Hughes Satellite poor service

I have had Hughes Satellite now since July of 2007. I had to pay $300 for the dish of which $100 was rebated to me by Hughes and I was supposed to get $50 rebate from Elite Satellite through whom I purchased the program. Elite did not honor the rebate because the wrong receipt were sent even though a representative of there company said that if I would resend the correct receipts I would still get the rebate.

All that said, I will have to say that Hughes is the biggest rip-off where internet service is concerened. They have the slowest download and upload speeds I have ever seen. Dial-up would have been faster. However, having had cable internet where I used to live and no cable available where I live now..Hughes seemed to be the only alternative for me. WHAT A MISTAKE!!!!

In addition to being so incredibly slow, they have a FAP (free access policy)that limits how much you can download during a specific amount of time..This limit is around 400MB...if you exceed this THEY REALLY SLOW YOU DOWN!!! I was never informed of this policy when signed up. I cannot however, stop this service without incuring a fee for early termination..about $175.

I am stuck with the world's worst ISP and my blood pressure goes up every time I see there commercial on tv where the girl says you can get high-speed internet service with Huges Satellite.

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I would not recommend HughesNet to anyone! Everytime I see thier commercial on TV it makes me furious.

They are not forthcoming with thier free access policy - which means if you download those 10 songs like they do on TV - they will download quickly but now you're done for the day because you just used up your download allowance and you're now surfing at speeds slower than dial-up. Then if you're in the middle of something you can pay for tokens to speed things up and before you know it your $70 a month internet has just become $200 a month internet. It is impossible to stay under the limit with only 2 adults and one student in the house. I can't imagine a family of 4 or 5 trying to use this. But I'm stuck for another 11 months under a contract I never signed so now I'm just counting the days until I cancel.

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YES! I also was never told about the FAP. I called when my computer was absolutely crawling and they told me the FAP was explained to me when I purchased. IT WAS NOT! I also found that if you have an antivirus on your computer, it also slows down this horrible service. BOOOOOOOOOO to HughesNet.

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Tis the season to provide some bonus work for the system installers by faking required repairs. This has happened twice to me around X-Mas. Can't wait to cable gets here! Good ridance Huges disservice!!

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Hughes net, Has a FAQ on Their FAP. That�s Frequently Asked Questions on their Fair Access Policy, Copied Strait form their FAQ is �So why is my plan referred to as �unlimited� if my high-speed access is indeed limited? Hughes guarantees it�s customers unlimited internet access � Not unlimited high-speed access.� Sorry Hughes Net, You should have put some more thought in to that excuse, This is a Piss Poor Excuse, and if taken to a court of law, Will stand against them.