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hey thanks Sean, this info helps a lot. i figured the repeater wouldnt help but i figured i would ask? i also figured everything else was good cuz i even saw 30 mbps one time @ 3:am before testing. i aslo just learned that my wi-fi is as good as ethernet direct plug in. i ran a test on each and both had same results. both took 15 minutes to test. wi-fi had .233 & hardline had .217 i know how to verify when all wi-fi devices are disconnected. i am hoping hughes will fix my problem and currently trying to communicate with them? my only other option around here is Viasat. they wanted $50 bucks more a month but i would gladly pay that for some decent Mbps. i havent heard anything about them since i have not meet anybody yet that has them here? maybe they are new my area like me? have you heard anything bad or good about ViaSat or any difference between the two? any insight would sure be appreciated. thanks again. P.S. ya i leaned how to download netfix movies on my tablet a few years ago. then screen mirror to my roku stick on any TV i learned how to do this for when i was on cruise ships! down load at ports & watch at sea LOL !

Unfortunately, a Wi-Fi repeater will not offer any improvement. A Wi-Fi repeater would only help improve coverage to an area with weak or no Wi-Fi coverage. It certainly does not improve speed to an area with good Wi-Fi coverage despite what the ads promote. In fact, they actually cut the Wi-Fi bandwidth in half by repeating every piece of data between the Wi-Fi router and the Wi-Fi connected device. As you are able to get up to 25Mbps offpeak, this also confirms that your Wi-Fi connection is not at fault, but instead with your Internet provider limiting the speed during normal hours. Both Netflix and YouTube require a minimum of 0.5Mbps to stream in low quality. Many of your speed tests are either under this or dip below 0.5Mbps midpoint during the test, so this explains the buffering issue. I see a few are under 300Kbps, the equivalent speed of a 2G phone data connection. Basically, the Hughes satellite spot beam you're connected to is oversubscribed. I suggest setting Netflix to download the episodes you plan watching before heading to bed. Basically, pick out everything that you might watch the following day and this way you watch them uninterrupted. A few years ago when I had a slow DSL connection, this was the only way I could reliably watch shows.