Review by phil209 
UPDATED: 1 year ago
member for 3.9 years, 684 visits, last login: 4 days ago
 Oakdale,Stanislaus,CA
 Contract price not specified.
 "Easy connection sharing"
 "FAP/FUP"
 "Great for people without DSL/Cable/Wireless who do not download too much"
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Skyway USA is back and is being aggressive about signing up new customers. They are now using AMC4 and this review only covers this new start-over for Skyway USA. Note this is ONE WAY satellite.
I have the basic $29.99 package and the speed is great compared with dial-up and the snapiness of browsing is much better than Hughes or Starconnect.
I bought a used SW10 modem and the installation process took an hour or so to do all the firmware upgrades etc. The best way to go is to buy the modem etc from Skyway USA as it will come with all the current settings and firmware, but if you want to save a few bucks and are an expert user, buy a used one and they can talk you through all the settings changes.
The SW10 or newer SW11 modem allows you to share the internet connection over a network and or use a MAC or Linux OS. The other oneway satellite guys do not have a simple means of doing that at present.
One nice thing about Skyway USA, and I had used them before, is that the office staff have stayed with the company, they are pleasant and they have good memories, so they remember you. The company is small, but they are not a one man show, if the person you normally deal with is not there or on the phone, there is someone else who can help.
If value and low start-up costs are key criteria, I think Skyway is the best satellite internet choice today. However if you intend to download a large amount of data, such as movies or streaming audio, it will not work for you. General browsing and say once a day ~5M file downloads are OK. I do recognise they have had problems in the past. Lets hope the problems remain in the past.
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