Online Gaming - Turn-based Online Games Work Great! Action Packed Games are a Drag
If you play turn-based games such as Candy Crush, Hearts, Chess, etc, then you can enjoy hours of online gaming fun with your new Satellite Internet service.
Unfortnately, if you are looking for online gaming action that requires a quick response like first person shooters or racing games, then Satellite Internet is not going to meet your needs. The sub-second delay to communicate with the satellite 22,000 miles in space will cause you to lose the game because you didn't respond fast enough.
Monthly Data Allowance - Speeds slow down when you reach your Data Cap
Satellite Internet subscribers new to a super fast Internet connection might get carried away with all the new things they can
do on the Internet since they're no longer limited by slow Internet! What's wrong with that? Well, the U.S. government regulates
satellite Internet providers by the amount of data an account holder can use. It's called the Satellite Internet Fair Access Policy.
Basically, satellite Internet providers like HughesNet and ViaSat give subscribers a monthly data allowance based on their Internet plan
to ensure all customers get their fair share of Internet data usage.
When customers hit their max data limit for the month, Hughesnet
slows their speeds down to up to 3 Mbps until the end of the month. Optionally, customers can purchase Bonus Bytes to resume downloading at
their normal download speeds.
Good News! Streaming movies on Netflix only takes 1.5 Mbps at standard definition on one t.v. So, although your speeds are limited when you hit your data cap, your streaming entertainment continues! You'll just have to wait a little longer for large file downloads.