Due to a maintenance upgrade on Friday August 29, 2008, you will not be able to view your bill, access your account, or make a payment during the upgrade. The upgrade will start at 12:30 AM ET and should be completed by 1:30 AM ET.
ALERT! Several HughesNet® customers have reported receiving an email (see this spam email below) with the subject line "ACCOUNT UPDATE". The email asks them to respond to the email and provide their email password and other personal information or their account will be closed. If you receive such a request, it should be deleted immediately without opening any attachments or clicking on any links contained within the email. Please be advised that Hughes does not, under any circumstances, request customers to send passwords and other personal information via email.
Dear Hughes email account owner,
>
> This message is Hughes message center at all Hughes mail account
> owners. We are modernizing our database and e-mail center. We
> the removal of all are not used Hughes mail account to create more space
> for new
> accounts.
>
> To avoid having your account from the fence, you will need to update below
> to
> we know that this is an account currently used.
>
> Confirm your email address below
>
> Username E-mail: .......... .....
> Email Password: ................
> Date of birth: .................
> Country or territory: ..........
>
> Attention! Account holder who refuses to update his account within
> Seven days after receiving this warning will lose his account permanently.
>
> Thank you for using Comcastl!
>
> Thank you,
> Hughes team
> Hughes.net BETA
In an effort to maintain a high level of security with
your HughesNet Account Information, we have performed security
checks that will require you to verify your user information.
For more information on this subject, please read the support
article at http://kb.hughesnet.com/al/12/2/3666.htm.
We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.