hmm, that doesn't sound good for me. I should be somewhere around the same...the only thing is with HughesNet it seems to be really bursty (if that's even a word). It'll zip along at probably 500kbs for a while, then just stop all the sudden for like 5-10 seconds. I'm wondering if that intermitent connection could be causing the prob.

Thanks for the feedback anyway. I'll keep giving it a shot every now and then.