Topic 'Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer' in forum 'HughesNet Satellite' - dslreports.com

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:41:00 EDT

DogT posted : OK, after the first few weeks of slow loads, and a fair amount of complaining, it's working fine now. Haven't had to call support for about a month now. Keeping my fingers crossed. I would have gone to Exede, but didn't want gmail and the wife didn't want to change email addresses either.

It's actually working better than the 7000 because things load up faster and the free period until 11am is not bad when you want to download that large porn movie just after you roll out of bed, eh?

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:36:15 EDT

pablo1516 posted : I had Gen4 for 5 months as well, only one or two minor hiccups.

Download speeds average 6-8 Mbs
Upload speeds avg 500-700 Kbs

So far, so good.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:01:50 EDT

ranman2 posted : March 20th, 5 months on Hughesnet still satisfied with the service, no problems to report.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:28:57 EDT

WallyEstes posted : email sent.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:41:42 EDT

DogT posted : OK, how do you disable the web acceleration on the modem? I've always noticed that if the web acceleration is not working, it really doesn't work too?

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:55:47 EDT

WallyEstes posted : The same delay is happening to me and others also.

I disabled web acceleration on the modem and the delays went away.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:35:58 EDT

DogT posted : Our G4 has now been in operation for 1 month now. Just rolled over to another 10GB. I did call yesterday, March 12 and complained about having to wait for pages to load for what I call excessive amounts of time. Like anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes. I know nothing is wrong because when I do the 'connectivity test' it is fine. There's a block at the NOC I'm sure for some unknown reason. Every time I try to call service, I have to wait so long things work again and they can never get a test on it. I did have a tech out once and he said the equipment is fine, but he also saw the problems. Now I'm not saying it's like this all the time. I've been making a list of when it happens. The 9th it happened 3 times, at least a 6 minute wait. The 11th again 3 times, and on the 12th I waited at least 15 minutes for things to start working. Now when it works, it's fine. My download speeds range from 3 to 9 mb, usually the upper end. I did negotiate a 3 month $20/mo refund. They keep telling me things will improve and I actually got one guy to tell me they know there's an issue, most of them tell me it's static in the modem. What BS. I'm on beam 33. Since I just started a new 2 year service, we'll see if maybe the verizon 4G LTE may be available to us by then. Now that would be some serious competition.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:22:00 EDT

Sandeea728 posted : Count me in! I am thinking of starting a website "Let's put HughesNet out of Business" and charging a $1.00 to visitors... using the money to advertise on every page that HughesNet searches might turn up. This is a group of dishonest clowns. After speaking at length with the salesman who assured me that the speed would accommodate my insurance/health care management business needs and the use of LogMeIn for my remote workers, I spent three weeks going back and forth with the "professionals" at HughesNet. Although the speeds I was experiencing was closer to what I might get with a 20 cent dial up modem, they kept telling me everything was working just fine. For you consumers out there who expect people to be straight with you, speed and latency are two different things. Speed is upload/download. This is what they advertise. I bought the shiny new Gen4 version to handle my business needs with lightening speeds of up to 15 mps. Up to is the operational word. I learned that HughesNet means by UP TO is that is is not beyond the realm of possibility, but don't count on it... What they really mean, according to Tier 4 Hugh at HughesNet, is that you can expect only 60% of that speed.. so 15 really means 9.... Still doesn't sound so bad does it... Well it is. This doesn't mean that your speeds will vary between 9 and 15 ... it means that if you AVERAGE 9, then you are spot on... So if you get a 2, 3, 5 10, 15, and an 8 and this averages an 8.6, well you are really close to that 60%,so you're all good. Latency is another little speed issue they don't mention until you complain that everything you are using times out. Then they yell at you!! Dummy, don't you know that the signal is going all the way to outer space, some 23,000 miles and back. What are you expecting, miracles????? I really thing ol' Hugh needs to take a Valium! But then, no, I did not know that. I thought that if you asked if a company could perform a service, they would be honest enough to tell you if it was not possible. Not HughesNet. What a bunch of clowns!!! I am not a nut... I rarely complain about stuff. If you are an innocent thinking that maybe only malcontents are posting here, please believe me... RUN!!! Verizon Wireless MIFI which fits inside my purse provides 20X faster service, polite and helpful customer service and the price is far more reasonable. :uhh:

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:48:03 EDT

DogT posted : Yes, I'm getting in the 700's now, my HN7000S was over a second usually. There are still some pages that take a few seconds to load. I was just looking at Verizon Home Fusion, but my usage is mostly browsing, no movies, games, etc. so even the 7000 was adequate for me, it was just getting tiresome with the slow evenings and drop outs for an hour or more. And Verizon is no cheaper. Perhaps my equipment was getting old and unreliable, anyhow I'm on G4 now.

