[Hidden-tech] HughesNet reviews

[Jeannette Tibbetts]

Hi Greg:
I moved to New Salem 2 years ago and was concerned about working from home
using satellite. I always have had cable and didn't know life without it!

With Hughesnet, I've had relatively few issues...but I have learned a few
things (like, don't use Carbonite--that blew away my month's bandwidth in a
couple of hours--and definitely no Netflix streaming). 

Weather has not caused an issue at all. Speed is fine. Whenever I've called
support, I've been happy after the call.

I pay about $60/mo for 10 GB; between 2 am-8 am, there's a free bandwidth
allotment, which I use for updates and large downloads; if I need extra
regular bandwidth, I can buy 10 more for $30 (rarely necessary...except when
I learned my Carbonite lesson!)

As a backup, I have a wifi hotspot through Boost Mobile (@ $50/mo) just in
case Hughesnet is having issues or I run low on bandwidth (though I've not
had to use it much). 

Jeannette
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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 09:38:24 -0400
From: Greg Caulton <greg at gregcaulton.com>
Subject: [Hidden-tech] HughesNet reviews
To: Hidden-Tech Tech <Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>
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G?day y?all :-)

Does anyone have anything positive to say about HughesNet satellite
internet?

Online reviews are almost universally terrible and you get the impression
that they?d be worse if users could give it less than 1 star!

BUT, we need faster access than Verizon DSL (to which I can?t give much more
than 1 star) and Shutesbury won?t have fibre for another 18 months or so.

So has anyone had a good experience with HughesNet?

Greg
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