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Review by lrymal See Profile
member for 9.2 years, 312 visits, last login: 2 days ago
updated 61 days ago

  • Joaquin,Shelby,TX
  • Contract price not specified.
  • "FAST! GEN4 I'm rural! No cell, no cable modem, no DSL. This is all I got!"
  • "Latency (unavoidable due to it being satellite) may cause website timeouts"
  • "No other options! So far, I'm delighted, for my purposes (no video gaming, etc.)"
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I have been on the new GEN4 and am extremely satisfied. My previous HughesNet averaged about 2500-3500 whereas GEN4 is NOW averaging 7000-10000. Upload speed is easily triple what I had with the previous HughesNet.

HughesNet contracts out with satellite installers, so one is at their mercy. My installer who scrapped my previous system and installed the new GEN4 was pleasant, competent, and explained as he went along. He didn't seem to mind my shadowing him.

Background here is very rural. No DSL, No cell signal, no cable modem. So far, I'm delighted, for my purposes (no video gaming, etc.) No video-on-demand. E-mail, Facebook, webpage content is the main demand here.

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diablo1892
Say hello to my little friend

join:2011-04-21
Friendly, WV
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I would agree

just to let ya know pal, restarting your modem does absolutely nothing only makes you set everything back up to where it will work again. We did have linksys once but it was crap so we're using D-link now and has been working a hell of a lot better but if your linksys and restarting everything for you works then thats good. We have frontier just down our road maybe 50 feet but still ain't able to get it so maybe next year we might get it.. Just a couple of things i hate worst about hughesnet is latency and the fact that it does not like switches, if you don't hock it up corectly then the whole thing will never work thats all there is to that.

If you like hughesnet i recommend you to stay with them cause they say they will upgrade everything sometime soon.
permalink · 2011-10-09 08:16:10 · Print · Reply to this ·
zeddlar

join:2007-04-09
Jay, OK
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Re: I would agree

I have been running a switch since the 4000 modems and have the 9000 now and a router but that is only because I wanted the wireless for my phone, I ran the 9000 for a year on the same switch I have always had completely trouble free before I got the router and in fact I have to reset the router about once a week to keep the email working on my wifes computer and I never had to do that with the switch. I do have to agree with the D-Link part of the equation though, that is what my switch was and like I said, it ran trouble free for 10 years and is now working with a friends HN7000s system flawlessly.
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HughesNet elite plan/.74 dish w/1watt trans. / 9000 modem / 3 computers on a linksy's wired network
permalink · 2011-10-16 10:43:13 · Print · Reply to this ·
patt2k

join:2009-01-16

?

just wondering never heard of anyone not being able to get even cell service , not even verizon services your area? I mean Verizon Wireless.

Thanks just wondering
permalink · 2013-03-10 13:55:28 · Reply to this ·

admin123

@myvzw.com

Re: ?

Theres lots of ppl can't get wireless .
permalink · 2013-03-10 17:48:35 · Reply to this ·
lrymal

join:2004-02-24
Joaquin, TX

No wireless

No cell phone signal here. No microwave... NADA. HughesNet is IT.
permalink · 2013-03-18 14:47:12 · Reply to this ·
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