Name: HughesNet
Rating: 1.0

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Christine Untiedt Chicago, IL

I have the $99.99 30GB plan. We are throttled so tightly that the service is only usable for us for about 3 days per month. I clearly explained our usage needs when I signed up, the salesman assured me this would be more than enough for our needs. I was LIED to! And I can't get out of this without a big fine. I am sick every month when they charge me.

4 years ago

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Tammy Johnson Athens, AL

Do not get this service it is worse than the old dial up service. Spent 90 minutes on phone still a pile of crap cant watch a movie for retreaving every 2 minutes Cant get phone to load from internet unless I turn off wifi and go to mobile data. They said check speed should be 25 mine was 10.9. Then they wanted to know make and model of my tv. What difference does that make? They are supposed to sent a tech out and we will see , but in my opinion it is a pile of crap. Do not get , run

4 years ago

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V Desert Hot Springs, CA

It's a scam, they will take your money, I hate Hughesnet and regret it, no one ever came to installed our internet correctly and expected me to do it on my own and seriously took my money and had to cancel my credit card due to the fact that although I tried canceling for not installing the internet they said no and had to pay extra fee for them to install it. Happened in year 2016, wont stop complaining as I still hope to get my refund, plus, an apology :/

4 years ago

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Katelyn Burdine Chicago, IL

If I could leave negative stars I would. They are manipulative and even after your contract has ended you have to jump through thousands of hoops and spend nearly all day trying to cancel your service. Their prices are astonishing for something that never works. If you’re thinking about Hughes net, run. If you feel brave I hope you enjoy torture.

4 years ago

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Bruce Johnson ,

Hughes promised 25mbps. i got 1 mbps. called them and waited an hour on hold, never got to speak to a representative. I used the internet chat line and waited over 2 hours and NEVER received a response. I noticed an email for help. Sent an email but got a message that the email is not longer in service. Caanceled my service and spent an hour on the phone to do so. Always they said, "we are checking, please hold!!!!" NEVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 years ago

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I hope this works Murphy, NC

Horrible service!!! Have had HughesNet for 6 months and have tried to deal with it. Called to cancel and was shocked that they are going to charge me 325.00 early termination fee. Wouldn’t listen and talked over me the entire call. I have never dealt with a company like this. They care nothing for their customer’s satisfaction. It’s all about money. Told them to go ahead and send the early cancellation bill to a collection agency. I will NOT be taken advantage of by this company anymore. DO NOT USE Hughesnet!!!

4 years ago

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Tonia Demarco Ocala, FL

They are not high speed. Gen 5 is a joke. I called 5 times to tell them how slow they were and something is wrong. Well a year later after hurricaine Michael. They send some one out. My inside box wasn't work right and they had me on a bad satellite. They changed everything saying it would be better. Well it is not. Can not even watch neflex. Do not use them. I would love to do a commercial tell people the real truth.

4 years ago

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Cybill Seattle, WA

Orting residents don’t purchase Hughesnet. It does not work in this area. It’s easier to used your cell phone services then pay for crappy services. I’m paying $100 for nothing. To cancel its $400 with additional charges afterwards. No payment plan they expect you to pay it all with the card you on file without your permission. So you will get overdraft fee from your bank if the funds are not available. My tv buffers and get drop calls. If your gamer. This will not work. It’s sad you guys stay in business. Oh wait you do bc you rip people off.

4 years ago

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Dane F Byhalia, MS

Save yourself the frustration and just choose any other internet provider. Hughes Net is without question just garbage. I absolutely hate it! It is impossible to watch a 30 minute TV show on Netflix in under 1 1/2 hours because of the non stop buffering. It took 20 minutes to just get through a quick episode recap that plays before opening credits. I hope the people who run Hughes Net will suffer in Hell when they die. The worst suffering imaginable! Where for all of eternity, they are forced to use the exact same internet connection that they have conned onto their customers .

4 years ago

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Bob Ashville, AL

Stay away from HughesNet SLOW internet… Stay away from HughesNet SLOW internet dial up was faster. They advertise 25Mbs coast to coast, this is false. I have had their service for over 6 months and I have Never gotten over 5Mbps. Their customer no service, level 4 service, has admitted they have a problem with their service but cannot fix it. I have spent endless hours on the phone with Hughes only to get the same run around. Their advertising is false, deceptive and possibly fraudulent. Considering a 'Class Action" law suite.

4 years ago

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R Grubbs Blythewood, SC

Dealing with HughesNet is an exercise in aggravation and INCREDIBLY time consuming. The service is OK. Setting up the account and getting the equipment installed was tedious and again, time consuming. Trying to cancel the account was AGONIZING. On hold for over 25 mins, then CSR wouldn't leave script despite explaining answers to her questions multiple time. It's her job I know. I'd simply like to do business with a company that actually gives a hoot about their customer. It's clearly not HughesNet.

