So Long, Hughesnet!

YES! I am doing the Snoopy Happy Dance today. Mars just got off the phone, and once and for all, he cut the tether tied around our necks that held us to Hughesnet.

Seriously! Do NOT sign up for Hughesnet without talking to me. And checking out this website, and this one and especially this one.

It was unbelievably satisfying to say, “Yes, we know we’ll have to pay to break the contract. Believe me, it is more than worth it to be DONE with you.”

Instead, I’m tethering to my iPhone, which works surprisingly well. I use the iPhone as a “Personal Hot Spot,” and I can access it via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Mad Scientist can access it on his DSi. In fact, anyone who has the password can access it.

I’m on a flexible data plan, so we only pay for the data we use. And it’s considerably less than Hughesnet was. And we never have to worry about getting thrust into Punishment Mode because I tried to update my phone software or download a system security fix.

Best of all, though, it actually works. I can blog again! I can get on the Twitter and Facebook pages. I can … gasp! … read Postsecret. I can actually watch YouTube videos. I can … double gasp!! … preview songs on iTunes. I can buy whole albums on iTunes without getting punished. Heck, yesterday I was able to balance all of our financial accounts yesterday at home — I’ve been driving into town twice a month to balance them because Hughestnet couldn’t even load a regular page, much less a secured page. But over the iPhone, every page loaded just like it’s supposed to.

And that should tell you something. Cruising the internet via the 3G network over my phone is infinitely faster than the rural satellite we were paying almost $100 a month for.

Goodbye (and good riddance) Hughesnet.

Hellllooooo, twenty-first century!

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Tags: Hughesnet, iPhone, Satellite Internet