Until yesterday I didn't even know they were working on it. Both those names inspire some confidence, though, they are known for getting things done. We'll see.
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I'm paying around $115/month for basic DirecTV, plus whatever the NFL pack costs, and I believe around $80/month for 20G "high speed" data on Hughesnet, so it would have to be really expensive to not be worth it for me.

The thing that sucks is it's not like I live on some isolated mountain top. I'm a little out of town and there are small communities all around the valley plus the marina. There is a big ass mountain right across the valley from my house with cell towers and such all over it but no one will come out and put a wireless tower on it. :-)
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Hughes net is like the worst internet ever.
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That one brunette with the nice cans that gives the little spiel for them is nice, though.

EDIT: She has an instagram, it would appear. And yes, she is very hot

https://www.instagram.com/sitara_hewitt/?hl=en
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LOL, you know it's bad when I have Comcast and after hearing the shit about Hughesnet and Century link I refuse to move to an area far enough out to not have a main net provider.

I was like yea I'm gonna stop complaining about my service now.
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The Gen 5 is better than the old hard cap system but, yes, it sucks. The problem is that the only other option sucks way harder (and is more expensive).

A wireless tower up on this would solve everything for a bunch of us. There's already power because of all of the cell towers already there.


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Yep. I had it for a few years. Fortunately, our subdivision got fiber and I was able to dump them. The Gen 5 was better. But I was lucky if I made it to the 15th before o hit the cap and was throttled down to shit speeds for the rest of the month. Our fiber provider is a small local company. We get 25mbps speeds for $50/ month. It's not the best fiber service, but it's a hell of a lot better than Hughes net.
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They were running fiber for Verizon Fios in my neighborhood the other day.....not sure how I feel about all that.

Verizon is super high for just a phone.
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I'd probably lose my shit on that.......I'm at 250 down and some days I wish it was higher.
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I moved here before I knew what the internet even was.

If only I had known. If I lived in town (two miles away), it would be unlimited 25 Mbps for under $50/month. :-)
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I'm supposed to be at 70 a month for 250 down but I'm at 120 because of data caps..I get to pay 50 a month extra to be uncapped because I'm always over that number, usually within a week.
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I rarely make it a week and we don't even stream video or anything. I think their meter is full of shit.
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I'd pay that in a heartbeat.
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Oh I know. I ran out around a week in many a time. It took major laying off the internet to get close to the 15th. It helped that I have unlimited internet on my phone, so I used it quite a bit back then. One thing that I didn't like, the local provider charged a $300 installation fee. I thought that was ridiculous, but to get rid of Hughes net and get decent internet, I paid it. I was paying $70/ month to Hughes net, now I'm paying $50. 15 months in, that wiped out the install fee.
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I pay $88 a month for 20 mb and speed test is 14 mb. Fml
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