I'm sorry. It will be much better when you get rid of them. By the time I found a new ISP that was viable, my internet wasn't even working at all. I was having to take a laptop to McDonalds to use their wifi to look stuff up. There was a customer in BestBuy who told me about Exceed (now called Viasat). The "repair" date for my equipment for Hughesnet was farther away than the install date Viasat quoted. The modem utilities/software is not as fancy as Hughesnet's but the customer service is MUCH better. They actually have US tech support instead of putting you on the line with some script-reader from New Dehli. I originally started out with Direcway internet but they sold to Hughesnet & immediately cut my bandwidth in half (actually cut it to less than half of my original bandwidth-- went from 460Mb to 200Mb per day), jacked the price up $10/mo. We "upgraded" to their highest plan which was supposed to be at 1.2Mb down but we never got more than 300k. Tech support was absolutely useless. It took me 2 to 4 hours to explain a simple concept to them to get something done. They never admitted when something was wrong on their end, their meter constantly miscalculated-- they claimed we were downloading 5Mb every hour all day long when our modem was unplugged from the power so it couldn't load anything. One of their CS people once told me that tech support wasn't available to people who were throttled (over their "FAP" limit) & hung up on me. Had one guy scream at me because he didn't comprehend that what he was telling me to look for on my screen did not exist & he wouldn't give me the direct url instead. I got pretty good at poking around the modem's info though-- found out they were permanently shadow throttling me to keep my bandwidth lower than what I was paying for. After my scathing review on DSLreports where I detailed various calls, problems, etc (such as them claiming I loaded more than my modem was capable of loading in a single day in one hour & that my modem had been off at the time) they permanently throttled my internet so it wouldn't even function. I could rant for hours about how horrible they were.
I was so happy the day I got to tell them I was ditching them. They tried to convince me to keep their non-working service but I laughed at them & told them the installers were already coming to set up my new internet & HN could kind f-off.
Good for when it is your only choice and no obstructions or moisture between you and the satellite.
Yeah, if it's the ONLY option & you don't need to use it when its raining, cloudy, sunny, or when a bee sneezes. One of the times my internet went out they seriously tried to blame "sunspots" after going through all the troubleshooting and proving it wasn't on my end. To this day I get enraged if I see a Hughesnet commercial. "High speed" my keester! If I hadn't needed internet for emergencies (like when my landline went out & cellphone wasn't working), I would have ditched them long before I found a new ISP.
You can tell me we're going on a trip and I'll fall asleep before we are 1/4 ml. down the road. I think it's because I always got motion sickness when I was little so would shut my eyes and try to sleep so I didn't throw up. (Those big ol' cars rolling too fast around corners - blek!)
I've been working on getting taxes ready for CPA meeting Sat. Business and personal - guess that's another blek! Anyhoo, so I'm taking a brain break for a minute to hop on here.
@Amish Heart So glad you have a shower again. I was beginning to wonder what that smell was
The quiet and privacy again will be very welcomed I'm sure!
I still get motion sickness- cars, boats, elevators, trains, planes... I need to have air blowing on my face. I'm usually OK if I'm driving, but I have problems where my eyes start to burn & my vision goes blurry so I can't drive for as long as I used to. I have trouble sleeping in cars because I can't get comfortable.
All I have done today is make people angry today.
Oldest son's girl friend in particular, no big loss there.
Today is the one year anniversary of my mom passing.
It's been a hard day on everybody today.
Made up chicken salad for supper, but not hungry.
Cleaned out my car, just got to vacuum the inside out yet.
Filled up the car.
Will walk later.
Got Strawberry unstuck from the rose bushes, gas line around the condenser unit outside.
House is cleaned, dishes, done, yard picked up from Strawberry's business.
Internet goes off on Monday, can't afford it right now.
Not sitting Grand daughter and the babysitting money paid for the luxury item like the Internet.
But will pop in now again from the Library.
Sorry to hear about the tough day. Hope you get your appetite back. Really sucks about losing the internet too. Wish there was something more affordable for you.
Thus far I went to the store to grab some cheese, tortillas, bagels, milk, & meat. I heated up some kind of packet of pre-cooked/hydrated rice & added chicken broth to it for Mom. I don't like the stuff, but she does. Then we had kale salad-- it's got other stuff in it like bean sprouts & the dressing is good so I like it despite the kale. Probably will have stroganoff for dinner.
Went over to visit my friend & he's trying to figure out what is wrong with his car. It's putting out 12v instead of 5v & fried his sensor (I think either the clutch sensor or O2 sensor, not sure which). He's narrowed it down to the engine wiring harness (which is $530) or the engine computer (also over $500) or both. I personally suspect it has the wrong wiring harness on or is hooked up improperly. Seller who lied to him about it's condition still hasn't replied to his texts. Not sure if he could get anything if he sued for the guy committing fraud since the guy obviously knew about some of the issues before selling it & lied to him. Said everything was fine except the muffler. It's a late 06 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT so it uses the wiring harness of an 07 Eclipse GT. He's got someone who can follow the wires & figure out if they are connected properly, but he'll have to pay the guy & hope the guy knows about that model car. Can't seem to find a schematic for the wiring harness anywhere.
It was bright & sunny but he was too upset about the car to look at rake trim for his roof. I'm worried he'll put it off too long & the roof might leak again.
He works tomorrow so I'm going to try to find something productive to do-- maybe take another crack working on my bathroom floor.
