I have Hughesnet satellite, their least expensive version, which is supposed to give me 1.0 Mbps download and 128 Kbps upload. I have never in the 6 months that I've had it gotten anywhere near 1.0 Mbps download speed. It usually runs between 78kbps to 128kbps. But, it was still faster than the 25 to 46 kbps that I previously got with a phone modem. I could live with it. BUT, recently, it was fallen to as low as 5.46kbps. Took me nearly 5 minutes to download 3.57 MB today and kept refusing to upload the same email file when I wanted to send it out. I tested the speed on Speedtest.net and their results were: Download: 1037kbps and Upload: 230 kbps. I checked the System Status on Hughesnet and the Signal Strength was just fine and there isn't a cloud in the sky. I have a 233 GB hard drive of which 206 GB is Free Space and 2 GB of Memory. My email is through AOL's free email service. Can anyone give me any ideas on what could be the problem with the download and upload speeds. I really dislike calling Hughesnet because their Help Desk is routed to India and as sharp as their troubleshooters are there, I can't understand hardly a word they say.