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.

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.

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.

My friend had it, it was super slow it didn't work at all.

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.

Yeah I scoped out viasat, but Hughes was cheaper. Are you pleased with viasat?

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

Hughes will work okay as a backup internet if that's what you're after. Typically when people talk about Hughes they're really desperate and satellite is the only option at all.

I would very much rather not feed the nazi either, but that was my only Internet option I'd probably have to consider it. Although I also probably wouldn't consider moving somewhere without decent connectivity, given I'm a sysadmin and really need the bandwidth.

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