I'm just having trouble accessing my account, it's a strange way to get to it, the Support Center that is. I got into it one time, and now it just ignores me.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:38:28 EDT

Elkhorn posted : DogT - I've found latency to be slightly better with Gen4 than my old HN7000S - an avg of 736 vs 862..........
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Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:17:15 EDT

DogT posted : Something in our HN7000S died on Sunday the 10th and I called to have them fix it, but Monday morning the 11th I called and said to go G4. Installer called Tuesday morning and said they'd be out Wednesday morning. I thought 'Yeah, sure'. Installer called again Tuesday pm to verify and they showed up Wednesday morning and G4 was going by noon. Now that's not bad. I've heard other experiences, but mine was not bad. I'm getting around 7-8MB down, don't worry about up. Latency is what kills me and the computer, but so far no DNS or 'Try again' signs.

I did have to move the dish to the roof because of tree issue, so it cost me an extra $125. We'll see. Hopefully I don't get the really slow speeds Sunday evenings. But like I say, sometimes I wait for 2 seconds or so for pages to start showing up.

Been a customer since 5-06. Too bad they don't give any discounts for long customers. There have been a few exasperating periods, but hey, what to expect?

I wouldn't say I'm a really happy customer, but where to go? not sure going Exede would be much different and then I'd have to deal with a strange email system. At least this way I keep email and have 5 more. Guess we have to look on the positive.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:09:55 EDT

Elkhorn posted : nodachi - please re-read my post, the 66 referred to my SIGNAL STRENGTH, not my speeds. The point I was trying to make was that even though my signal strength was cut in half by snow I was still getting good speeds..............
Also, welcome to our forum, a suggestion, go to preferences, find the attitude button, dial it down a bit - ok ???!!!!!................
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Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 04:31:19 EDT

nodachi posted :

said by Elkhorn:

but internet still working fine at 66.............

I am suggesting you should be on dialup as you clearly are not in need of the internet.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:14:45 EDT

Elkhorn posted : nodachi - not sure if your post is directed at me, if it is, actually even if it isn't, I have no idea what you're trying to say......
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Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:25:47 EDT

nodachi posted : not for those of us who like to actually use it beyond email and surfing. Realistically with how long youtube has been around the only appropriate response to your statement is... Have you been living in a cave for the last 2 decades?!?!

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:33:30 EDT

Elkhorn posted : Snowing hard here and snow on the dish, signal went down to 66 before removing snow (from my normal 125) but internet still working fine at 66.............
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Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:52:17 EDT

nodachi posted : Yes enjoy the honeymoon while you can. You will sound different in six months when your new hubby decides to start fisting you against your will.

Of the 28 month I have been with them the first six months were great! But now I don't even get a reach around.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:14:20 EDT

ranman2 posted : January 27th, no issues or problems to report.. :)

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:44:08 EDT

jsme304 posted : I am glad that we have Exede....

Your Speed Result: Speakeasy
Download Speed: 16002 kbps (2000.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2348 kbps (293.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

this on the Gov. Recovery plan of 7-9GB down and 2GB up

Re: Can't Say the Same

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:22:35 EDT

diablo1892 posted : The BBB gave them an A+, I still can't believe that.. Yes my speeds here too are turning upside face down to the floor at evening times, around noonish sometimes and other times but as long as its working, I guess.
The day before yesterday, hughes was doing maintenance to beam 32 (my beam) and I toke a look at the modem page and it shown it had 130 of signal strength... Well thats obviously the first.. Getting stronger signal strength after maintenance and THEN it drops right back down to hovering around 100... AHHHHHHH BOOOM!!

