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So I am fed up with HughesNet and all there BS. I have just sent the email telling them I want to discontinue the service at the end of my billing cycle. Any suggestionson what ISP I should try next? I have heard some good and some bad things about Cellular internet service. I am in Summerville, GA. in the Sticks as some would call it. So I am thinking about doing the Straight Talk Home internet service I get 3-4 bars when I am outside so I am thinking that if I put the receiver box outside where I get 4 bars then I should have no problems with speed. (I Hope) Someone please give me ideas. I have not been able to play my game in a month and a half. I miss my World of Warcraft. And now there is the new Dragonflight expansion out that I cant play at all..... HELP

@GracieAllenI will gladly trade you any of your lowest (12-20 Mbps) speeds. I have Hughesnet satellite here in NW GA and my average speed is around 3-5 Mbps my upload speeds are a dismally constant 700 ish Kbps. Most TV's and PC's wont become unusable til around the single digit download speeds happen ( I mean 1-3 Mbps) I only have 1 PC hardwired to my router. Occasionally I will hook up the Xbox If I am getting particularly good speeds ( which I equate to 10 + Mbps) It takes so much time to load most pages on my PC that I wish for dial up speeds again ( at least they were consistantly bad)

@spudler_t Are you still alive?

TADA and an FYI this isnt my car. My niece has stuffed animals in her window for instance the passenger side has a Big Black Rooster (insert inappropriate 4 letter word instead of rooster) in the window. lol

Whats Up Mr. @phred?

Thank you @xs1

Oh and my current router is the one that came with the service from Hughes net. Can I upgrade to a better router without screwing up my contract with Hughes net?

I looked at my router settings, QoS is supported but it is turned off. So if I turn it on, how do I give my PC (which is hardwired) more bandwidth than let's say my Xbox? I only have three things hooked up. (In order of importance) My PC, A Roku streaming TV and an Xbox. I don't live stream from my Xbox so I only use the network for the occasional game download or update. The PC and TV are my main concerns. Unfortunately, I am in Mississippi for work until Sunday. I will be back in Georgia and able to adjust any settings you suggest at that time.

970 Extreme3 R2.0 Mobo G.SKILL Ripjaw Z Series 16GB(4x4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1866MHz FX-8320 Octa-core (8 Core) 3.50 GHz ASUS Dual GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR6 Logitech G213 Prodigy Gaming keyboard Logitech G300S Shroud gaming mouse with 2500 dpi Resolution HX1500i Platinum ATX 1500 Watt PSU Qualcomm Atheros AR938x Wireless Network Adapter Hardwired to the Router Cheap Amazon case Obviously there are still things I want to upgrade Like getting a faster NIC and more memory but it's what I have for now.

What is QOS?

Will Windows firewall slow down my network connection?

I am supposed to be getting 25 Mbps Down and 3 Mbps Up. They told me these would be my minimum speeds. I have only been with HughesNet for a week. I recently had Windstream as well they said I would get Up to 50Mbps down and 12 Mbps up but my average with them was 16 Down and 1.2 Up.

I would be willing to contest your statement sir My avg. Down is 4.6 Mbps and my Up is a dismal 467Kbps. Oh BTW I am in N.W. GA. Right smack in the middle of nothing. Some call it the Butt-crack of the Bible-belt. Anyone else from GA here?

Lets start with the Necessities. I am on HughesNet. I have three devices attached to the system. First is a Roku TV, it is connected through the Wifi on the 5 Ghz channel, and is about 10 feet from the router with only a Drywall wall between it and the router. (it gets less than 1Mbps Down) Second is an Xbox, also connected to the router through the 5 Ghz channel (it gets about 2.2 Mbps down). Third and more important to me then the other two. I have a PC Hardwired to the router with a Cat5e cable (about a 50' run)and on it, I am getting an average of 4.6 Mbps Download speeds and 467Kbps Upload speeds. My question is this, Are there any ways I can raise my speeds on my end? ie.. Configuring the router differently, changing my PC settings somehow. I dont do much on my PC other then try to watch Twitch and play World of Warcraft. Occasionally I will watch YouTube. So Guys (and gals) is there anything I can do to improve my performance?