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« [HN7000S] Hughes new way of throttling my downloads is...  
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Cassie6

join:2006-10-12
Summerland, BC

reply to LesZ
Re: I wrote a review of picking a satellite internet provider...

Amen, my experience with Hughes and communication has been a nightmare. Basically the service began to degrade over the summer and by September it was completely gone. Called tech support they said the dish needed to be "tweaked." It took 3 weeks for the installer to show up and he spent hours at the house charged us $150 and didn't fix the problem. He had no extra equipment with him. Tech support says it's the transmitter. So they send out a new transmitter - had to phone 3 times to get them to ship it. Meanwhile I keep telling the tech support guy - there are no lights on the modem - I think the modem has failed. After 3rd attempt he decides to send a modem as well. It is now November - 2 and 1/2 months since we made contact. Cross-pol is still a problem. Tech support says get the installer - the installer doesn't show up but phones 3 days later and says he would like to sell us Xplorenet. I keep contacting Hughes asking for the Installer course so I can become certified (no faith in the only Installer in our area). After 3 email attempts - no answer. No credit for our service loss either. What a nightmare. I thought dealing with Bell Expressvu was bad but this even "tops" that one. I've taken care of the problem myself now and we are back up and running - AMEN to nightmare service - they were great when they were trying to sell me the system though. Don't know if Xplorenet is better but will be looking at my options come next September....

LesZ

join:2006-08-23
Scales Mound, IL

reply to uncool
The part of your review that I might question is the part of communication. While, before the sale, it might be easy to get information from the sales staff at Hughes, perhaps accurate information and perhaps not, once you have been sold the product, communication is a virtually guaranteed absolute nightmere. From customer care through tech support, Hughes employees are allowed only to read from a limited script. If you have a problem, either you are not going to get an answer to your questions, you are going to get lies, you are going to get excuses as to why nothing can be done, or you are going to get bounced, in an endless chain, from one department to another. Trying to solve a problem with Hughes is an experience like no other that I have ever had in dealing with any company, and no other is even close.
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