{"id":52878,"date":"2026-08-10T15:43:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=52878"},"modified":"2026-08-10T15:43:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:43:55","slug":"hughesnet-bankruptcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/10\/hughesnet-bankruptcy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hughesnet Bankruptcy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/with-subscriber-counts-decimated-by-starlink-hughesnet-files-for-bankruptcy\">Michael Kan<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/with-subscriber-counts-decimated-by-starlink-hughesnet-files-for-bankruptcy\">\n<p>US satellite internet provider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/comparisons\/starlink-vs-hughesnet-vs-viasat-which-satellite-internet-provider-is-best\">Hughesnet<\/a> has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after running low on cash and losing subscribers to Starlink.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes Network Systems <a href=\"https:\/\/dm.epiq11.com\/case\/hughessatellite\/info\">filed<\/a> in a US bankruptcy court on Sunday, but the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hughesupdate.com\/\">notes<\/a> it&rsquo;ll continue serving its satellite internet customers during the restructuring period. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>I used Hughesnet before DSL was available. The company was really annoying to deal with, and the dish was finicky, but the service was much better than using a dial-up modem.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/19\/globalstar-takeover\/\">Globalstar Takeover<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/28\/starlink-mini\/\">Starlink Mini<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/12\/us-broadband-os-and-browser-stats\/\">US Broadband, OS, and Browser Stats<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Kan: US satellite internet provider Hughesnet has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after running low on cash and losing subscribers to Starlink. Hughes Network Systems filed in a US bankruptcy court on Sunday, but the company notes it&rsquo;ll continue serving its satellite internet customers during the restructuring period. I used Hughesnet before DSL was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2026-08-10T19:43:58Z","apple_news_api_id":"48d20a72-6a2c-446d-9ef0-63e21fc91b9d","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2026-08-10T19:43:58Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ASNIKcmosRG2e8GPiH8kbnQ","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[101,2076],"class_list":["post-52878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-business","tag-internet-service-provider-isp"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52879,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52878\/revisions\/52879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}