually pretty slow) internet service, more power to you. At one point, I started researching dial up.
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a week ago
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And to answer your question, only reading email didn't work for me, because I had other things I needed internet service for. Which is why, despite spotty cell service in my area, I used my phone for pretty much everything. I only kept the HughesNet service because my mother needed some kind of internet service to keep her mind active and the phone solution didn't work for her. In short, HughesNet failed miserably no matter how much I lowered my expectations of it. Did I mention that my basic internet package is rated at less that 1 megabyte per second and outperforms the best speed I ever got from HughesNet, which was sold as "Up To 12". Yeah, anything above 0 is "up to" 12, I guess.
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a week ago
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Awesomness! So, there ya go. Believe me now? We are in general agreement about one thing, anyway. I was sold a bill of goods by the telemarketer. The thing we probably don't agree on is that I don't think it's okay that HughesNet at the very least tolerates, and for all we know, encourages those sales techniques. Anyway, this one is on me, but if I can help others avoid the expense and frustration I went through, I'm willing to do so.
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2 weeks ago
Sure, I’ve got a couple of pics. How do I post them? Yeah, I guess it works great if you only read email. I read everything I could and tried every solution offered and finally just let my mother be the only user. Hughesnet sells their service saying only that video streaming will eat your data. That’s about it. The don’t say that regular surfing by one 80 year old grandmother will kill 20 gigs in less than a month. Finally, the company called me, offered me the service, talked it up like it was the best thing ever, took my money and locked me into a two year contact before I could read about what a crummy service it actually is. I’ve seen enough posts from other people to see that this is the norm. So the whole “shoulda read the contract “ line is a bunch of bovine scatology.
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2 weeks ago
1 Kudo
I would have preferred to just put this into my previous post , “High Data Usage”, but it was closed. So, six months I payed tons for HughesNet service. The last four, only one device was ever attached to it. My 80 year old mother had exclusive access with her IPad, to read emails, look up recipes, and occasionally buy something from Amazon. A little old lady who doesn’t watch videos or stream music easily burned through the data cap every month before month’s end. Meanwhile, I used my phone plan’s data for my own use. But my prayers to the internet Gods have been answered. AT&T was finally able to install basic internet service to my house. At less than a gigabyte per second top speed, I’m getting better transfer rates than I ever got from HughesNet. It’s slow, but I get a terabyte of data. I finally updated my laptop OS after months of using it exclusively offline. Now I can finally take a hacksaw to the ugly bleeping pole the obnoxious installer told me could only be placed IN THE MIDDLE OF MY DRIVEWAY. Yeah, that has looked REAL good from the street for the last six months. So, it’s a good ending to this particular story. HughesNet gets their equipment back and gets a bunch more money from me for breaking their contract; I get to not have a big advertisement for a service I’ve been disgusted with (since installation) in my front yard. And I get an opportunity to tell people to run (don’t walk) if HughesNet ever comes calling to offer “service.” Buh-bye.
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06-27-2019
01:04 PM
Thanks again. I can try to take some screenshots. I already have tried phone support a couple of times. Not much success there. Mostly, I'm venting. This service is targeted at rural people who aren't necessarily computer networking experts, and it's not exactly cheap. I have networking experience, and I find the learning curve unnecessarily steep. I wonder what a guy with more experience with tractors than computers would be going through. I think Hughesnet should be a bit more upfront if it's really that difficult to stay under the data cap, that's all. I've burned through 17 gigs of data in 10 days without watching a single video. I wouldn't have believed it was possible, actually. Maybe the cloud on my apple products like the previous poster suggested. That's something to check into. Disconnecting all my devices and only attaching when I need the internet is my solution for now.
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06-27-2019
12:05 PM
Thanks for the links. I've actually read them all already. I tried everything they say. After I eliminated all watching of videos and disconnected almost every device I had on the system, but still saw a 2.25 Gig drop every day, I kinda figured I'd done all I could do. I had to manage my usage on DSL, so I do know a little about it. I can't imagine how the transfer method (Satelite vs Phone Line) equates to "If you attach your iPhone to this router, it will eat gigs of data a day", but I'm guessing that's just the way it is. I have a degree in Network Administration. Granted, it's about 25 years old... If I'm so confounded how to manage my data, I feel sorry for complete laymen who sign on with Hughesnet.
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06-27-2019
10:04 AM
I was shocked at my data usage going into my second month of service with Hughesnet. For reference: At my previous home, I had DSL service with a 10 Gig data cap. Using low quality video settings and a little common sense, I was able to watch Netflix, all the YouTube videos I wanted (sometimes for hours a day) and even played World of Warcraft (at super low quality settings) and only twice went over the cap. I moved all of the same equipment (two iPads, two phones, a Kindle, a laptop, a DirecTV receiver, an Xbox, a Smart TV and a Roomba) to my new house in the country, where my only choice for internet service is Hughesnet. I noticed at the end of my first month of service that I was using a lot of my data cap every day. Being the kind of person I am, I figured I had a bandwidth hog on my network, so I systematically began disconnecting devices each day to find the culprit. First, The DirecTV Box. No change... It goes on and on, next the TV, then the Xbox, then the Roomba, then the laptom, then each iPad in turn, then the Kindle, then each phone. I used 2.25 Gigs a day, no matter what. Frustrated, I talked to someone in support. I won't get too much into the frustration of that, but, after 4 hours with everything turned off and nothing plugged in, they sent me a new modem. I set it up yesterday. I turned on one phone and one iPad. I checked email on the phone. I looked at Amazon for about 20 minutes on the iPad. My mother asked if she could use the Wifi to check her email on her iPhone. She used it for less than an hour. No videos, a few jpegs, nothing major. 1.25 gigs of usage for the day. I guess that's an improvement, but my 20 Gig cap will still be gone before the month ends. With Hughesnet, I've given up on video altogether. I haven't watched a single video of any kind this month. I knew there would be no gaming with the latency, so that hasn't even been on the radar. At this point, I'm doing all my day to day internet usage on my cell phone plan, letting my mother use the data to check her email and doing any laptop updates in the middle of the night to take advantage of the bonus time. All told, my experience with Hughesnet has been underwhelming. The installer was rude to my mother (she's old, I'm her caregiver) and refused to install the dish in a place where it isn't visible from the road (all I asked). And... I can't really use it without burning through data at a ridiculous rate. Well, that's my vent. If anyone has a suggestion of what else I can do to make the next 2 years with Hughesnet more enjoyable, let me know. Thanks.
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