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Need opinions on Hughes Net

I've been using it for years. It's not very good but certainly better then dial-up for information coming into your computer. Hardly any better at all for uploading and sending data. Very slow at transmitting.

I curse it every day, but won't get rid of it because I don't have any better options. So, I guess I'll have to say that in my case, it's worth it.

Just keep in mind that the Feds limit how much you can downoad during certain hours - to keep cyber traffic down on the satellite. The cheapest plan limit is 100 MB per day unless you download in the middle of the night. Then it's unlimited.
 
Hey, the original lady (brunette) is one of the reasons I first got it. I kind of liked her, but she's gone. She did a few bit parts on Law & Order and I've never seen her since. I'm not too hot over the one they use now.
 
I am not impressed with Hughes as it goes out when the weather (clouds) are heavy.

Local cell phone says they offer 10X the speed of Hughes for less money and it is portable.

Hughes is $59.99
 
I had Hughes for a couple of years, it was better than dial-up for normal browsing but as soon as DSL was available we dumped it. Satellite is no good for really network intensive uses like VPN or online gaming if you're into that sort of thing.

How is your cell phone service? If you're in a digital service area it's a better alternative than satellite. I've used a Blackberry for a connection, it worked pretty good. Analog service on a cell phone barely works, slower than dial-up.
 
Where I live, my cell phone can't hardly make regular phone calls half the time. No way is it going to work for Internet access.

I'm paying $60 per month for Hughesnet, but it's worth it. Not by much, though. Dial up works extremely lousy and the undergound phone lines were put in during the middle 1950s. I suspect they're never going to be updated. Dial-up also means I need an extra phone line in the house that cost money.

The one big plus with Hughesnet is the ability to download large files. There were many huge databases in PDF files that I was never able to get with dial-up. Many are electric, diesel and tractor tech manuals. Free for the taking. With Hughesnet, I can now easily download, just have stay under the 100 MB limit if it's done during daytime. I've got a huge amount of tech stuff from all over the world that I've downloaded free and burnt onto CDs and DVDs. So for me, Hughes.net has been OK.
 
I suggest you check into a 3G USB modem from Verizon or AT&T. Both companies offer a 5GB/month package for $60/month. If the service is available in your area it's a much better choice than satellite.

I did have some problems for the first few months with my AT&T service; it kept dropping the calls. About a month ago something changed and it's working flawlessly.

Satellite service has several inherent problems. The biggest one is the huge latency that results from sending signals to a geosynchronous satellite 26,000 miles away and back to earth.
 
And Im guessing they dont have Time Warner Cable in your area, or Wyfi, or whatever its called, either? My wife just got a Toshiba laptop, it can connect to wireless were we can find a signal, (not at our house) but say like McDonalds has free wyfi, we tried it today to download modem drivers, since they think everyone has wireless the laptop came with no modem. Any way I was shocked how fast the wireless was, since I never used it before. If we could pick an unsecure signal, you dont even have to pay for the wireless just your internet provider.
 
Technically, Timewarner cable is "next door." My closest neighbor has it, but that's the end of the cable line. I own a 1/4 mile of property between that spot and where my house is. Timewarner wanted something like $18,000 to run a line to my house.
 
No dsl very remote valley almost nothing untill we got WILD BLUE satlite , fast and fairly reliable. Sometimes in bad storms it goes out but sure beats anything else avl. IF cell phone tower ever gets to this area expect that is the way I will go. Paying roughly $55.00 per month now.
 
Hoss;
I have used microwave broadband for over 2 years and have good service with it. Have internet, TV and telephone all through the system. No landline connection. No rain fade like the satellite systems.

Check the link below for service close to you.

Gene
Broadband
 
Bottom line: Satellite is better than dialup, but if you can get anything else, take it. (Yes, I"ve had satellite, but I no longer do)
 
got it last summer and still on it so far. i don't know of anything better in my area. we have been satisfied with it and it no longer ties up the one phone line to my shop. if its really foggy it can be slowed some but no big deal. I would do it again.
 
Satellite is (usually) one step better than dialup, but compared to DSL, it sucks.

Weather outages every time it clouds up, and take forever to get them to fix it when it goes out. I had Wild Blue for a while, was out over a month for a blown transceiver on the antenna.
 
I will second a 3G Modem from Verizon. I looked at all the options for my place in the sticks and it came down to this. Hughes is not launching any new satelites but Verizon and AT&T are changing their cell services. Satelite will remian the same while cell service is only going to get better. Gotta watch the 5 gig limit as going over it gets expensive real fast.
 
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