Last month my remaining data increased on certain days?
I became a HughesNet customer / satellite internet user for the first time on April 2nd. For the first 2weeks I had certain days where my remaining data (both Plan Data and Bonus Data) would increase; sometimes back up to the full 20GB on my plan. I've included snap screen pics of my usage history and at the top it says Used but at the bottom it says Remaining (highlighted) for the same #. I didn't understand the calculation process, but the results were sure in my favor. I thought "Wow internet data must stretch longer than mobile data." Come April 17th the usage chart showed we had 20GB of remaining Plan Data. That made me think we could switch down to the 10GB plan. When I did (April 18th) the data ran out in no time - even though we didn't add any devices/services or change our browsing/streaming habits. I called Hughes to find out what had changed to increase the amount of data we were losing daily. Unfortunately the foreign girl I talked to did not understand what I was asking and 45 minutes later I had 3 free data tokens and her brilliant advice to switch my TV from the 2.4G Network to the 5G, but no real answers. By the 23rd we were out of Plan Data. So the beginning of this month I changed back to the 20GB plan. And despite the fact that I REMOVED some devices and RESTRICTED data to certain apps, we ran out on the 11th! I've made some more changes but with such a leak I refuse to buy tokens that might last an hour or 2, so I'm waiting for the 1st when we re-up to see how fast the GB's will go now. This means we've paid for "high speed" internet but since the 12th we've had to use the degraded Data for Dummies speed internet 😒 Can anybody explain this phenomenon?Solved5.7KViews0likes7Comments
Dropbox and Data
Finding that my expectations for internet are high. I use a ton of data for school, and my wife uses a ton for work. it has been a little over two years for us on Hughesnet. Now the first year was a total nightmare with equipment failing and (LOL) Falling off the house. I found most my help within the fourms as calling in was a total waste of time. With that being said, and all the service issues corrected, I have learned a few tweeks. I am on here today because I absolutly can not get my wifes dropbox account to work anymore. Here is what I have done so far: 1. uninstalled and reinstalled 2. changed the bandwith settings 3. allowed full network speeds 4. (worked for two days) Alotted 2,500mbps download and 1,500mpbs upload I am out of ideas. I have also tried to load from the browser (safari, chrome, and opera) I can't even get to the website via brower as the conection seems to not exist. I a feeling that this is not a Hughesnet issue, because we are forced to all work and play from home. I used Dropbox support and of course they blame hughesnet? What are your thoughts? Thanks, RobSolved16KViews0likes21Comments
I need to get in contact with Hughesnet about data loss. One day into my data cycle and data is gone
So this has happened three months in a row now. I'm in a computer field so i don't want to waste time with all the "Well are you sure you know what is using internet." because I am. The answer is there is no possible device in my house still using the internet and we are already at 0% on our 30GB data plan. I've notice Hughesnet is pinning a lot of data loss advice posts, almost like they know this problem is internal and a lot of people are having this issue but they don't want to deal with it and they hope people just believe they are the ones at fault. I just want to get in contact with someone at Hughesnet who can start running tests and determine what they need to do to fix this issue. I know for a fact it is on their end, especially after reading many related posts here. If I need to give any info on here to get started let me know. Also I will need to be alerted to where Hughesnet is contacting me, if they try by email they might try going to one I don't use often. Thank you, community members!Solved12KViews0likes19Comments
