Posted: 12/23/2015 2:01:49 PM EDT
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I work in IT. I have been spoiled by Broadband for as long as I can remember. I currently have Charter 60/5 service and its great.
However, I really want to move out of town and that would mean my only option is Hughesnet.  At first, I thought no DSL or Cable would be a complete dealbreaker for me, but I'm starting to warm up to the idea of satellite.. pending some reviews and feedback of course.
I know 10 years ago, it was pretty poor. Anyone using their "Gen4" service? They are advertising 5mb down/1mb up with 10Gbs total bandwidth per month for $60... I don't use a lot of streaming services (Netflix, etc) because I have a NAS with most of my media content. I could also do large downloads at work to keep my data cap in check. I'm mostly looking for feedback on general usability surfing/loading complex webpages, YouTube, Pr0n, etc. |
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Any WISPs in your area?
Not sure about how up to date this is: http://www.wispdirectory.com/ |
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I work in IT. I have been spoiled by Broadband for as long as I can remember. I currently have Charter 60/5 service and its great. However, I really want to move out of town and that would mean my only option is Hughesnet. At first, I thought no DSL or Cable would be a complete dealbreaker for me, but I'm starting to warm up to the idea of satellite.. pending some reviews and feedback of course.
I know 10 years ago, it was pretty poor. Anyone using their "Gen4" service? They are advertising 5mb down/1mb up with 10Gbs total bandwidth per month for $60... I don't use a lot of streaming services (Netflix, etc) because I have a NAS with most of my media content. I could also do large downloads at work to keep my data cap in check. I'm mostly looking for feedback on general usability surfing/loading complex webpages, YouTube, Pr0n, etc. 
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Funny how you say you don't use streaming services then talk about youtube and pr0n. I guess I should clarify I don't use Netflix much. I know some friends that are running 50Gbs a month just thru Netflix. I'm well aware of the relationship between streaming video and bandwidth. |
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I had their service for about 7 years.
First, let me say that it is impressive that something like this even works. The idea that you are bouncing a terrestrial based signal off of a geosynchronous satellite for your internet service is pretty cool. I only had outages during heavy thunderstorms or snow storms, and even then they were temporary. Like what has been said before... the latency will kill you. I had a 1.6mb connection, and I never got that, so don't expect to get what they sell you. Even if I did get the full 1.6mb speed, you are still looking at about 1500m/s to get the signal up to the satellite and then back down to the internet. Then you have to wait for the return trip. As a someone who is also in the software engineering field/IT work, this will drive you nuts. I just had to remind myself that I could shoot from any window in my house in any direction, and that was the price for that luxury. The real killer is that HughesNet uses a proprietary form of NAT, so you can forget about any port forwarding. This wasn't really disclosed when I got the service, but it wouldn't have mattered, because LTE wireless didn't really exist yet. I was also never really able to get Youtube to work with the service, and forget about Netflix or VoIP. It will not work. We have since dumped HughesNet for an LTE based service where I am getting about 22mb based on speed tests. A local WISP is the best option, but we don't have one here. |
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I had their service for about 7 years. First, let me say that it is impressive that something like this even works. The idea that you are bouncing a terrestrial based signal off of a geosynchronous satellite for your internet service is pretty cool. I only had outages during heavy thunderstorms or snow storms, and even then they were temporary. Like what has been said before... the latency will kill you. I had a 1.6mb connection, and I never got that, so don't expect to get what they sell you. Even if I did get the full 1.6mb speed, you are still looking at about 1500m/s to get the signal up to the satellite and then back down to the internet. Then you have to wait for the return trip. As a someone who is also in the software engineering field/IT work, this will drive you nuts. I just had to remind myself that I could shoot from any window in my house in any direction, and that was the price for that luxury. The real killer is that HughesNet uses a proprietary form of NAT, so you can forget about any port forwarding. This wasn't really disclosed when I got the service, but it wouldn't have mattered, because LTE wireless didn't really exist yet. I was also never really able to get Youtube to work with the service, and forget about Netflix or VoIP. It will not work. We have since dumped HughesNet for an LTE based service where I am getting about 22mb based on speed tests. A local WISP is the best option, but we don't have one here. Good post. Thank you. Unfortunately, a cellular option isn't in the cards either. There is basic cell service, but no 3G/4G. |
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My uncle has it on the family farm. Ok for checking email and static websites, but otherwise sucks.
If horrid latency meaning no gaming or remote control (work usage?), and limited data caps (unless you are up at 2am-5am ish) are ok, then it might work for you. Any flash/html5 video will kill your data cap. |
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I actually had Gen 4 for the last 3 years. In all honesty for two people who use the internet it wasn't all that bad. However, Netfilx would buffer constantly and the picture quality sucked. I just switched to broadband and have no issues at all. FYI, if you HAVE to go with Gen 4, I suggest buying your dish outright. I did and after 2 years there isn't a cancelation fee. I think the dish was 200 bucks outright or 50 a month. Kind of a no brainer. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I work in IT. I have been spoiled by Broadband for as long as I can remember. I currently have Charter 60/5 service and its great. However, I really want to move out of town and that would mean my only option is Hughesnet. At first, I thought no DSL or Cable would be a complete dealbreaker for me, but I'm starting to warm up to the idea of satellite.. pending some reviews and feedback of course.I know 10 years ago, it was pretty poor. Anyone using their "Gen4" service? They are advertising 5mb down/1mb up with 10Gbs total bandwidth per month for $60... I don't use a lot of streaming services (Netflix, etc) because I have a NAS with most of my media content. I could also do large downloads at work to keep my data cap in check. I'm mostly looking for feedback on general usability surfing/loading complex webpages, YouTube, Pr0n, etc. When I had it you had 1 gb a day and if you went over you were throttled for 24 hrs to dialup speed It sucks Did I mention it sucks, I would rather jerk of with sandpaper than use Hughes net again. I would literally sell my barrett to have a T-1 installed and get a second job To pay for it, over dealing with Hughes et and their incompetent Tech support |
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Did I mention it sucks, I would rather jerk of with sandpaper than use Hughes net again. I would literally sell my barrett to have a T-1 installed and get a second job To pay for it, over dealing with Hughes et and their incompetent Tech support Damn... this was kind of my take when I first started humoring the idea...
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You're system wasn't pointed right, then. It takes a good thunderstorm to lose signal it it's set up right. Quoted:
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I used it at a part time job I used to have. It was absolutely horrible. On an overcast day it was almost useless. You're system wasn't pointed right, then. It takes a good thunderstorm to lose signal it it's set up right. Sat blows compared to the DSL we have now, but it took a lot to make it lose the signal. We've actually had more reliability problems with our DSL. |