Recent content by GARYPSWANSON

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    Is HughesNet business package REALLY and RELIABLY better?

    Regarding the modems. I just upgraded from the DW7000 to HN7000S Pro Plan and am Not impressed. I had better download speeds with the DW7000 and it was at least consistent. The HN7000S speeds are jumping all over the place. With the DW 7000 I always had at least an 800 download. With the...
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    Hughesnet - Changing Equipment

    Thanks for the info. My download speeds are still bouncing. Last night they appeared to be about 900 and this morning at 6am EST (which should be very low usage) they were at 250. Still waiting to hear back from Hughes Advanced Support.
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    Hughesnet - Changing Equipment

    Update on HN7000S Woes After speaking with Tier 4, they had an installer arrive yesterday (19 December) to check out my system. My Crosspoll was constantly failing and so he repointed the dish to corrrect it. He then did several speed tests and one download reached 800 so he said it was fine...
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    Hughesnet - Changing Equipment

    Well I spoke too soon... Well I spoke too soon. Several hours after the upgrade to the HN7000s, my download speeds tanked. That is they dropped to below 100, some in the 50 range. (Yup, thats' download) My uploads have increased to over 150. After many hours with the folks from India, 2nd...
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    Hughesnet - Changing Equipment

    Hughes Net Changing Service Thanks for the information. The advanced ranging page does not show anything over 256K. Interesting enough, when the modem was changed from the DW7000 to HN7000S, the signal strength jumped from 60 to 72 and my download speeds increased to about 1250 from 800 to...
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    Hughesnet - Changing Equipment

    I am a current Hughesnet customer. I just upgraded to the HN7000S from the DW7000 (very pleased with downloads, not sure on uploads) Running .74M dish with 1 Watt transmitter and on small business plan (at least I am supposed to be). Bird is AMC3 (87W 1290 Mhz). Here is the question I cant...