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Thanks for the update. It sure looks like rollover. Recently I was using less of the daily allowance and getting more at the end of my day. Of course, they're not going to inform you that their policy has changed (if it has). Well, I'm enjoying what I have, especially the improved speed, after 6 years and upgrades to more improved modems. During this period, i have been promised DSL from Qwest (now CenturyLink) with frequent excuses and broken promises. Even contacted my state Senator who applied some pressure and so far I've gotten more promises which have not been kept. So as you know with only Hughes available, I'll take what I can get.

I have to admit I don't understand Hughes or their policy. While their speeds have increased recently I thought my FAP had doubled. When the 24 hr period just ended, this is what I see on the download allowance status page. Plan allowance 1050 MB, allowance remaining 658 MB. Can anyone explain this? I am paying for 425 MB and getting 525 MB and was afraid to say anything so I stayed with it. Now they're telling me my plan is double but I'm getting 50% more. Regardless, I'm using it all.

I have been pleasantly surprised by this uptick in speeds. Just got a similar one at 3.1 in the middle of the day! And last night (and it could be an accident) but my FAP was doubled!!!!! I'm on HN9000.

Thanks for the tip. I never tried the 2992 download because I thought it was useless. And of course, the time of day is always a big factor. But here I am in the middle of the day PST and here's my test results.

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 1250 Kbps about 1.3 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Download Speed is:: 153 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/12/07 - 2:57pm

Bottom Line:: 22X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 6.69 sec

Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 19.61 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 23.27 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-894SARD0K

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0. Gecko/20061025 Firefox/1.5.0.8 [!]

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Upload Connection is:: 178 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 22 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/12/07 - 3:17pm

Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 46.55 sec

Tested from a 579 kB file and took 26.703 seconds to complete

Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 79.8 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com)

U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-EFQ3B84ML

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0. Gecko/20061025 Firefox/1.5.0.8 [!]

And this is my satellite

Satellite

Transmit Path: Satellite

Outroute: Primary

Longitude: 99 West

Receive Frequency: 1110 MHz

Receive Symbol Rate: 30 Msps

Receive Polarization: Vertical

Transmit Polarization: Horizontal

22KHz Tone: Off

Router Address: 66.82.25.57