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I am thinking about getting Hughes.net for home internet.
My internet usage is totally vanilla, streaming, games etc.
Has anyone used Hughes.net, and are you happy with the service?
My friend had it, it was super slow it didn't work at all.
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I am thinking about getting Hughes.net for home internet.
My internet usage is totally vanilla, streaming, games etc.
Has anyone used Hughes.net, and are you happy with the service?
As someone who had to support resold Hughes net networking I can tell you that satellite internet is great at downloading large bulks of information, otherwise you run into a problem of physics, adding 88,000 miles of round trip to your internet connectivity(1 hop to space then back to Hughes network gateway on earth, then back to space and then to you) are going to be super latency, gaming is not recommended nor is streaming, it can also be hella spotty as any weather events at your location or at hughes(which I think is in North Carolina?) will impede the line of sight needed between the dishes. I’ve never heard a good experience with satellite.
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I am thinking about getting Hughes.net for home internet.
My internet usage is totally vanilla, streaming, games etc.
Has anyone used Hughes.net, and are you happy with the service?
Any sat internet that does not use low earth satellites is a giant pain. Pings measured in seconds, very low bandwidth, and very low data caps.
Pick basically anything else if you have the option.
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I am thinking about getting Hughes.net for home internet.
My internet usage is totally vanilla, streaming, games etc.
Has anyone used Hughes.net, and are you happy with the service?
They have it out here in the more rural parts of North Carolina and it’s pretty bad.
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I am thinking about getting Hughes.net for home internet.
My internet usage is totally vanilla, streaming, games etc.
Has anyone used Hughes.net, and are you happy with the service?
satellite is what i would call 'burst rate' access. its great for simple back and forth, but time-sensitive bidirectional communication like gaming is not going to work.
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I am thinking about getting Hughes.net for home internet.
My internet usage is totally vanilla, streaming, games etc.
Has anyone used Hughes.net, and are you happy with the service?
My father had it when he was trying to consolidate his utilities. It was nearly unusable even for watching a 720p youtube video. Whenever I visited his house, I elected to work offline rather than pull my hair out
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I am thinking about getting Hughes.net for home internet.
My internet usage is totally vanilla, streaming, games etc.
Has anyone used Hughes.net, and are you happy with the service?
It's one of those use cases where I would very reluctantly take the L and order Starlink.
Classic satellite Internet is borderline unusable. Forget about any sort of call or video chat, you'll be seconds behind on watching streams. If you want to stream yourself, it won't be great and the stream delay will be horrible.
You can do bulk download, like downloading large games, that's about the only thing that works well.
Also last I heard, the data caps and bandwidth were also really crap.
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I am thinking about getting Hughes.net for home internet.
My internet usage is totally vanilla, streaming, games etc.
Has anyone used Hughes.net, and are you happy with the service?
Hughes.net is slow and has an absurdly low data cap. I wouldn't personally use it.
There's Starlink... but, you know, "Elon".
Other than that you have Viasat. About the same price as Starlink.
Global Communications | Services, Solutions & Satellite Internet
Viasat is a global communications company connecting homes, businesses, governments & militaries with satellite internet, connectivity solutions, & additional services.
Viasat.com (www.viasat.com)
Unlimited data but "Download speeds are up to up to 25- 50 Mbps, 25-100 Mbps or 25-150 Mbps based on location."
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I am thinking about getting Hughes.net for home internet.
My internet usage is totally vanilla, streaming, games etc.
Has anyone used Hughes.net, and are you happy with the service?
I used to work for a WISP and the number one thing I heard from most of our customers was how shitty Hughesnet is. I have never heard a good thing about them, even before I got into this kind of work or knew much about networking. The only reason anyone ever had them was because they didn't know about terrestrial based WISPs and lived outside of an area covered by traditional landline services.
I highly recommend looking into WISPs (Wireless Internet Service Providers) in your area. You can get super fast speeds more typical of normal internet service, and it's also far more reliable than satellite based service. It does, however, tend to be more expensive.
