question about hughesnet and skyfx

**titotito** · 03-09-2010 08:44 PM

i need satellite internet and do not know which one to get hughesnet or skyfx. i would like any information or which way should i go.

thank you in advance

**The Tate** · 03-09-2010 09:51 PM

never heard of skyfx so I would say hughesnet.

**Stargazer** · 03-09-2010 10:02 PM

Hughesnet receive and transmit through the satellite. SkyFx is essentually the same as SkyWay USA. It receives through the satellite and transmits through the phone line.

**titotito** · 03-09-2010 10:14 PM

yes tate i am new here and dont see any talk about skyfx and was wondering if anyone had any input on skyfx. i have learned by browsing the internet that skyfx in a one way system and hughesnet is a two way. which system is better is one of my questions.

thanks

**titotito** · 03-09-2010 10:49 PM

stargazer do you have or had skyfx or skyway and if so, how does it work.

**grohgreg** · 03-09-2010 11:20 PM

Don't know whether you realize this, but SkyFX and Skyway are satellite receive-only systems. You have to use dial-up over a phone line for the send side. I wouldn't be caught dead with either one.

//greg//

**titotito** · 03-10-2010 02:58 PM

grohgre, did you ever used skyfx or skyway. if so, how does it work.

**Stargazer** · 03-10-2010 03:02 PM

I have a friend that has SkyWay and it works pretty good if there are no dense clouds or rain. When you start getting rough weather it turns to crap but the same goes for HughesNet (and WildBlue which is similar to Hughesnet). It runs $30 per month for the cheapest package but ties up your phone line like dialup does as it uses dialup as a return path. It is great for those on a budget though. A few advantages that the SkyFX / SkyWay systems have over Hughesnet is that you can install it yourself since you are not transmitting back to the satellite and the parts would be cheaper / fewer things to break down than Hughesnet. I use Hughesnet myself. It seems like SkyWay is affected more by weather than Hughesnet is for some reason. The signal meter received pretty good signal as well. I will have to check back to see if this has improved as he has increased the signal just a tad but it was almost at maximum before when he had that trouble with SkyWay.

These satellite systems are a LAST RESORT and only meant for areas where you can only get dialup. If you can get DSL/Cable/wireless internet service provider then you are way ahead to go with that instead. If you provided a zipcode or county that you live in then one of us could look up to see if you can get service through a wireless internet service provider that provides the service through towers and water tanks.

With satellite broadband you are limited to how much data that you can use whereas you have no limit or very few restrictions with the DSL/Cable/WISP (Wireless Internet Service Provider) options. If you go over your bandwidth on ANY satellite provider, they will cut your speed back so fast that dialup will see fast in comparison until the appropriate amount of time goes by to fill your "bandwidth bucket" back up.

**grohgreg** · 03-10-2010 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by titotito

grohgre, did you ever used skyfx or skyway. if so, how does it work.

Haven't used either one. Perhaps you missed the part where I wrote that "I wouldn't be caught dead with either one". I say this from the viewpoint of a telecommunications engineer who's worked with satellites for nearly 40 years. In the old days, yes. I had a one-way satellite internet connection. I hated the fact that it relied on dial-up for 1/2 of the communications path. Couldn't wait till the first two-way satellite internet hit the streets. Went two-way, never looked back. One way is dinosaur technology.

Those that sell one-way for a living will stress the lower cost. It's a sucker bet. Yes, you might get a lower priced connection. But as a long time dialup user, I consider it only half a connection. Yes one half's satellite, but the other side's still dialup. And the whole reason about getting satellite internet - is to get AWAY from dialup

If it matters, I'm a HughesNet customer. But that's not to say you can't get a reasonable connection from WildBlue or Starband either. And if you're willing to pony up the bucks, iDirect beats them all, hands down. I just didn't have the money at the time to go the iDirect route.

//greg//

**titotito** · 03-10-2010 03:45 PM

stargazer, the area where i want to set up the satellite thier is no other service other than sattelite service, i have checked and the only service i can get is satellite. i have about a week to decide between hughesnet or skyfx, please get me all the info on these two systems in order for me to make a decision.