sparky Posted January 11, 2009 CID Share Posted January 11, 2009 I did it again, Hughesnet is gone but not without a headache! stupid people. 4 different people just to disconnect my service with them, what a joke, every one of them I had to give my details and explain over and over again what and why I was disconnecting my service.... I am now on EV-DO Rev A and it is working great. very happy so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted January 11, 2009 Author CID Share Posted January 11, 2009 Oh they tried everything to keep me as a long time (almost 5 year user), offered 1 month free service, asked if there was anything they could do to keep me and the best one was.... they told me I would no longer be able to access my e-mail account anymore and that I should think about that for a moment...... My latency went from 1100-1600 down to 106ms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 11, 2009 CID Share Posted January 11, 2009 YOu will love it, especially if you ever had to deal with ice or rain. Mine is a bit slower on the D/L, but the U/L makes up for it and rocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted January 11, 2009 CID Share Posted January 11, 2009 Good to see you made the switch!! They never giving me any problem disconnecting. They never asked why or anything took about 2 mins. Then she came back on the phone saying i have a refund in about a couple days for the two weeks i didn't use, and she said have a good day good bye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted January 12, 2009 Author CID Share Posted January 12, 2009 I am not saying I am any different from any other user of hugesjunk, but 4 different people asked why I wanted to disconnect and then when I finally got to the the woman that deals with the disconnects, she threw offers at me to stay! I have a funny feeling that so many people have left them, they are beginning to notice a problem and now they will do just about anything to keep you. Hughesjunk really don't have too much time left, as technology changes and more people get the options, the less we need them, of course there will be some who have no option..... for them I am sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted January 12, 2009 Author CID Share Posted January 12, 2009 On another note, I am happy about the switch, today I had speed down that compared to Hughesjunk and speeds are that are surpassing the upload speeds, I am getting about 44 kB/s up as appose to about 5 - 7kB/s. In essence I am over the moon (no pun intended) with my Air Card that is $20 cheaper a month then the home package on Hughes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 12, 2009 CID Share Posted January 12, 2009 And the air card can travel also. Remember there are a few who go camping, and sat is the preferred way to go. Hard to find cable or DSL in an oak tree. Or in the case of Katrina. It definately will always have uses. Just not great for broadband usage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted January 12, 2009 Author CID Share Posted January 12, 2009 Sure thing, it has many uses, my wife and I will be going to Viagra Falls this year and she wants to take it with us, hopefully it will work. If not we can use the hotel WiFi to send pictures back and forth..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 13, 2009 CID Share Posted January 13, 2009 Niagra falls is pretty, yeah send a few if you get a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted January 13, 2009 CID Share Posted January 13, 2009 be going to Viagra Falls this year and she wants to take it with us, hopefully it will work. ur funny...just read this part and forget that ur talking about ur computer connection... niagra falls is a really romantic spot tho...so maybe they should rename it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granpa Posted January 13, 2009 CID Share Posted January 13, 2009 ur funny...just read this part and forget that ur talking about ur computer connection... niagra falls is a really romantic spot tho...so maybe they should rename it Sure is, supposed to get to -2 degrees tomorrow and is snowing right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 13, 2009 CID Share Posted January 13, 2009 Yeah, I would not suggest a Viagra trip till at least spring. Bu you know how them southern gals are. They keep you warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted January 13, 2009 Author CID Share Posted January 13, 2009 LMAO.... yeah, we are going to the Canadian side for a week in June, should be quite nice then.... plenty to do so I have been told. Wow, I did drift a little from the topic....... oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted January 27, 2009 CID Share Posted January 27, 2009 haha, one month free is no way near enough to get anyone to stay with HughesNet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted January 28, 2009 Author CID Share Posted January 28, 2009 haha, one month free is no way near enough to get anyone to stay with HughesNet Ain't that the truth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
816_1443013898 Posted January 30, 2009 CID Share Posted January 30, 2009 With all these people moving onward to newer and better Internet/Data solutions has it made the experience of Satellite Internet faster and more pleasurable? congrats on the EVDO Sparky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 30, 2009 CID Share Posted January 30, 2009 I'd hope so, but I imagine Hughes fills the slots as fast as they empty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
816_1443013898 Posted January 30, 2009 CID Share Posted January 30, 2009 Back in the day it was transponder over crowding and I'm talking only a few years ago Satellite was the only game in Town well the rural community It seems to be a dead horse in this area of Ontario/Canada where WISPS now overcrowd the 2.4GHz and 900MHz frequency spectrum. Even EVDO and the newer Rogers HSDPA is available pretty much anywhere. There will always be those who cannot get these services and have no choice other than Satellite I realize this. I'm just curious if things have improved with more and more customers moving on? PS hi there Tommie long time noC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 30, 2009 CID Share Posted January 30, 2009 No doubt, it has been a while. EVDO for me too. Its better than Hughes anyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zalternate Posted January 31, 2009 CID Share Posted January 31, 2009 Reading a few posts on Hughesnet in various places and Hughesnet is slowly shutting down home users(also known as chum) off of the KU band. As contracts expire or get paid off to close the contract. And then new users(or those KU users willing to pay to upgrade) are being loaded on to the newer Spaceway3 KA band. This allows the KU transponders to be dedicated back to the commercial users who pay and don't complain about speeds for their terminals. And since some of those KU band satellites transponders have various 'issues' at times according to posts. Or a user was on a fast enough Transponder and finds the next morning, they are now on a crappy Transponder.. Imagine if there was a power failure(or even a partial failure) on the Anik F2, used by WildBlue and Xplornet. The poop would hit the fan as people would have to wait two or three years till the next scheduled satellite got put up. Or Maybe the ISP's would be nice and allow people out of their contracts early....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 31, 2009 CID Share Posted January 31, 2009 Or Maybe the ISP's would be nice and allow people out of their contracts early....... :haha: :haha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zalternate Posted January 31, 2009 CID Share Posted January 31, 2009 You know something weird? But some do say it is faster than satellite at times....... Watching the TV and see a commercial for NetZero and how people in America can save something like Billions of dollars during these hard times on their Internet connection. The only hitch? You have to use NetZero Dialup services for about $10 a month. The commercial just blew me away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 31, 2009 CID Share Posted January 31, 2009 It might feel like it. With the accelerator. But not in reality of downloads for real though. And screws with the test here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted January 31, 2009 Author CID Share Posted January 31, 2009 All the accelerator does is caching of webpages, nothing more, nothing less. Why would anyone go back on dial up? NetZero.... I am surprised they are still around.. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 31, 2009 CID Share Posted January 31, 2009 Cheap, only uses for emails, old, etc... Hell one guy is still in trouble for getting in the US government with dial up. So it is quite usable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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