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7. As an absolutely

Sat Nov 25, 2017, 08:05 PM

Nov 2017

Last resort, and I do mean last... I installed sat. internet for a while for starband,they beat hughes all to hell and they were really not that good.. If you have never used sat. internet before you don't know about satellite lag for signals, you cannot play any first person type games, downloads are fast but that is about all the good there is for it, the data caps are ridiculous,and with todays HUGE web pages with all the ads and videos you will over run them fast... Ping time is terrible, you have to figure the time frame for the signal, it has to go from you to the sat. 22000 miles then back to earth that same distance then back to the sat. again then down to you again the best pings you can hope for is about 600mls.,that is about the best you will ever see and doubtful you would actually see anything that fast..Exede is better than hughes but not by a lot. Do a google on FAP and Hughes ...

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Anybody use HughesNet? [View all] marble falls Nov 2017 OP

I had in in a rural area on NM... Awful, alittlelark Nov 2017 #1

Rural Texas here. Thanks. marble falls Nov 2017 #3

They have a billboard in our little town.... dixiegrrrrl Nov 2017 #2

Never thought of it. I thought the webpage was a big nothing. marble falls Nov 2017 #4

Man oh man do people hate HATE HughesNet!!!!! marble falls Nov 2017 #6

You did the search, I take it. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2017 #9

Yep. Thanks for the suggestion. It was avery good site that would have had positive feedback ... marble falls Nov 2017 #10

Horribly expensive. Slow, and unreliable. Dr Hobbitstein Nov 2017 #5

I was wondering about that. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2017 #11

As an absolutely Break time Nov 2017 #7

I did a search for feedback because of someone above suggesting it and boy oh boy was that an ... marble falls Nov 2017 #8

If there is cellular service at your home... krispos42 Nov 2017 #12

I was wondering about hot spotting off of a smart phone. marble falls Nov 2017 #13

You can do that but there's a data limit, I think krispos42 Nov 2017 #14

That was one of my thought, too. I'm not savy enought to understand my G needs for tv, phone, net... marble falls Nov 2017 #15

My wife's rural parents had no official internet options but dial-up and satellite. hunter Nov 2017 #16

Thanks for the info. marble falls Nov 2017 #17

I have been a customer for over 10 years 4now Nov 2017 #18