4 years ago

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Jane Fields Deer Park, WA

We've had HughesNet for about a year. Can't wait for the 2 year contract to be up. The speed is pretty slow and oft times unstable when I'm on a video call. Last Thursday night the internet and phone completely went out. Called on Friday to find out the issue. Turns out the modem needs to be replaced. They can't have a technician out until over a week away!!! This is horrible customer service!!! I work from home and internet is critical for my job. I am so disappointed with HughesNet and would not recommend them.

4 years ago

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Beverly Buie Mendenhall, MS

I've had Hughes for over a year. The service sucks! I've paying for something that I cant enjoy. You call them and it's a joke. I would never recommend them to anyone. They sure dont believe in customer service guarantee. You are just stuck in a contract paying for something that's useless. I gave ed them a one star only because it wouldn't allow me to give no stars

4 years ago

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Snuffy Marietta, GA

Find an alternative, these guys sux. Stay away. Got locked into 24 mos. for our remote property in Western NC. Could not send photos from iPhone. Netflix buffered every 5 mins. Call center from Philippines is salt in the wound IMO. This was a second home for us so data usage was low for each 30 day period. Explore Exede/Via Sat. May cost more but it works better. I’ve had both.

4 years ago

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Don't do it!!! Riverview, MI

I would give it zero stars but it won't alow that! If you're thinking about getting internet from this company do yourself a faver and don't! Its very expensive for the VERY slow internet they have! Thinking you can call to figure out the problem, might as well just talk to you're wall cause it will listen and be alot more helpful then the folks you will get ahold off! So please for all thats holy and good DO NOT GO THROUGH THIS COMPANY!

4 years ago

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Owen New Salisbury, IN

Terrible service. Too slow for streaming. Data disappears on weekends when we are out of town and everything is turned off; that really happened. The bill is considerably larger than we were told it would be and they want us to buy stupid coins for them to give us back what they stole. I will be going without internet instead of paying these crooks for terrible service.

4 years ago

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Unhappy Nocona, TX

I called customer service to change the date of the auto draft of my monthly payment. I am a public educator and get paid only once a month and explained my pay date changed. HughesNet would NOT help. I was told that "you can change the date only once a year". I have a bill for the 22nd, and a pay of the 25th. This company is NOT customer friendly.

4 years ago

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Mary E Messere Dunkirk, NY

hughesnet never tells you that you have to climb up on your roof to retrieve the"radio" from their satellite dish or they charge you $200.00. When I told them that I was 70 years old with no one to climb up and get it their reply was...then it will cost you $125.00 for a technician to come and remove it. They said that I would have to be there form 3 hours and wait for the technician. i explained to them that i had moved to another town and that the house was empty. It didn't matter. Now i am going to be penalized $200.00!

4 years ago

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Benita Kellyville, OK

HughesNet is a horrible company to deal with. We live in the country and we were told we would have plenty of data and never run out between months. Well we were out st 3 days. We have tried to cancel with no fees for a year and no response. We have an internet service now that works 200 percent better. Company service is not a priority with this company. I will never recommend them to anyone as long as I live!

4 years ago

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Vern Waconia, MN

We have only been with them eight days but we found out their WiFi interferes with our phones, people report we are breaking up. When we receive a call I have to turn off WiFi in settings for the call to work. I spent an hour and a half on the phone with them and they know all about the problem, they have a fix, for $20 per month you can use their phone service. They offered all kinds of deals. I said i’d Like to cancel service they said there’s a $400 fee to cancel. I took their phone service but i’m Thinking I might have made a bad decision.

4 years ago

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Jesus Alfonso GONZALEZ Monroe, WA

I only last it for two months with them, very slow, can not use more than 4 devices, including my alarm system in my home. after one day using Netflix, IT run out the entire 20GB they say. they told me it can handle 14 devises at the same time , belony. I decided to pay the $400.00 and dump them. I won't be surprise , that a class action against them is coming soon.

4 years ago

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Max Breisse Katy, TX

this company always looking for excuses to resolve your issues, they tide you up with a contract and they avoid to let you go at any cost, they don't care if you are not having the services you need. I regretted to sign with this company and I'm suffering from the service and paying the full bill. I don't recommend to anyone regardless of the offer to sign with them.

4 years ago

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justin polk Eight Mile, AL

they have data limits, which i hate. feel like i have to monitor my viewing habits to make sure i don't exceed. They don't charge more , they slow down my MPS. the speed is not consistent.

4 years ago

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Lauren Marshfield, MO

Hughesnet is the worst internet service provider. The are the most Stupid, incompetent idiots ever. It never works. And then when you call and complain, they act like you're the stupid one. Hey Hughesnet only an idiot wouldn't know where to find the search bar in google. If you like paying for internet that never works, then Hughesnet is perfect for you.

