They all suck. I had Huges when it was Directway, Their billing and customer service dept made me insane. After upgrading my modem, my system quit working 3 days later. Unknown to me they automatically canceled my account on the old modem and automatically created a new account(with new fees and a contract) for the new modem. I needed the connection for my job at the time and they wanted to send someone out in a month for $200. They also wouldn't let me go back to the old modem saying they couldn't authorize it on a new account. I had just paid $300 for the newer/better modem. I told them I to shut it off and to KMA. I got an RMA and returned the modem. A month later I got a $300 bill for early cancellation saying I was under contract. They also refused to refund my $300 for the modem saying that it wasn't returnable, the person that issued the RMA had been fired, and my modem was discarded.  I finally got the termination fee waved after they sent it to a collection agency, and was refunded the money for the modem. One month latter they sent it back to collection with the termination fee back on the bill, PLUS they added the money they had just refunded me for the modem to the account.  At this point 6 months had passed, had purchased a $1800 profession dish and modem, the new company went bankrupt leaving me $1800 poorer with no connection. After I became unemployed later that year, my bankruptcy finally got the collection agency off my back. Â
My neighbor has Huges now and says she hasn't had any trouble yet.
I'm now on Wildblue. Better IMO. Our Wildblue system started going flaky about 5 months after we got it. After about 6 months it became almost unusable and I had to fight with them to prove it was their problem and not mine. It took another month to get a repair person here for $200 and it has worked pretty good every since( ~1 year).  A little hint: When mine was failing the modem would connect to the system and show them it is 'locked in' until you tried to connect to a server, then it would drop out. This shows the company that you have a large 'up time' and they will use this to blame the weather, your computer, or a router and not send a tech. In this situation set your computer to ping a site every minute. This will force the modem to keep dropping out and make your problem undeniable. Â
Look into the FAP(fair access policy) of these services. FAP is a enthusiasm for bandwith restriction.
Huges uses a shorter time frame so you will hit and clear the limits and restrictions quicker. This is bad news if you need a big file.
Wildblue uses a 30 day rolling limit. Good for big files, bad if you use the whole allotment up on day 1.Â
Both suck compare to a real connection. Keep a broom handy when surfing during snow. Tech support always assumes you are stupid and it is your computers problem, while you suffer through 'the language barrier.' Â
Never admit to either company you are using a router. Even after removing it, I was told that my router was causing the modem to loose the signal to the satellite.Â