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 Review by AlsknSnoBals 
UPDATED: 1 year ago
member for 1.2 years, 219 visits, last login: 176 days ago
 Guthrie,Logan,OK
 Contract price not specified.
 "Always on and decent download speed."
 "The new FAP makes Hughes Internet unusable."
 "Gawd, if I had another choice, I'd take it in a minute."
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I finally escaped the HughesNet toilet. Granted, my freedom cost me nearly two months on dial up, but it was a sacrifice I was ready to make after Hughes grandstanded everyone on their new FAP policy. Sure, the champion hounds say those of us who cannot afford to pay for service we cannot use are barking up the wrong tree, but a hundred bucks a month is a lot of money to pay for service outpaced by dial up. Now, I am on cable, which is so much better.
If nothing else is available, get WildBlue or something else. Hughes has finally landed itself in the toilet after spending all that time and effort to get on top of its game. Figures because they do a lot of government, which shows in how they operate their company. It's typical military thinking-if it works, screw it up so nobody can use it then send it back out into the field.
Hughes once had a decent Internet company. Their speeds were comparable to other broadband providers and their Fair Access Policy was decent. Now, in midstream, they changed the rules. Download 400 megs per day and you are better off using dial up because they chop your service for 24-48 hours to below dial up speeds. In short, they ruined a half decent service and charge three times what everyone else charges for a below average product.
Just try to find customer or tech support. I called to cancel my account because the new Fair Access Policy makes the service useless and all I heard on the other end was the sound of tumbleweeds blowing by. Evidently, nobody's been home for a long time.
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If you must get Hughes.. get the payment plan