Hughes
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The reps from their company do not tell you of the restrictions concerning downloading. Than when you call to report bad service, you are informed of these restrictions. The idiot supervisor can tell you(Lorenzo) is that we should have visited the website to be made aware of the underlying restrictions that no one told you about. How do you pull up the website until you have service? All he can say is that is my problem! And than hangs up.
I have told everyone I know of these facts and have cost them at least 4 customers in my immediate area. If I stopped 4 people from buying the svc, and each one of them stops 4 people, I'm sure hughes net is losing lots of money for misrepresentation.
I now have a phone number to corporate headquarters([protected]) and will pursue this matter further!
Murphy Louviere

Updated my modem call their wonderful Indian rep and they could not register my modem and said I would need a tech to come out and realign my dish. The tech came out check the system call hughesnet registered my modem. Called me and told me he did not touch my dish that my system was fine it was hughesnets problem and that he wrote on his service ticket that there was no need for the call. Hughesnet charged me 125.00 because their tech's can't fix problems over the phone.

For those who have contacted me for info on a class action against Hughes NET, there is one

GOOGLE PBM Attorney Hughes NET. (PBM) is the shortened name of the firm Pogust Braslow & Millrood in PA).

It was just filed a few months ago. Contact them and sign up giving them your story as I did. Good luck. If you are in rural America you have to have satellite service and once you sign up and buy the equipment you are pretty stuck. Even if you cancel there are fees and lost investment $$. I documented my phone calls with several sales people and you know what, they talk about how FAST you can download and then when pushed admit that upload isn't that fast AND that there is a daily download limit. But they say that the limit is like downloading 20 movies...HA HA HA ... yeah right. Do a google search for something and click on the wrong site and bump you are out if that site is loaded with graphics or animated sales ads.

I have already written one complaint against this co. on this website, but around June10 2009 Hughes Net mistakingly disconnected my service-their mistake not mine- even though they had just taken a payment from my acct. at the end of May-automatically made. They made me pay $365.00 to get my service restored-even though I hadn't disconnected it. Later they admitted it was their mistake. They said I was paying to end my contract early-not true-I hadn't even talked to them. Due to an emergency that day I went on and paid them the money--thinking I would call them on Mon. and get it straightened out. I have spent well over 7 hours with them-mostly with people who don't speak English well-only to be told over, and over again that my service would be restored--it hasn't yet-AND my $365.00 returned-I've been told that the money had been returned twice-once where I held my other phone line up to the receiver of my other phone line so their person could hear--that it had NOT been returned. They also say that they Can't reconnect me without me rerunning the program. Even though they'e told me several times that they can. I have never dealt with such a horrible company, and they don't even seem to care. I want my money they owe me back, my service restored, for them to seem like they care, and NEVER to have to deal with this co. again. If there is a class action suit I would like to join. Buyer beware.

I live in a small rural village (population about 150 people) and the only Internet service available here is dial-up or satellite. If I lived 3 miles north, I could get cable, but the cable companies are not interested.

My ONLY option available is Hughesnet. I pay nearly $80/month for their premium home service which is supposed to be 1.6Mbps downlink and 250Kbps uplink. Oh, and don't forget that I have a 250Mb limit on downloads. If I go over, my speed is throttled to less than dial-up speeds for a 24 hour period, beginning from the time I went over the limit. If I want to get up at 200AM, I can download however much I like.

Currently I am getting only 67Kbps downlink and 29Kbps uplink. I have been tracking my speed for weeks and have never gone over 350Kbps during the day. However, during the wee hours of the morning, I can get as much as 1.2Mbps, so the trouble is NOT the weather; is not my modem; is not my satellite dish.

I called Hughesnet support this evening (located in India!). After 30 minutes of trouble shooting, the fellow tells me that he cannot find a problem and that he will upgrade me to the "Highest Level 4 Supoort" and to expect a call back from them within 48 hours. 48 hours! I'm supposed to sit around for 2 days for someone to call me back?

I told the fellow that a 2 day wait was not acceptable. He talked to his manager and was told that I MIGHT get a call back within 24 hours. Whoop Dee Doo. OH! And I am getting 2 days credit ($5.28) for the inconvenience.

I don't think that I will ever get the speeds I am paying for because I suspect they are over-subscribed and can't deliver what they advertise. If I do not get satisfaction, I will report them to the FCC. We shall see what happens.

HughesNet.com advertises "Unlimited Internet Access" but severely limits your access time with their "Fair Access Policy" (FAP).
HughesNet restricts your on-line time so severe it does not allow enough online time for security updates without penalties.
HughesNet locks you into a two year contract for a useless service. Extremely deceptive company.
I believe the US Federal Government should investigate HughesNet.com practices to protect future customer rip-off.

