Does hughes net work with xbox live?

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We just got hughesnet today......it sucks all the way around. The tech support dosen't have a clue about there our system. Not mention the sales person told us " oh yeah it works great with xbox live" load of bs to get you to buy it. We are cancelling the service and reporting them to the BBB. We have the pro package and it's really slow about like dialup. Everything they advertised with execption of the price has been false.

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Fuck the god damn greedy-ass cable and dsl companies. Fuck them all to fucking hell!

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how do i get xbox live to work with hughes net without it lagging. the hughes net guy said that some ppl have figured it out but he did not kno

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if you got hughesnet like me you know any first person shooter won't work, but you can use dial up to play those thats what i do with halo 3 and modern warfare 2. but if you don't got dial up then try Grand theft auto IV(ballad of gay tony) its almost perfect except for the cars and motorcycles lag but everything else is fine, and need for speed: shift works perfect. you can also make your connection better if you have a router, you can use dhcp reservation and manually put in your dns

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So if I get 3 Mbps using hughes it still won't let me play games on xboxlive

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Hey I heard that u could use a 802.11ABG adapter to get xbox live when u have hughsnet as ur Internet provider. Is this true?, and if so how well does it work?

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wtf i live in the country about to get hughes net (nothing faster) i heard it might work with a wifi box connected but does anyone know or sure?

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I used my blackberry, hooked it into my laptop, and then hooked that into my 360 and it worked for everything but Football games....MW2 workd but was quite laggy

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Hey I have A Verizon USB modem and xbox live works fine on it. all I play is MW2 tho.

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wtf i live in the country about to get hughes net (nothing faster) i heard it might work with a wifi box connected but does anyone know or sure?

The problem isn't the download or upload speed of the service, it's the ping times. Any satellite service is going to have uplink/downlink delays of about 2 seconds (I used to write software for satellite communications). You need good ping times (<150ms) to get any kind of performance out of online shooters, otherwise, the time it takes for your client (xbox, pc, whatever) to update the server with your new position, action (shooting, etc) and the time it takes for the server to update your client is going to be too long and you're going to see long lag times.

If you live in a rural area like I do, you basically have two options:

1. Try to find out if a WiMax or other long-range-WiFi provider--such as ClearWire--has moved into your area... they general connect antennas to existing infrastructure (such as water towers and grain silos) and can broadcast an 11mb signal out about 6 miles or so, depending on terrain, giving you an effective 1-4mb download link, half that for upload, and 25-45ms ping times, depending on a variety of factors

2. Use one of the cell-provider broadband services if available in your area--Verizon/Sprint/etc.--which will give you anywhere from a 1xRTT download speed (128kbps) to Rev-A EVDO which will give you up to 2mbps speeds

3. Pray that someone at the local cable/phone provider makes a clerical error and puts digital repeaters in your area and runs service to your house, which is about as likely as getting struck by lightening

The biggest drawback with option 2 is the 5gb/month cap (with possibly huge overage charges if exceeded) and the cost, which is anywhere from $60-100/month.

Good luck.