Wow, what a difference a few years make -

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Wow, what a difference a few years make

Ahhh, those were the days

At my vacation house in the early 2000's we didn't have digital cable or DSL available so I went with dial-return satellite. After looking into a few providers I went with AOL Plus DirecPC over SATMEX 5. AOL was lame, but their resold service had no FAP while Starband and regular DirecPC service did. With concurrent connections I routinely saw 3-3.5Mb, all day every day which at the time was even faster than my then Cox@Home service. And the kicker was the service cost only $45/mo ($24.95+$19.95 for the Plus service). Now with DirecPC (aka DirecWay aka hughesnet) people struggle to see 500kbps with some lucky to beat dial-up.
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dellt6

join:2005-10-27
Nursery, TX

I agree, only wish I could consistently get 500kbs, when it works in the mornings, I get around 1000kbs d/l and around 180-190 u/l, however around noon daily it's like someone turns off the bandwidth facet and I don't have internet until around midnight. Each new day offers the same of crappy service. I have threatened lawsuits, I sent a certified letter to their offices in Illinois without anyone even signing for it since it's been two weeks and no return receipt yet.

I can not say enough bad things about Hughesnet, if there is a God, this company will go the way of the NYTs and GM.

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HughesNet Sued For Poor Service > Wow, what a difference a few years make

Wow, what a difference a few years make