I signed up for HughesNet simply because there were no other options in my area. I was on the automatic payment plan and had no problems.

A few months ago, my credit card company issued me a new card, and the old card expired. HughesNet began sending me paper invoices through the mail. I would then make a one time credit card payment online. I liked this method of payment better, as I don't really trust automatic billing.

I received a bill in the mail, stating that my current balance plus a previous balance was due on August 4th, 2009. The previous balance had been due July 5th, and I had simply made the mistake of thinking I had already paid.

On July 20th, a pop-up page began appearing, stating that my account was past due. I discovered my error, and promptly made payment of the past due amount online, also opting to set my credit card back up for automatic payments to keep this from happening again. The current balance would then be due August 4th (or so I thought).

After making the payment, I still continued to receive the pop-up page stating my account was past due. I thought maybe their system needed some time to process the payment, so I thought nothing of it.

This morning, I was still receiving the notice of non-payment. I called customer service to explain the situation to them. I was informed that my payment due date was 7/20. I explained that I had a paper invoice that stated otherwise. Not only that, but the automated account information over the telephone stated that my current balance would be automatically drafted from my credit card account on 8/7.

I argued and argued with these people. Apparently, when I made the payment online on 7/20...the system changed my payment due date for the CURRENT balance to 7/20. No one made any apology, they simply stated that if I didn't pay the current balance I would be cut off within 3 days.

So now I've paid them TWICE. I am interested to know whether or not they intend to charge my credit card again on August 7th.

I had hoped to resolve the issue with customer service...but the lady I spoke with was apparently an automaton, as she could only repeat what was on her computer screen over and over again. I spoke with her supervisor and explained that companies cannot arbitrarily change due dates on bills without some sort of notification to the customer. His reply was "consider this your notification". I asked if there was anyone that was in the United States that I could speak with and he told me "no".

I wouldn't recommend HughesNet to ANYONE. I will NEVER recommend them. Period. If I had any choice other than HughesNet or an even worse satellite internet provider in my area, I would gladly switch. HughesNet customer service is horrible...their packages are overpriced...and they are completely worthless, in my opinion.

Although I agree to hughes net 24th month contract, I never knew hughes net is charging for equipment fee and service fee to a total of 800 dollars. Before they told me it was a $500 fee only. I am deeply hurt and violated. I will pay because I don't know how to avoid this and hope no one will regret getting hughes net. Hughes net is the biggest rip off and I am not happy. I am Hughes net biggest enemy... just remember..
do not believe what you see, or what you hear.
I have so much problems with hughes net over the pass months. The equipment they gave me werent even knew... why am i paying so much for used equitment. I had bad connections during the first week, i called for technical support more than 10 times. Yet they do the same procedure everytime and failed. I realized that they weren't smart technical supporters because common sense I knew they had missed errors on fixing my connection problems. I am paying full price on a empty month of no internet service. Technical support came to my house and said my reciever is no longer good and I needed a new one. I know i did not just hear that. I had realized it was a used one ...no good... And this one time I had call for technical support again and more likely trying to get some help... the technical guy was yelling at me that i'm doing his check up procedures wrong. I am done with Hughes net... please someone do something about this and in the future... I work average only 2 days in a week because of job is slow. I might filed for unemployment soon... i'm at full stress. especially after realizing hughes net rip off agreement fee. well thanks for listening

I am having to move to a residence that says I can't attach HughesNet equipment to their home or put a pole in the ground on their property, so, I called HughesNet today and they told me I have to pay the $400.00 fee anyway for canceling early...
I told them I could get them a letter from the owners, but they said it would not make any difference...
He actually told me I should move somewhere that allowed HughesNet!
I called my credit card company and they said the only option, if I can't resolve the issue with them, is to get a "new" credit card number...
However, if I don't pay them, my credit rating will be affected...
I am "constantly" having trouble with HughesNet ...It's so slow and cuts out all the time...It is a lousy service and VERY expensive for what you get!
Plus, I initially had to pay $125.00 up front to have a pole installed in the yard of where I presently live...
This company was my "ONLY" option for internet at the time as I live in the country...
I would love any advise on what to do... Thanks, Summer

HughesNet dispatched THEIR contracted technician within 90 days of initial installation (by another of THEIR contractors) because I couldn't receive service. The dispatched service technician advised that the original pole & dish was improperly installed & needed to be moved to restore service. I paid the HughesNet technician who installed my service originally $125. The second technician sent by Hughsnet required payment of $125 to reinstall the pole & dish & HughsNet refuses to credit my account or resolve the matter with THEIR contractor who originally installed my service. I have filed a complaint with the FCC. Any other suggestions for recourse?

