Archive for August, 2008

Spaceway3 Has Increased Speeds

August 1, 2008

All the baseline speeds have incresed on all the HughesNet Plans as of July 1st, 08. For instance the  HughesNet Home Plan usedto be 700Kbps down, but now its 1000Kbps down and the good news is the price did not increase.

At the upper tier plans you can get up to 3000Kbps down.

This will be a tough one for wildblue with their base plan onlu coming in at 512Kbps down.

Ka band Spaceway 3 Standardizes Hardware

August 1, 2008

With the release of the new Ka-band platform under the consumer division the new HughesNet Dish (Antenna) has now been standardized to the the .74 meter Dish (Antenna) acroos the borad. This replaces the old .98 mter dish that was normally reserved for the small business offerings.

HughesNet to Wildblue Comparison

August 1, 2008

Well as of July 1st, 08 there is not much of a comaprison. This tells it all.

HughesNet Home Plan 1000Kbps/ Down at 59.99/monthly
Wildlue Home Plan        512Kbps/Down   at 49.99/monthly

HughesNet is virtually twice the speed for only 10.00 more/monthly

New HughesNet Site

August 1, 2008

We found a new HughesNet site with a rather interesting twist. Information comes at you quick and simple with a theme for the challenging economic times we are in. The name should sat it all.

Here it is: HughesNet