Worst Internet Service, Ever. Day 1, I ran the Bandwidth up in an hour, went to my system control center learned about the FAP that nobody told me about, I called them and played dumb like I didn't know about it. It was the first thing they told me to check and they made me do numerous other things before they told me what it was. I was pretty pissed, but I dealt with it because I had no other choice. Alright, so a few days later I buy an Xbox 360 and I'm thinking "alright, Xbox Live!". I was wrong. It wouldn't let me connect to Xbox Live. I called again and asked what the hell the problem was. They told me this in a Indian accent, "We do not support Xbox Live". I said, "excuse me, but for $80 a month you'll support whatever the hell I tell you to". Suresh was not amused and he proceeded to yell at me in Indian or Arabic or whatever the hell they speak.
My mother had this service as well and she has had numerous problems with their billing system including a $300 dollar cancellation charge when she went too long without getting on the internet. She told them to F*ck off and just quit paying for it.
Alright so in conclusion these are all the things wrong with hughes net,
An Idiotic Bandwidth restriction
Slow as hell from 12 PM to 12 AM (False Advertisement and grounds for a Class Action Lawsuit)
Does not support Xbox Live
Customer Service is Horrible
Billing system tries to rip you off
The ads lie and dupe you into paying for a horrible service (Again, False Advertisement and grounds for a Class Action Lawsuit)
and its too damn expensive
Now, I can understand a bandwidth restriction if I were paying $10-$20 a month. But I am paying $80 a month. I should be able to do anything I want for that much.
There is already a thread on this. I would suggest writing your Congressman, your Governor, and both of your Senators as well as contacting a good Lawyer regarding a Class Action Lawsuit. These are all things I am doing in my state. Don't expect much to be done at the moment, however. The Government is far too busy NOT dealing with our current economic crisis.
Hughes net = Awful for online gaming. Does not support Xbox live or PSN. Bandwidth limit reached in minutes over an MMO, which transfers a vast amount of data.
GE Profile Refrigerators also have the same problem with the Ice Maker.
In Response To Charles: Basically your choices are appliances from Japan, Korea, or China. DO NOT buy appliances from China. LG is a Korean company that is alright. The best of everything these days comes out of Japan.