You say your having a drought there? Could be sun spotts (also known as solar flares) causing the issue. I wouldn't recommend calling for another possible truck roll, the only thing they'll do is dust your dish (haha.. I could have done that with my broom). Like they did mine and tell you nothings wrong with it.
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Can't Say the Same

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:54:35 EDT

ecoalex posted : Have the Gen 4 since Oct 18.Beam 19 Ca Sierras.Others on this beam have the same problem;for 1 month after install speeds good,then dial-up at nite,after complaining,I got fixed,it lasted another month now back to dial up at nite,worse yet 4 outages in the last week. Suz,Sara in Hughes forum ask for Case #'s so they can "help".Really? My last post a new topic on our common problems was deleted that's 2x for me now.The executive Stephanie also seems to blow smoke also.Calling Bangalore is a good way to have a stroke.The excuses are endless,and are your fault,router,firefox,clouds,rain,we're having a drought for crissake.I have a case number and a higher tier phone # after this,I'm calling my US Senators,after all Hughes got $58 Million US recovery funds,also the FCC and the BBB,to give a bad actor complaint.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:26:40 EDT

anon posted : Been a long time Hughes customer - nothing better for now.
Before G4 I was getting 1.4M down and 200 up on a good day 400K down and 50K up on a bad (evenings). I had a 2 week fight with Hughes (2 hour sessions) about the performance when I first installed G4. It never went over 500K down and 100K up. High level tech support which they promised after 3 two hour sessions never responded but at some point they magically fixed it. Now I'm seeing 7MB and 800K on a good day and 400k and 50K on a bad. It is very erratic. It will go between the worst and best between tests. Evenings it is usually worst.
To the satisfied users I agree. It does work. When they fix problems it works even better but getting them to admit something isnt right, is just ridiculous. The tech support, India and the US, are always trying to tell you that you dont have a problem when their own tests say there is. Their product works but it could and should be sooo much better. As soon as I can switch to something else I will and I'm not alone. That's a poor business model for any company.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:21:03 EDT

janedeaux posted : I don't run speed tests either. As long as web pages load quickly, and videos don't buffer, I'm happy. Occasionally visit the wildblue section of dslr, and they have complaints too. It's not all honey and roses there, but maybe better than here.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:29:02 EDT

Elkhorn posted : Beam 10 in Oregon and very satisfied with speeds, up and down since switching in November.
I rarely run speed tests, just as I've never run my VW R32 up to top speed to see if it's as fast as advertised. Those of you that know what an R32 is know it's plenty fast enough *grins*
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Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:15:02 EDT

nedriv posted : So maybe they should go "fix" Harry's speeds.
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Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:49:29 EDT

nasfan24 posted : That is a good question. I feel it is because Harry is getting those good speeds. If all of us see them we will expect the same. They don't want that.
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Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:41:17 EDT

diablo1892 posted : Hahaha ricky shows his speed results on there like 5 times... how come hes still able to post those and not harry, anymore?? Sorry for going OT

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:36:33 EDT

nasfan24 posted : Maybe if I didn't know better I would except those speeds. However I have all these test to show the speeds I was getting over a period of time.

»community.myhughesnet.com/hughes···you_snow
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Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:28:23 EDT

diablo1892 posted :

said by nasfan24:

Date/Time Down(kbps) Up(kbps)
01/16/2013 12:28:01 6117 93
01/15/2013 18:22:03 1045 11
01/15/2013 18:18:22 713 13
01/15/2013 18:11:58 904 20
01/15/2013 18:09:03 648 143

They are not good at all. I can't believe I am stuck for 22 more months. 3 computers all with similar speed results.

The biggest part of that group seems ok except these ones.. They could be congestion so no worries (not your end) and its been said over and over from time to time that its recommended to do a speedtest everyday approx. a total of 6 times each day or 4, do a few in the morning and one in afternoon.
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Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:20:12 EDT

nasfan24 posted : I have been a HughesNet customer since 2003 and was happy for almost 100% of the time. I did have a few issues but they were fixed and my system ran pretty good. I had the DW6000 and the HN7000S. Now I have upgraded, I mean downgraded, to the Gen 4. I am in MD and on beam 34. Here are my latest speed test. I am on the lowest plan. Of course these were run from the HughesNet site since that is the only speed test results they will accept.