4 years ago

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ELIZA BALISACAN Longview, TX

THIS IS THE WORST INTERNET CO. THEY ARE EXTREMELY SLOW. THEY LIE ABOUT BEING UNLIMITED THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE NOT UNLIMITED THEN I WAS NOT AWARE OF A CONTRACT THEY TOLD ME WHEN I TOLD THEM I WOULD NOT GET INTERNET THAT HAS A CONTRACT THEY TOLD ME THAT I DIDNT HAVE TO GET A CONTRACT I GUESS NOW THAT WAS A LIE JUST TO GET ME TO GET THEY SUCK EXTREMELY SLOW BAD SERVICE I FEEL SOO PLAYED. THEY ARE THEY WORSE SERVICE EVER AND IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME CHECK ON FACE BOOK . DO NOT GET THEIR SERVICE NO MATTER IF THEY LIE TO YOU AND TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN DO MONTH TO MONTH.

4 years ago

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Tim Carver Seneca, SC

Worse than dialup! Been complaining for +1 month (2x week), spending hours on phone only to be passed around doing the same tests with same results: less than 1mps. They say wait for a phone call from techs. Same tests; wait for another call; more same tests. More delays. Billing continues. They quickly remind you of 2 year contract or $400 payout. What a rip off!!

5 years ago

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Sheila Marshall Mesa, AZ

I would not recommend Hughes Net to anyone. They are crooks. When you cancel your service they don't send you your boxed to send their crap back. They suck more than 3 hundred dollars out of your bank account so they can work off of your money while you fight to get it back. You end up having to use your own money to send their crap back and they still work off your money until their good and ready to give it back. A multi million dollar company that steels from the poor to line their own pockets.

5 years ago

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SHERMAN AARON MACE Sterling, MI

I lived in my last home for 40 years and had cable most of those years. i never had 1/10 of the problems i have had with Hughes. If it looks like rain i lose service. Now at 75 i have to climb on my roof when it snows to clean the disk and restore service. To watch anything on You Tube is to put up with constant circles. i will find a new provider or will do without.

5 years ago

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Troy Battle Creek, MI

Had the service for one month and it never really worked. I asked for a tech since I was paying for one, they still wanted to do things over the phone. Long story short, never had a tech come out, took three days of fight to cancel the service. By far this was the worst company I ever worked with in my life just to receive the same crappy signal I get on my cell phone at the same crappy price DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THEM!!

5 years ago

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Butch Harrison, MI

I have been complaining on slow speed ever since ive have been a customer There comment is always its good at our end! but there not here you cant get anyone to come and see what your talking about! Its pretty bad when you are on face book and he pics wont download unless you refresh it 2-3 times! I am waiting for my contract to end and will cancel there ads for fast service is a fraud! I live in a rural area and Hard to find providers but anyone is better than hughes net

5 years ago

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Bob I Overland Park, KS

Please be aware Hughesnet will offer you so called "Bonus time". I was offered 100 extra gig a month. But they only give you 50 gig. I am a month in of my 2 year contract and went over my 10 gig expecting the bonus time would kick in. BUT what they don't tell you is that that bonus time can only be used between the hours of 2 am to 8 am. I am stuck with this because I live in a rural area and they are my only option at this time. I will pay to get out of this mess as soon as another option becomes available.

6 years ago

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Bill Hines Plymouth, MN

If you want reliable service 24/7 do not use HughesNet. They have oversold their capacity IMO. Like clockwork at 3PM CDT until well after midnight I get just above dialup! Hughesnet trying to convince me its MY equipment! I am not a complete geek in Satellite technology but if download speeds during off peak is running 25 to 35 mbps and 1.5 mbps or below during peak it is NOT my computer or equipment!!!

7 years ago

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Teresa Reid Charlotte, NC

Lived back in the woods where we didn't have a regular internet provider and hughesnet was the only dish type provider at the time that serviced our area. We had good internet service

1 year ago

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shrimp

Terrible service. Websites are very slow or incomplete to download especially videos and pictures. Upload speeds are very slow and makes logging on to a website very difficult or sometimes not possible.

11 months ago

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Denise Maloney Guthrie, OK

This is the most fraudulent company I've ever dealt with. Throttling will DISABLE, not slow their service, they are NOT a local Oklahoma company and now that I have lightning fast ATLINK, I know they've been stealing from me. Do not use Hughes.

1 year ago

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Jones Willis NC

Horrible internet connection. Can hardly stream on a good day. I’ve never once been able to play video games with it. A mobile hotspot from my cell phone is typically my best bet if I want to try going a day without constant buffering lol.

