Posted by Steven Pearce on 1/10/09 8:53am
Msg #274101

Hughes.net warning

This is in response to Blueink's post about hughes.net.

The service is okay, but you might want to consider a Gmail account for e-docs. I found that a lot of the problems I had with late docs was due to the hughes.net e-mail system. I have had to call to ask for docs just to be told they had already been sent to my hughesnet e-mail 3 hours ago. I gave my gmail account and the docs arrived within 10 minutes. While I was printing up those docs, my hughesnet email finally came through and the time stamp on it showed that they had indeed been sent three hours earlier.

My take on this is that the servers for hughes have a hard time with e-mails larger than a couple of megs. The format for docs on Gmail is bulkier and a little awkward in comparison, but much faster.

Reply by Blueink_TN on 1/10/09 10:06am
Msg #274111

Thank's Steven, that's good to know. I didn't set up an email account on HN, as I have had no problem with Yahoo. I like Yahoo because I can keep the address no matter which IP I use. Is there an advantage using gmail over yahoo?

Reply by Steven Pearce on 1/10/09 10:57am
Msg #274113

Gmail is easier to navigate unless you're

already comfortable with Yahoo.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 1/10/09 10:40am
Msg #274112

I have HughesNet but don't use their e-mail system - I use Yahoo....and the only problem I have is when the internet is down (severely overcast days, very stormy days, etc.)...

One thing I WILL warn you about - be aware that my husband and I believe (and we've been told by techs) that over holiday time (Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Years long weekends) HughesNet cuts their signal - over those weekends our internet is so slow it's pathetic - I could make dinner in the time it takes to open some pages - and we pay for the highest speed available. Very frustrating - it was so slow I prayed I wouldn't get any calls because I'd never download and open the package in time for the appointment.

Unfortunately, I have no other options out here.

Reply by Blueink_TN on 1/10/09 11:04am
Msg #274115

I thought it was slow during holidays because all the kids were out of school and on-line.

Reply by RickG/CA on 1/10/09 12:24pm
Msg #274120

An advantage with gmail vs yahoo mail (basic subsciptions for both) is the ability to use programs such as MS Outlook to manage email. Not a plug for Outlook, just an example.

Reply by dickb/wi on 1/10/09 2:13pm
Msg #274123

you shoud never have your e-mail acct with your...

isp.......if you change your isp then there goes your e-mail and you may miss many e-mails that you didn't even know were sent....the experts have preached this for years.....

Reply by PAW on 1/11/09 6:48am
Msg #274140

Oh how true!

There are so many free mail services out there, there is no need to use your ISP as your primary mail address.

Even before Yahoo!, Gmail and the multitude of other full featured mail service providers, there were mail forwarding services available. They often advertised as "address for life" where they simply forwarded any mail addressed to that address to whatever email address you specified in your profile. So if you switched ISPs or mail providers, you could easily change your forwarding address.

Reply by John_NorCal on 1/11/09 6:32pm
Msg #274192

Re: Oh how true!

You got me thinking again Paul. I had one of those addresses for life so I decided to try it....
guess what?





It's expired! No more address for life! Oh well, better them being expired than me!

Reply by PAW on 1/13/09 8:49am
Msg #274336

Re: Oh how true!

Some do 'expire' if not used. I do believe "Bigfoot" was like that. (Bigfoot still has free 'basic' email forwarding service, but the basic service does have limitations.)

Reply by cdoty_IL on 1/13/09 2:26pm
Msg #274362

This exact thing happens to me with edoc delivery. They assure me that the size of attachments I am receiving are allowed, but there is still this huge delay (of which I can not tolerate anymore), so I have chosen to not use that address for docs...I have my website server address and have recently also acquired a gmail account for this purpose.

Also, the weather will disrupt service as others have mentioned as well. so be prepared to have another plan to access the internet when there is an ice storm, or bad weather in the area.

I can not say you get what you pay for with HughesNet (because it is costing me about $79 per month...but when it is working it sure beats dial-up and in my area that is my only option for HS internet.