Frederick Jace
Most people think that satellite internet is useless as it can’t offer a good download speed and is unreliable. However, Contrary to this common belief, satellite internet does offer a good speed with stability and reliability. HughesNet satellite internet is one such example.
HughesNet offers a download speed of up to 25 Mbps along with an upload speed of up to 3 Mbps. Moreover, its service is available across all US states from Florida to Washington, making it one of the most widely available internet options in the States. This is especially great for those areas where getting a territorial internet connection is not possible
One major reason behind this immense success for the company is its latest Gen5 technology – something that has not only allowed Hughes to offer better speed, but also made it possible to offer much more to its customers. To know more about the impact of HughesNet Gen5, let us have a look at its benefits.
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Improved Serviceability
One of the core benefits of Gen5 technology is enhanced serviceability. The areas that were out of reach before or the signal strength was not good can now enjoy seamless connectivity. HughesNet Gen 5 is the only reason why small towns in Alaska and remote farms in Texas have are connected to the world.
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Better Speed
Before Gen5, HughesNet used to offer a download speed of up to 15 Mbps. That speed was good for watching YouTube videos, making online audio calls, or downloading medium-sized files.
Now with Gen5, HughesNet allows its customers to enjoy the download speed of up to 25 Mbps across all its territories. Whether you live in a city or love your life at a farm, you will get the same download speed.
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More Data
Another advantage of HughesNet Gen5 for customers is getting access to unlimited data. There are four plans with HughesNet that offer monthly high-speed data ranging from 10 gigabytes to 50 gigabytes.
Since there are no hard data limits, customers can use the internet even when they have used all the data given to them as per their plan. Along with that, they also get the option to add more data to their plan by upgrading their services whenever possible or by purchasing more data tokens.
These steps ensure users can have loading free browsing experience and alter their plans according to their needs and budget.
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Bonus Data Zone
For those customers who do not want to spend money on additional data tokens or like to download stuff but don’t want to use their plan data, there is great news for them. HughesNet also offers a bonus data zone with all of its plans and for all customers.
This is 50 gigabytes of additional data per month without paying any extra costs. Customers can use this data to download movies, update their systems, or anything else based on their usage. However, do remember that this data can only be used between 2-8 am every day. If you will download anything other than this defined time, it will affect your regular plan data.
Another important thing here is that even when you have used all the data in your plan and are getting a slower speed now but have not used the bonus data – you will get a download speed of up to 25 Mbps during that time.
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Video Data Saving
If you are a streamer and are worried that even the 50 gigabytes per month would not suffice for you, there is another feature that you can benefit from. That is HughesNet video data saver.
With that, HughesNet adjusts the video quality automatically, which decreases the data consumption per video. As a result, customers get to enjoy more watch time compared to streaming in HD or UHD.
HughesNet also compresses the web results for customer’s search queries to reduce the amount of data being used for every search. Though this doesn’t make a huge difference, it does save data for those who browse through web results all day for work and research.
Summing Up
Where there are several advantages of HughesNet Gen5, there is also great news that HughesNet will probably launch its next satellite technology upgrade during 2021-2022 (unless it gets delayed due to covid). That will allow customers to get a download speed of up to 100 Mbps.
