If you have Hughesnet.....Have you been put on notice?

grsthegreat · Mar 31, 2013

crazyal said:
I read this and laughed. Snow wasn't too much of a problem unless it was the wet sticky kind for us. Wet snow means temps close to 32. Sometimes I would just use the garden hose to was the snow off vs get the ladder out. The GF decided she was going to do the same thing while I was at work. The problem was the temps dropped like a stone and she managed to put a 12" layer of ice on the dish and the walkway below the dish. Spent an hour on a ladder with a heat gun melting ice, lol.

Yesterday I removed Hughes's dish from the house. I still have to replace the siding but that'll wait until warmer temps. Two months ago Dish removed one of my two dishes and installed a new one that get's both sats. The house use to look like an industrial complex with dishes pointing every which way. Now with one that's hard to see the house almost looks naked.

Two years ago I didn't want to pay the $130 so I realigned the dish myself using the signal meter on the modem page. It was easy but it took two people. I was able to get it better than the guy who orginally installed it. I think I'm going to toss the Hughes stuff unless someone wants it.

when i used to have hughesnet and or dish, i installed a stick on heat mat to the dish. i never had ice or snow build up.

my new microwave dist is a flat 8 inch square and points nearly vertical ...so no chance of ice/snow buildup

deerseeker001 · Mar 31, 2013

i just looked on my allowance remaining and i have 7.4 GB, you start the month with 10.0GB.i am retired so i spend a lot of time on the computer and as you can see i didn't even dent the usage.i watch a lot of u tube videos.the old system where you got daily allowance i have used it up.

MacLawn · Mar 31, 2013

Sounds like a scam call to me. NEVER, did I say, NEVER give out information by email or phone unless you initiate the contact.

I'd try mifi.

crazyal · Mar 31, 2013

grsthegreat said:
when i used to have hughesnet and or dish, i installed a stick on heat mat to the dish. i never had ice or snow build up.

my new microwave dist is a flat 8 inch square and points nearly vertical ...so no chance of ice/snow buildup

I looked into it but never actually bought a dish heater. It's only the wet snow when the temps are right around freezing that caused problems. If colder then it didn't stick. I did use sprays like Pam and Rain X to help shed wet snow so it was only a half dozen times a season that I would have to remove snow from the dish.

I looked into microwave but the only way it would work would be if there was a receiver on the cell tower. Since nobody had one on the tower it wasn't an option. On the other side of the ridge I'm on several people look like they may have the same square receiver so it could be available for them. I probably would have upgraded to Gen4 if I didn't have the 4g option.

teejk · Apr 3, 2013

crazyal said:
Go to Millenicom's web site. They sell internet service through all the major cell companies like Sprint, AT@T, and like I have, Verizon. With my Verizon service through Millenicom I get 20gb a month and although I had to pay for the MiFi unit up front ($100 plus $50 activation) I have no contract. I pay Millenicom $70. If I had gone through Verizon directly it would have been $110 for 20gb of data and $20 a month for the MifI. Verizon sell the MiFi for $50 and $35 to activate it, so the upfront cost is slightly higher but service through Millenicom is about half the price without a contract so you make out.

Plans | Millenicom

Waiting to hear back from them to see if their plan can feed a wireless router to distribute the signal to multiple devices in the house.