1 year ago

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Henry Campbell,Jr. KY

i agree with all reviews that state the turtle speed of huighes net, calling their tech help is no help. they need to syop lying. my fiber optic is out front of my house and i dont care what it cost as ANYTHING will be better than hughes net.

1 year ago

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Zachary F

They installed outdated equipment then refused to pick it up when I canceled my plan. I would lose my internet periodically throughout the day. It was too slow to watch Netflix. Worst of all it cost more than Seacomm. When I told my neighbors in the small town where I live that I signed up with HughsNet, I was laughed at

1 year ago

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Dwayne Simpson simpson NC

I WISH I HAD NEVER SIGNED UP WITH HUGHSNET. SLOWEST INTERNET I HAVE EVER HAD.SPEND TIME WAITING ON IT TO BUFFER,WHEN YOU GO ON WIFI IT SAYS NO INTERNET AND THEN SOMETIMS COMES ON AND SOMETIMES IT TIMES OUT! NOT NEAR WORTH THE PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT!

1 year ago

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Nathan melton TX

Wi-Fi is so slow it’s a joke! Even update apps on my phone, and a 3 min YouTube video takes 5mins+ to watch. (And that’s sitting next to the router.) forget about trying to download or watch a movie. I can only get one bar of service on my phone at my house and it works better then full Wi-Fi !!! Do not get Hughesnet!!!

1 year ago

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david proctor Indianapolis, IN

I hate HughesNet no customer service my internet is down more than it works and cost a lot to get out so I’m paying 100 a month for internet that don’t work at all. I’ve unhooked everything and waiting on my att hotspot I’ll continue to pay HughesNet 100 bucks a month while my router stays disconnected .

1 year ago

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Life of Frog South Bend, IN

Internet is too slow to do anything at all. You cannot work from home on this internet. You can not stream movies or games. Customer service doesn't speak English half the time and isn't helpful at all. They over charge you on your bill and say they will fix the error, but never do. Contract term seems like it never ends.

1 year ago Edited October 28, 2022

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Linda Fisher MI

Customer service chat rarely ever works and when you call they CONSTANTLY leave you hanging with their automated attendants who can’t hear and obviously can’t figure out the numbers you type in EITHER! It’s frustrating and we’re they not the ONLY carrier available to us we would of fired them long ago!!!!!

1 year ago

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Jerry Hudson Murphy, NC

Don't use this sorry a-- company unless you're only using your WiFi from midnight to 7:30 in the morning. I have only at best 25% capacity at best. It would be nice to not have to stay awake to watch Netflix till midnight or wee hours of the morning. WORTHLESS!!!

1 year ago

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Christopher Sundermeier Raleigh, NC

Horrible service. The cost is high and the internet is so slow as to be unusable. They force you to sign a long term contract -- which you will want to cancel immediately, but then you are stuck paying a large termination fee. This is a rip off and a company that should be ashamed of itself for its practices.

1 year ago

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Cathesue Longview, TX

I chose hughesnet thinking it would be a good Internet. Boy was I wrong, I couldn't stream Peacock or Hulu. So I called to complain they said I was using all of my 15 G. They suggested I get the 40G. So I did Netflix is the only thing that will stream. I am fed up, I have to get out of the contract I Hate hate them. DO NOT get this internet.

1 year ago

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Nikki G Glen Allen, VA

Worst customer service. I have been trying to cancel because my husband past away unexpectedly and I had to move somewhere I was not able to keep service at. Being told I have to pay an early termination fee because those are not good enough reasons. I want expecting my life to take this turn after I agreed to the contract. No sympathy

1 year ago

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Cynthia Rooney Charlotte, NC

Horrible. Paying 188 month can't over 2 yrs, never watched a movie through without extreme buffering. Current speed is .34 not even 1 mb download. They throttle speed down after 30 days . Your locked in for 2 yrs. Then try to upsell you a larger data pkg. Which still don't work!!

1 year ago

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Ryan Buchanan Greensboro, VT

Absolute worst internet service I've ever had. And then when I try to cancel the dude gives me attitude and heckles me for 45 minutes trying to get me to keep the service! Disgusting company, disgusting performance and disgusting customer service. Do not sign a contract with this group of pigs.

1 year ago

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Shawna Hennessey Los Angeles, CA

SERVICE WAS AWFUL CALLED AND COMPLAINED MULTIPLE TIMES AS I COULD NOT EVEN RUN ONE DEVICE AT A TIME. SAID THEY COULDNT DO ANYTHING WHEN I CANCELLED THEY STATED I SIGNED A 2YR CONTRACT BUT CAN NOT SEND THE ME A COPY OF SAID CONTRACT AND ON TOP OF IT THEY WANT ME TO GO ON THE ROOF TO UNINSTALL THEIR DEVICE OR BE CHARGED ANOTHER $300.

1 year ago