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Q&A: What does HughesNet mean by ‘Unlimited data with no hard data limits’?

Posted on June 9, 2022

Question from Kellie: Right now we have a DSL Internet from our local phone company.

It was pretty good when they first installed it, but it’s been terrible for the past year.

We’re wanting to switch to something else because my download speeds are averaging less than 2Mbps and they refuse to do anything to make it faster.

We really need the higher speed because our family does a lot of video streaming (or at least we try to).

Sometimes the Internet stops working at all and stays out for days at a time. I’d sign up for cable Internet but it’s not available in my area.

I’m hoping you can clear something up for me. [Read more…]

10Gbps Internet service could soon be available where you live. Yes, really.

Posted on January 29, 2021

Back in September 2020 I wrote about how SpaceX’s Starlink satellite Internet service would soon be providing 1Gbps download speeds to anyone on planet Earth.

Well, according to this recent notice to the FCC SpaceX has now raised their goal from the first-promised 1Gbps download speed (which itself would be absolutely amazing for satellite Internet) to a mind-boggling 10Gbps!

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Starlink set to provide game-changing super-fast satellite Internet to the entire planet

Posted on September 14, 2020

By now you’re probably aware that SpaceX has become a major player in the world of space exploration with their successful collaboration on several projects with NASA.

But did you know they’re also preparing to make super-high-speed Internet available to the masses, regardless of where they might happen to live?

Once completed, SpaceX’s Starlink network of thousands of Internet-relaying satellites will be capable of supplying super-fast, low-latency broadband Internet to virtually any point on the Earth’s surface. [Read more…]

Q&A: Can I use my HughesNet satellite Internet modem in two places?

Posted on October 16, 2017

Question from Carl F.: I live in rural Georgia but I also own a second home (a cabin) in the Missouri Ozarks. Both homes have a HughesNet satellite antenna installed.

I spend most of my time in Georgia but I head to the Ozarks for a couple of weeks several times a year.

My question is can I just take my HughesNet modem with me when I go to Missouri and plug it into that dish?

My cabin is in a pretty isolated area and satellite Internet is the only viable broadband option I have out there. There isn’t even a cellular signal available or I’d just get myself a hotspot box.

Anyway, it seems to me I should be able to just plug the modem into either satellite dish and have it work. Or am I missing something?

I’d just take the modem with me next time and give it a try but I’m afraid it might mess something up.

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]