It might be your Chromebook, Wes. I had the same issue and occasionally use an old Chromebook. The thing is too old to have the latest updates now so it's slow as fuck. Everything else works fine on the same connection.
I thought that might be the problem also,but no my desktop,tablet,and Firestick are all buffering here and there.
Hughesnet never told me when I signed up that my package gives you 15 GB but once that is depleted you have to buy some "tokens" ie. more space or things will slow down.
I just upgraded last week to 30 GB but I `m on this fucker all the time,my wife uses the desktop for some stupid game with tons of graphics and my TV is on quite a bit while I post.
They told me that some customers pay an extra 100-200 dollars a month EXTRA to buy their fucking "tokens".....fuck that bullshit .....greedy bastards.
Then at certain hours late at night they "gift" you with normal speed from 2 AM until 6 AM.....mighty white of the greedy fuckers.
They aren`t gonna` get another penny from me......greedy bastards !