Anyone ever use Hughes internet?

Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by tucker, May 10, 2019.

Is it ok?

Poll closed Feb 19, 2021.
  1. Yeah

    19.4%
  2. Nope

    35.5%
  3. I dunno

    9.7%
  4. I dunno but I voted yeah

    3.2%
  5. I dunno but I voted nope

    3.2%
  6. I dunno and I voted I dunno

    35.5%
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  1. austinmike

    austinmike Road Train Member

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    Mom had it out in the sticks down by Lake of the Ozarks several years ago - It worked but was real slooooow
     
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  3. rabbiporkchop

    rabbiporkchop Road Train Member

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    Super fast until you hit your limit.
    Slower than dialup after that.
    Paying for the highest plan solves the problem. $130.00 per month for 50 gigs of data. Once you hit the data limit it chokes you back to nothing until the next billing cycle.
    HughesNet Satellite Internet Plans & Packages | SatelliteInternet.com
     
  4. Western flyer

    Western flyer Road Train Member

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    I have Hughes net.
    I'm on it now.
    I live in the sticks also.
    Nothing else available.

    Heard nothing but horror stories about it beforehand,
    But it was Hughes's net or nothing.
    Signed up about 4 years ago, it came with the dish package.

    10 gigabytes for the month, 80 bucks.
    50 gigabytes between 2am and 8am.
    When everybody was sleeping.

    It's not high speed,but you can search the web
    Just fine and watch YouTube or any other videos
    Without buffering.
    It gets the job done.

    I always ran out of data before the month was up
    When it was connected with dish.
    From the kids watching videos all day.
    It sucked but I wasn't paying for anymore data,
    I just waited till the next month came along.

    About 2 years ago when I renewed my dish tv.
    They were no longer packaging Hughes net
    With them.
    They separated for whatever ever reason.

    Instead of one bill, I had to separate ones.
    I still pay Hughes the 80 bucks a month.
    Automatically withdrawn from my account.

    Never once talked to anybody at Hughes in
    All these years.
    Now I don't know why,but I'm not bothering to call and ask anybody about it.

    Ever since they split from dish tv, I haven't run
    Out of data one time. I have no idea why.
    We use more now than we ever did.
    Never hear a peep from Hughes.

    I used to get a email when we used 75 percent
    Of our data for the month.
    Now I get nothing about nothing ever.

    Once a month they take their 81 bucks
    And that's the only communication we have.
    And no,dial up is not even remotely close to it.

    I'm perfectly happy with it until the cable
    Company decides to run some lines out
    In the sticks.
     
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  5. tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

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    I guess since I have unlimited data on my Verizon smartphone I’ll have them hook up my hotspot thing again.
    Anyone know how much Amazon Prime tv I can watch before they throttle me back?
     
  6. halfassdriver

    halfassdriver Light Load Member

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    It’s terrible I’ve had it 2.5 yrs on 3 yr contract. Gonna burn it
     
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