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What's ironic is that Hughes Communications, the holding company that operates Hughes Network Systems, was purchased by Echostar in February. Echostar owns DISH Network. Only Hughes and Wildblue currently provide broadband, although Echostar is acquiring that ability.
Satellite companies aren't happy with just their birds in the sky.
I find it funny when people get mad at bandwidth caps and network management, satellite has been doing both of those activities for years. They just want a piece of the pie too.