I have been dealing with this same thing as well. I have talked to a bunch of people at hughesnet.....one thing I will say is they stick to their guns on not letting you out of a contract. Reading all the post on this community site just confirms to me that they have oversold their technology and don't have the bandwidth to keep up with their customers. During troubleshooting and getting speeds of under a 1 Meg I litterally have been asked if I can get to google.com....when I answered yes he said "so your internet works" I said no it does not....not at night when I am at home. He said "it works, it just does not work for you" If bringing up the simplest, smallest web site is their definition of "working" and speeds under a meg are acceptable on a "up to 15 meg" service, I guess I just don't get it. I have asked to be let out of my contract due to the poor service issues and have been told no. I have submitted a complaint to the Federal Comunicaton Commisson and been told no, the service is within what Hughesnet considers normal speeds. I submitted a DTCP compliant and was told the same thing. READ YOUR COMMUNITY BOARD. This is not beam issue or a safe mode issue. You have oversold your bandwidth and you are not delivering the product to your customers. Period. 100 bucks a month.......
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