[Hidden-tech] HughesNet reviews

[Rich Roth]

Disclaimer - I am not the user BUT ...

One of my co-workers has used HughesNet since she moved to Ashfield a 
couple of years ago,

it clearly has issues with bandwidth limits, esp when using GotoMeeting 
for online lessons,
and now some video hungry family members (not only teens)

In her area, there is no DSL option although she used to have it in Colrain,
which, from my test there, are comparable - I can't give detailed speed 
comparisons.

For command line use (ssh), delay is pretty bad.

Net-net: she has had reasonable speed access in all weather (a bit 
surprising),
with only occasional over-bandwidth charges.

SO I can't compare to DSL if you do have the option, if there is no option
HughesNet works pretty well.

Rich

On 9/30/2017 9:38 AM, Greg Caulton wrote:
> 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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