Unless I'm mistaken, Dish network TV was a subsiderary EchoStar and changed its name to Dish Network Corporation and created Echostar Corporation on Jan 1, 2008. Hughesnet is a wholly owned subsiderary of Hughes Communications Inc. Starband the other satellite Internet provider is a wholly owned subsiderary of Gilat Satellite Networks, Ltd. These are not the same companies though services are comparable. I use Starband Internet and Dish Network TV here in Alaska. My neighbor uses Hughesnet for Internet that I installed for him. I'm a certified satellite installer and have done a couple of installations without trouble. Hughesnet uses different satellites than Starband and Dish Network. Some areas of the country can use Starband and Dish TV from the same dish and satellite. That doesn't happen in Alaska due the larger required dish for Internet. I use a 2 meter dish for Internet and a 3' dish for TV, each on different satellites. So does my neighbor, who lives about 12 miles NE of me with the Internet satellite different than either of the 2 satellites I use. And I agree with Graybeard, it is a lot more expensive than $50 a month for Internet at DSL speeds. I agree with his comment about service too. Satellite Internet, though reliable, does have data packet losses that one must refresh pages, terrible voice over IP, limited broadband usage and slow upload speeds. However, it is the only means of Internet available to me in the bush and I'm now very dependent on it for much of my communications needs.