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A Major Internet Provider is Reportedly Shutting Down

https://cordcuttersnews.com/a-major-internet-provider-is-reportedly-shutting-down/

A friend in the US who sent the link, says they had a very poor
reputation because they gave terrible service.




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JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

A Major Internet Provider is Reportedly Shutting Down

https://cordcuttersnews.com/a-major-internet-provider-is-reportedly-shutting-down/

A friend in the US who sent the link, says they had a very poor
reputation because they gave terrible service.

Provider of high latency Internet via geo stationery satellites gets put
out of business by low latency low earth orbit provider.

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On 17/11/2025 16:26, JMB99 wrote:

A Major Internet Provider is Reportedly Shutting Down

https://cordcuttersnews.com/a-major-internet-provider-is-reportedly-shutting-down/

A friend in the US who sent the link, says they had a very poor
reputation because they gave terrible service.

They were not a "major internet provider" they were a supplier of last
resort. You only used them if you couldn't get internet any other way.
They had a poor reputation because the technology, geo-stationary
satellites has high latency, low bandwidth and was exceedingly expensive.

You typically got 25M down 5Up so just scraping in as broadband. Totally outclassed on price and performance by Starlink.

Dave

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On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:26:46 +0000, JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:

A Major Internet Provider is Reportedly Shutting Down

https://cordcuttersnews.com/a-major-internet-provider-is-reportedly-shutting-down/

A friend in the US who sent the link, says they had a very poor
reputation because they gave terrible service.

A bloody abortion ;-)
--
Graham.

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On 17/11/2025 16:26, JMB99 wrote:

A Major Internet Provider is Reportedly Shutting Down

https://cordcuttersnews.com/a-major-internet-provider-is-reportedly- shutting-down/

A friend in the US who sent the link, says they had a very poor
reputation because they gave terrible service.

It's ok. They (Hughes) still have the UK national lottery contract?


I like playing the game 'spot the Hughes dish' when out and about.
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Adrian C
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On 21/11/2025 22:22, Adrian Caspersz wrote:

On 17/11/2025 16:26, JMB99 wrote:

A Major Internet Provider is Reportedly Shutting Down

https://cordcuttersnews.com/a-major-internet-provider-is-reportedly-
shutting-down/

A friend in the US who sent the link, says they had a very poor
reputation because they gave terrible service.

It's ok. They (Hughes) still have the UK national lottery contract?

I don't think so.

https://www.vodafone.co.uk/newscentre/press-release/allwyn-digital-upgrade-for-new-national-lottery/

I like playing the game 'spot the Hughes dish' when out and about.

I bet the dishes stay for a long time..

Dave

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I bet the dishes stay for a long time..

Dave

You can still spot Ionica dishes on houses around here :-\
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On 2025/11/22 8:20:21, Abandoned Trolley wrote:

I bet the dishes stay for a long time..

Dave

You can still spot Ionica dishes on houses around here :-\

Then there are "Sugar bowls". (A name coined by an s. f. author - might
have been Ben Bova or James Follett - based on the fact that one of Alan Sugar's companies [AMSTrad was it?] dominated UK satellite TV at one
point - which I thought rather a clever name; I never saw anyone else
use it though.) But certainly plenty of those remain!
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 11:57:20 +0000, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

On 2025/11/22 8:20:21, Abandoned Trolley wrote:

I bet the dishes stay for a long time..

Dave

You can still spot Ionica dishes on houses around here :-\

Then there are "Sugar bowls". (A name coined by an s. f. author - might
have been Ben Bova or James Follett - based on the fact that one of Alan Sugar's companies [AMSTrad was it?] dominated UK satellite TV at one
point - which I thought rather a clever name; I never saw anyone else
use it though.) But certainly plenty of those remain!

Until recently, we had a Rabbit antenna on a shop in the town.
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Until recently, we had a Rabbit antenna on a shop in the town.

Boots the Chemist ?
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:28:50 +0000, Abandoned Trolley wrote:

Until recently, we had a Rabbit antenna on a shop in the town.

Boots the Chemist ?

No, different part of the street. Not sure what the shop was.
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