Date/Time Down(kbps) Up(kbps)
01/16/2013 12:30:38 3101 765
01/16/2013 12:29:21 2751 885
01/16/2013 12:28:01 6117 93
01/16/2013 12:27:16 3602 894
01/16/2013 12:19:07 6023 937
01/16/2013 12:18:25 5512 920
01/16/2013 08:11:20 7986 850
01/16/2013 08:10:05 7343 768
01/16/2013 08:09:12 8469 864
01/16/2013 08:08:29 4817 879
01/16/2013 08:07:41 8078 908
01/16/2013 08:06:59 7243 704
01/15/2013 18:22:03 1045 11
01/15/2013 18:18:22 713 13
01/15/2013 18:14:48 1954 18
01/15/2013 18:11:58 904 20
01/15/2013 18:09:03 648 143
01/15/2013 16:19:03 7692 772
01/15/2013 16:17:29 3938 923
01/15/2013 16:16:33 5903 395

They are not good at all. I can't believe I am stuck for 22 more months. 3 computers all with similar speed results.
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Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:40:10 EDT

sharkyyoung posted : Well diablo
Just saw your answer on the community and maybe it is just the equipment at Hughes and not the beam. Hope it all works out.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:23:09 EDT

sharkyyoung posted : here they are:
01/15/2013 21:37:57

259

8
01/15/2013 21:32:35

275

14
01/15/2013 21:29:07

324

9

diablo1892

I really think it is the beam you are on, I say this because when SPW3 came out they were going to upgrade me and it didn't work real well, so from an engineer at Hughes, yes you heard that right an engineer finally said that there was an issue with the beam I was on so I stayed on the 7000 for a few more years and then had to switch and at that time all was good.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:48:48 EDT

pablo1516 posted : My Gen 4 speeds are strong again:

01/15/2013 22:20:29 7254 767
01/15/2013 22:19:29 11175 902
01/15/2013 22:18:39 9709 887

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:54:29 EDT

diablo1892 posted : here they are:
01/15/2013 21:37:57

259

8
01/15/2013 21:32:35

275

14
01/15/2013 21:29:07

324

9

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:19:17 EDT

diablo1892 posted : I don't even wanna talk about mine... »testmy.net/compID/635986857673

When testing, i see the download bar drop clear down to 0 then jump up a little then die back down to 0 then shoots back up.. I can't do an upload speed at all cause it times out and I'm still trying to get hughesnets speedtest tools to load but again it keeps timing out.. Second night this is happening so far, with random disconnections.
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Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:03:29 EDT

OldSatUser posted : Those are decent speeds and I would think most sat internet users would be happy with that. Hope they hold for you.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:16:40 EDT

PCsongBird posted : ranman2, we are probably on the same beam, beam 57, here in N. Fla. Had our Gen 4 system as long as you have, with virtually no problems either.
Speeds tonight 13.59 Mbps down / 1.57 Mbps up on the 15/2 plan. The forums are full of those with problems, but there are far more users with good running systems not posting, because they are out using their systems and enjoying it... thus no need to post.
And those with problems are far more vocal than those without.
Glad it's working for you.
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Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:02:56 EDT

ranman2 posted : I've been testing with speed test most everyday, a few times its been slower than above, on average it's been running 9 to 10 down and .5 to 1.5 up Mbps, hope your wrong about it not lasting. I'll update this post if I start having problems with it.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:46:16 EDT

ranman2 posted : Just tried it with speed test and results were comparable with above, currently we have two computers connected and being used.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:43:59 EDT

anon posted : I'm glad that you are happy with that speed, but that's not what you should be getting. Nor will it last.

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:37:42 EDT

ranman2 posted : Just tried testmy.net it is at 7.7 Mbps down 325 Kbps up

Re: Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:29:31 EDT

OldSatUser posted : Glad you are satisfied. But what type of speed are you seeing when you do a speedtest with say testmy.net.

Satisfied Hughesnet gen4 customer

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:19:19 EDT

ranman2 posted : After all of the negative comments on this site and others I was very wary of trying Hughesnet but I needed a reliable Internet connection and signed up in october after getting a recommendation from a longtime Hughesnet user, I'm happy to report after being on Gen4 for 3 months now that its been great, no problems or issues with anything.
Just want to put this out there for people who don't have any other good options for their Internet that for me it's been great!