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[compuguybna]

HughesNet is far superior to Wildblue (after having a first nightmare experience with Wildblue).

UPTIME for Hughes is alot better than Wildblue.  SPEEDS are consistent with the plan you are signed up for (PRO PLUS here)  My signal strength is around 170, and get 1.5 Mbps 90% of the time (yes, a little slow down during "peak" hours, but never less than 1.2 Mbps).

This is using the HN9000 Modem and a newer style satellite on Spaceway 3 Satellite.

Hughes just had a $100 rebate for three days, so that made the activation FREE.

Tech Support is in India and Billing support is in the Phillipines. I've only had to call once to solve a minor issue.

As with any SATELLITE provider, there is FAP.  wildblue's goes on a rolling 30 day period,
while HUGHES goes on a daily limit.  I am allowed 425MB a day on the PRO PLUS.
HOWEVER, downloads between 2am and 7am DO NOT COUNT  against your usage.  I just use a download manager and schedule all my updates and huge files (I have downloaded up to 3GB during this period).

SO, while each service has its PROS and CONS, HUGHESNET in the long run has worked out better for me.

[compuguybna]

Thought I'd add a speed test.  This is GOOD for satellite internet! HUGHESNET

:::.. testmy.net test results ..:::
Download Connection is:: 1620 Kbps about 1.62 Mbps (tested with 1536 kB)
Download Speed is:: 198 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 109 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 13 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/06/03 - 10:42am
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-7K51V2NT3
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-IFQ5C7XOJ
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; FDM) [!]

[fikester]

Im wondering if the FAP is more lenient or the uploads do not count towards the bucket of 425MB allowed and the recovery rate?

My usage for 3computers seems to have went over the limit, but did not get nailed?  

still getting good speeds too, even in the evening.....for now anyway the advertised speeds are at or above package numbers.

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 2241 Kbps about 2.2 Mbps (tested with 3064 kB)
Download Speed is:: 274 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/10/28 - 7:50am
Bottom Line:: 39X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 3.74 sec
Tested from a 3064 kB file and took 11.201 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 154.08 % faster than the average for host (DirecWay.com)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-RFXKLP5G3
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; MDDC; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)

[compuguybna]

HOLY CRAP!  Was I actually complimenting Hughesnet on June 3rd?  Was I out of my mind?   

[tommie gorman]

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HOLY CRAP!  Was I actually complimenting Hughesnet on June 3rd?  Was I out of my mind?   

Yes, it was your month of brain dead where you were even arguing for hughes.net. 

[compuguybna]

Gimme 200 lashes with a wet noodle for EVER saying ANYTHING POSITIVE about HughesNet.
They are slime!

WHERE WAS MY MIND THAT DAY?    (OH, wait, I was still in the FIRST 30 DAYS of a second install
when things were "ok".)...Downhill as usual after 30 days.   The NOC took over.

[ghostmaster]

The first time I saw this, I was like, "Yeah see ya in 30 days" lol.....

[zalternate]

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Im wondering if the FAP is more lenient or the uploads do not count towards the bucket of 425MB allowed and the recovery rate?

Thought I read somewhere recently, that the spaceway3 may have a FAP free time during the FAPpable time, due to many people not being online at the time. Or else they are just freaking tweaking again.  
Or, as in, your FAP bucket fills sooner.  Remember the days when they actually published the refill rate of the FAP bucket?  56Kbps refill rate, for one of the satellite Internet systems at the time.



FAP. FAP. FAP. FAP........Then your speeds get slowed down for watching all those Jpegs.  

[fikester]

Glad I didnt make this wrong turn....

[zalternate]

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Glad I didnt make this wrong turn....

Before that video gets Modded...
It's a WildBlue speedTest.
With a Title of "The Hell Internet i Deal with Every Day"
.18Mbps download and .03Mbps upload and a ping of 1019.

Interesting that the IP on the test shows up as being the below. Even though it says WildBlue on the test as the ISP.

Tracing route to pool-74-104-128-37.bstnma.fios.verizon.net [74.104.128.37]
Which also has a nice enough 114ms ping .

[tdawnaz]

well can't take that test too serious anyway...it's a very inaccurate test...just like wild blue and hughes...according to users...all sad...but probably looks better than it really is

[tommie gorman]

That was horrible result. WOW. 

[fikester]

The secret is out.....Hughes employee of the month. 

[tommie gorman]

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The secret is out.....Hughes employee of the month. 

[zalternate]

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The secret is out.....Hughes employee of the month.  

Awesome.



Your ?  should be   You're

The better Ban excuse should of been..."Stirring the pot and causing others to question the system."

[fikester]

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The secret is out.....Hughes employee of the month. 

very obvious to me many things are being hidden and users brainwashed in that world.......buts thats alright, the truth will be revealed.

[compuguybna]

LOOK AGAIN!  it says 75.104.128.37.... Not 74..........

OrgName:    Wildblue Communications, Inc.
OrgID:      WBC-39
Address:    5970 GREENWOOD PLAZA BLVD
City:       GREENWOOD VILLAGE
StateProv:  CO
PostalCode: 80111
Country:    US

NetRange:   75.104.0.0 - 75.107.255.255
CIDR:       75.104.0.0/14
NetName:    WB-DEN3
NetHandle:  NET-75-104-0-0-1
Parent:     NET-75-0-0-0-0

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Before that video gets Modded...
It's a WildBlue speedTest.

Interesting that the IP on the test shows up as being the below. Even though it says WildBlue on the test as the ISP.

Tracing route to pool-74-104-128-37.bstnma.fios.verizon.net [74.104.128.37]
Which also has a nice enough 114ms ping .

[compuguybna]

Dont feel bad, Wildblue moderators blocked me too because I posted my suck-a** speed results everyday...
My thread had over 1,332 views before they deleted it and banned me!   

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The secret is out.....Hughes employee of the month. 

[compuguybna]

Not bad for wireless broaband, and its pouring down rain right now....
I would definately not be getting that with Hughes or Wildblue now...

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Download Connection is:: 953 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 1024 kB)
Download Speed is:: 116 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/10/30 - 8:18pm
Bottom Line:: 17X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 8.83 sec
Tested from a 1024 kB file and took 8.805 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Looks Great : 14.96 % faster than the average for host (myvzw.com)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-PLFDESWR2
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; msn OptimizedIE8;ENUS) [!]

[fikester]

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Dont feel bad, Wildblue moderators blocked me too because I posted my suck-a** speed results everyday...
My thread had over 1,332 views before they deleted it and banned me!    

My experience with WB world......personally would much rather deal with India.

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 2189 Kbps about 2.2 Mbps (tested with 3064 kB)
Download Speed is:: 267 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/10/30 - 8:51pm
Bottom Line:: 38X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 3.84 sec
Tested from a 3064 kB file and took 11.466 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 148.19 % faster than the average for host (DirecWay.com)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-QP6HGU3R2
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; MDDC; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)