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I am thinking about getting Hughes.net for home internet.
My internet usage is totally vanilla, streaming, games etc.
Has anyone used Hughes.net, and are you happy with the service?
They are well known for being just about the worst ISP imaginable. Not just for crappy network speeds in both ways, but actively hostile to the customer.
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They are well known for being just about the worst ISP imaginable. Not just for crappy network speeds in both ways, but actively hostile to the customer.
Oh shit!!
Thanks for the heads up
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I used to work for a WISP and the number one thing I heard from most of our customers was how shitty Hughesnet is. I have never heard a good thing about them, even before I got into this kind of work or knew much about networking. The only reason anyone ever had them was because they didn't know about terrestrial based WISPs and lived outside of an area covered by traditional landline services.
I highly recommend looking into WISPs (Wireless Internet Service Providers) in your area. You can get super fast speeds more typical of normal internet service, and it's also far more reliable than satellite based service. It does, however, tend to be more expensive.
Thanks man!
I am researching WISPs now
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Hughes.net is slow and has an absurdly low data cap. I wouldn't personally use it.
There's Starlink... but, you know, "Elon".
Other than that you have Viasat. About the same price as Starlink.
Global Communications | Services, Solutions & Satellite Internet
Viasat is a global communications company connecting homes, businesses, governments & militaries with satellite internet, connectivity solutions, & additional services.
Viasat.com (www.viasat.com)
Unlimited data but "Download speeds are up to up to 25- 50 Mbps, 25-100 Mbps or 25-150 Mbps based on location."
Yeah I scoped out viasat, but Hughes was cheaper. Are you pleased with viasat?
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It's one of those use cases where I would very reluctantly take the L and order Starlink.
Classic satellite Internet is borderline unusable. Forget about any sort of call or video chat, you'll be seconds behind on watching streams. If you want to stream yourself, it won't be great and the stream delay will be horrible.
You can do bulk download, like downloading large games, that's about the only thing that works well.
Also last I heard, the data caps and bandwidth were also really crap.
Ok bud, yeah I really don’t want feed the nazi, I have Verizon, but I live on an island and wires are vulnerable. This isn’t critical but I would like to reduce the cable
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My father had it when he was trying to consolidate his utilities. It was nearly unusable even for watching a 720p youtube video. Whenever I visited his house, I elected to work offline rather than pull my hair out
Oh wow! Thanks fir the response
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satellite is what i would call 'burst rate' access. its great for simple back and forth, but time-sensitive bidirectional communication like gaming is not going to work.
Ah diggit
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I am thinking about getting Hughes.net for home internet.
My internet usage is totally vanilla, streaming, games etc.
Has anyone used Hughes.net, and are you happy with the service?
Former hughes repair guy here. If it's your only choice, sure. But it's utter trash. It's susceptible to so many environmental conditions. Certain geographical areas can experience various service levels too. Data caps will sneak up on you faster than you realize too. Not to mention the pole or tripod mount that has to be installed, yard dug up and holes drilled into the house. Seen plenty of tripod mounts be ripped off a roof, damaging the roof in the process.
Anyways...avoid any satellite isp if possible.
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Any sat internet that does not use low earth satellites is a giant pain. Pings measured in seconds, very low bandwidth, and very low data caps.
Pick basically anything else if you have the option.
Ok will do
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As someone who had to support resold Hughes net networking I can tell you that satellite internet is great at downloading large bulks of information, otherwise you run into a problem of physics, adding 88,000 miles of round trip to your internet connectivity(1 hop to space then back to Hughes network gateway on earth, then back to space and then to you) are going to be super latency, gaming is not recommended nor is streaming, it can also be hella spotty as any weather events at your location or at hughes(which I think is in North Carolina?) will impede the line of sight needed between the dishes. I’ve never heard a good experience with satellite.
I live on the Chesapeake Bay,thanks for the info. I am glad I asked folks the responses are universally negative.
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My friend had it, it was super slow it didn't work at all.
Thanks man, that seems to be the universal response.
