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I have been reading on other sites about the downs of the hughesnet connetions, and satellite internet in general. One of the peeps on a posting site, stated there is a sat guru here who could help by the name of "The Reverend". I hope that all said on the site was true to fact and that he would consider helping me with my "lack of speed problem". This is  a c/p from the post on the other site:
If you would simply head to www.testmy.net, log in then post in the DirecWay Forum, they have a dude there named "The Reverend" (he's the DirecWay Moderator for the entire website) ...HE WILL GET YOUR DirecWay CONNECTION RUNNING AT FULL SPEED! I was just "turned on" to this info and earlier today he tripled my speed!
I have had several up mostly down times in reference to speed issues, since upgrading to their so-called fastest modem ever the HN7000S, can "The Reverend" or anyone possibly help me?

I was about to edit my post, I did not catch the dateline of it until now I was trying to do more research and found the actual past being made in 2005. Sorry for the time trip. I have had several speed and connectivity issues since upgrading and I started searching for help other than tech support which is no help at all.

Issues of trying to bring up some sites takes 2 or 3 tries to cannect to them, such any site that has a secure login on main page to enter. I am also trying what I am finding a lost cause almost as to connecting my 360 to xbox live. I am hoping to find maybe some type of "tweak of workaround" for some of what I have been reading actually being common problems. So I may be searching for what might be stated as a "lost cause or just got to live with it answer".

For about 2 months now my service will just go out no signal (it will drop to a signal of 15 for about 8 hours and then it come back on). I have called hughes net but nothing i am on g11 satellite anyone had this issue?

I would have to disagree with a NOC issue. Checking other forums there are no complains that would be constant with an issue because it would effect a number of people and not just one. I still have a site using G11 steady and faithful from the day initiated. Slow downs are dependent on the amount of traffic since the transponders are more limited than land lines.

My thoughts here since changing frequencies or equipment doesn't help either than that satellite may not be sutable for the location for some unseen reason even though it seems to be. 

Cleaning the puter?

Spyware?
http://www.testmy.net/t-4257

Interference?

Welcome aboard. 

Is there any alternatives to satelite?

  @ranchman. There is an alternative, just not sure if you are interested. I, too, live in the country and the only internet service I have out here is dial up. I looked into satellite(Hughes and Wild Blue) before coming up with what I have now. I guess my first question to you would be "do you have a cellular phone", second would be "how strong is your signal where you live?".
  I am not sure if you know about it but I will explain just the same. I have my phone (Alltel Hue) tethered via usb cable (and sometimes bluetooth, but bluetooth is much, much slower) to my computer. I pay $25 per month for unlimited data usage from Alltel. I am not sure what cellular companies are available in your area, but I would check into it. In ideal conditions you can achieve 1.5 - 2.5 Mbps down with said setup. Unfortunately where I live my signal is only 2-3 bars out of 6, so I do not get the ultimate speeds. I only get around .5 -1 Mbps. It is something to look into if you haven't already. I would have gone with satellite, but the up front fees are outrageous, plus you have to have good credit. That is just one of the things my ex wife took away from me. 
  Anyway, good luck on finding your solution. Hopefully someone can help. I don't know about satellites, completely out of my range of knowledge.