Hughes networks made changes on their network to not allow vpn access. I have a machine that will vpn from any location ie.. coffee shop, my house (roadrunner), work, ect... It will not vpn on Hughes network router as of a month ago. There are no supervisors or managers available from Hughes and no one to escalate my call. Formal complaints should be addressed to Hughes Network 11717 Exploration Ln German Town Md 20876. I would recommend that rural folks rally here for a class action lawsuit against the company and file grievances for refund of unopperational services.

I only found out this morning that any page browsing, game playing and even accessing your email account goes against your FAP. Now please someone tell me how this is anyway fair.
I acknowledge that I did exceed the FAP yesterday morning and that I did wait the required 24 hours, when in fact by trying to access my email 2 hours prior to the FAP being taken off I have to wait an additional 24 hours. I would not have known this if I had not been able to speak to a CSR who could actually speak English.
People I say let's not let them get away with this. I mean after all we pay for the email account that we are being locked out of.
Let's bombard the Corp office's with letters of complaints.
Here are the addresses I use.

Hughes Network Systems
Customer Relations
11717 Exploration Lane
Germantown, MD 20876

Hughes Network Systems
Customer Relations
100 Lake Forest Blvd
Gaithersburg, MD 20877

I have used these address so often that I have them memorized.
I will not give up until things are improved for those of us that keep them in business and you shouldn't either.

I was not able to get on line for 7 days so hughesnet sent out a repairman. I was told a service call would be 125.00. I agreed but when the serviceman came out he said I wouldn't have to pay the service call because the part on the dish was installed wrong and moisture got in and keeped the signal from getting through. He also said I was still under warranty. Then I get my Discover bill and they charged me 44.21 for which is what I should have paid for the month minusthe charge for the 7 days I was without service. Instead my discouer statement showed 169.21. 125.00 plus the 44.21 reduced monthly charge. I called them and complained and they said they would have to check with the boss and call me right back. I have not heard anything from them for two days. July 5 th is the last day of my warranty and I think they are waiting to tell me I'm out of warranty. If you can help I'd appricate it because being retired and on a fixed income a125.00 is a lot of money. Thank you.. Gary,

We went with Hughes because our friends had a 7000, & being a snow bird can install that unit where ever he goes.

We ended up with a 9000, the installer shrugged his shoulders & said, my boss says you will have to take a installers class.

The gist of this letter...we apply for a class, Lea Hunt with RSI says...sorry, but you have to work for a satellite company.

Randy Brown

I am retired. & Now I can't move this unit without paying $160.00 to reinstall it . & some companys out there will only do new installs, this is crap.

I currently live in a very rural community with cable internet stopping 2 miles up the road. I was sucked in on the fast internet ads for hughesnet sattelite internet. I had satt. internet about 7 years ago, and it had no kind of FAP( fair access policy), which means it was insanely fast and had no limits all for the same price. So i went ahead and bought the hughesnet equipment so i wouldnt have to sign a long term commitment. BIG MISTAKE! I was told it (hughnet) would work for x-box live. Lie #1. I was told if i upgraded to the pro plan it would support x-box live. Lie #2.I was told of unlimited downloads with an upgrade.Lie #3. I was told if i cancelled my service i would be given an address to return this junk. Lie #4. I have been calling everywhere just to get a damn address so i can send this junk back, and get transferred to some 3rd world country where u cant understand a word their saying. Now they're trying to give me credit on my account which i no longer have. I've been fighting with these [censored]es for 2 months now just to get an address that i can send this back to, so i can get my money. Don't know if it will ever happen. Can anyone help me; [protected]@yahoo.com orcall me at [protected]

I was being capped off @ 200m daily when I am paying for 375m daily. Hughesnet did acknowledge this error but refuses to refund in any manor! I will switch asap. DO not go with hughesnet. Look at all options first!

Ok you can see I'm from a little hole in the wall town in kansas, actually outside of town about 5 miles. I live on a farm, so internet was either very unreliable but extremely fast and cheap Pixius, or Hughes Net. We had Pixius for a while then we had no internet for a month, so we switched to Hughes Net. We looked at the website and watched the commercials over and over again. We got it 2 years ago this September, Halo 3 had just come out so I beat the campaign and decided to play it on Live. So I when I was in the matchmaking lobby of the game no games that I could join would show up so my mom decided to call customer service because of this and the internet was going slower than usually for the past couple of days. Finally after the FIFTH call the guy answered our question, "You broke the download threshold mam." Boy oh boy did every single family member get mad. We are a mac family so updates are huge. I can't download all my windows and mac gaming and developing stuff. Thank the lord that my contract with them is up in a couple of months. But when we looked at the website there wasn't a download threshold thing on the chart what so ever. I don't know how many times we go into FAP mode because of me, but usually my parents are madder at Hughes than me. I just want to start a petition and or have billions of people go to hughes website all at the same time. Oh and don't get Wild Blue, same people just a larger download threshold but bigger price i think.