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Review by or270 
UPDATED: 1.4 years ago
member for 1.5 years, 854 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Lookout,Modoc,CA
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 "Low-cost equipment, Able to install yourself, No contracts"
 "Does require phone line"
 "Great for rural areas, low cost service"
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Tried to get Direcway when I first moved to this area, was not a normal install so it was going to be $300.00 extra then the original equipment cost, Lived with dial-up for a over a year, finally could not stand the speed anymore. Tried to get Wildblue but they were not accepting new orders in my area, so did some research and thanks to Skyfx users comments on the forums and I bought that system.
Update 05/04/07-
Thanks to user Arion suggestion I did a HughesNet self-install with a old DW4000 dish that was given to me, Got a DW6000 modem from ebay for $50.00, Paid $35.00 to www.montanasatellite.com to setup the account and I was good to go. Now I can drop the second phone line and dial-up account.
The change to HughesNet was not related to the Starconnect changeover, had no problems with there service.
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 Review by bw21157
UPDATED: 1.4 years ago
member for 2.7 years, 144 visits, last login: 188 days ago
Westminster,Carroll,MD
Contract price not specified.
"Fast connection speeds. Works for what it is"
"You need a good phone line for it to work."
"Basic one-way satellite provider. ISP should be renamed to Brightstar...Skyfx is no more"
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I used Skyfx for a month after Skyway went *poof* (now you see us, now you don't)
The service worked great when my phone lines were working. The fastest speed I saw was 695 kbps down.
The crew at Skyfx are knowledgeable and courteous. They'll spend hours on the phone with you if you need that much assistance.
Overall, I would highly recommend them to anyone in a rural setting that has good phone lines.
NOTE: Skyfx has recently relinquished control of their customers to starconnectllc.com
The resulting changes are yet to be seen, but the "rural americans working for rural americans" marketing strategy doesn't apply any longer.
Brightstar Internet will be the replacement provider, with increased fees and slower speeds
BUYER BEWARE
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Review by RPeters
Posted: 1.5 years ago
member for 1.5 years, 1 visits, last login: 1.4 years ago
Charlotte,Mecklenburg,NC
Contract price not specified.
"The F11 modem is a must for anyone in the woods."
"Takes a while to connect with tech support."
"Still the best for $40 a month. Very consistant."
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I live in rural North Carolina and I thought the only downfall of my location was that I would never see DSL or Cable at my address. Hughes and WildBlue wanted tons of money to start, and they wanted to own me with a signed contract. Not only that but they said my usage would put my monthly at $70 or so. The girls at Skyfx sent me a self install unit that went up in minutes and walked me through the activation. The impossible came true, as I am surfing at Broadband speed and watching NBC,ABC,FOX, ETC. all without buffering. Can't believe it still. This is the answer to rural living.
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join:2002-07-23
Jacksonville, NC
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| DRS Awesome news glad to hear you've joined the highspeed bandwagon. I myself have direcway and wouldnt look back. You mentioned your located in NC i have a few family members there that use a local regional DRS satellite system by Capelook out internet. They sup have access numbers for most of the eastern part of the state and only $99 for equpiment maybe somehing you want to look into if skyfx ever fails for you . »www.clis.com/satellite.shtml | |
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join:2001-12-09
Hot Springs, NC | It appears that this is a one-way system Looks like you'll still be using a phone line for your uplink side with SkyFX... | |
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 Review by jspaleta
Posted: 1.7 years ago
member for 7.7 years, 2325 visits, last login: 1.3 years ago
Petaluma,Sonoma,CA
Contract price not specified.
"No Contract, 600-1000 kbps downloads, Great pings."
"Need extra phone line. No upload speed."
"Reliable service, better than Wildblue currently."
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Great no nonsense dial up alternative for rural America.
40 bucks a month, great tech support. No CONTRACT.
Self install was easy. $200 dollars equipment.
No upload speed because of dial up connection.
They say no FAP, but I don't expect that to last for long.
:.. Download Stats ..:::
Download Connection is:: 1696 Kbps about 1.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 207 kB/s
Tested From:: »testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2007/01/18 - 6:20am
Bottom Line:: 30X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 4.95 sec
Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 14.453 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 77.51 % of your hosts average (14.252)
D-Validation Link:: »testmy.net/stats/id-M4S6KPUEV
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1 [!]
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 Review by danielhays
Posted: 1.7 years ago
member for 1.8 years, 217 visits, last login: 162 days ago
Clintwood,Dickenson,VA
Contract price not specified.
"Fast Downloads, Great Price, Reliable in all weather conditions!"
"Ummmmm...there are none! Except that it uses a phone line. But who cares?"
"Great, reliable service for less than the other guys"
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Nothing fancy about it...just great service for a great price meant to serve rural Americans like you and me. The other satellite retailers are all about fancy equipment and expensive commercials...SkyFx doesn't need any of that to prove that there service can't and won't be beat! "I" Guarantee it!!!!!!!!
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Review by gougef
Posted: 1.8 years ago
member for 1.8 years, 10 visits, last login: 1.7 years ago
Butler,Johnson,TN
Contract price not specified.
"No Contract, Solid 800kbps down. Inexpensive equipment"
"It's satellite."
"Beats Dialup by a long shot."
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This is a no-nonsense service from a no-nonsense company. Nothing fancy, they just deliver what they promise.
A safe bet to try satellite, if you thinking about it. No contract, $39.99 a month, self-installable with only $200 investment in equipment.
The customer service is the best that I have encountered in a long time.
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Review by networkjerk
Posted: 1.9 years ago
member for 1.9 years, 67 visits, last login: 293 days ago
Athol,Worcester,MA
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"super download speed and NO contract better than my Hughes"
"took 20 painful minutes to tweak it in sitting on a cold roof."
"I love it. I hope these guys stay in business for a long time."
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I just got the SKYFX system and had it up three days after I ordered it.
Only $39.95 a month and this is humping at 700+ on download at
toast.net. Great system and NO contract.
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