DIRECWAY is a service offered through Diode Communications that allows high speed Internet connections via a satellite dish like the ones that are used to receive a satellite TV signal. DIRECWAY is
How does satellite internet work?
The network is hooked into the internet in a building not located at Diode. The signal from the network is sent up to the satellite and then transmitted down to earth. The subscriber must have their dish very precisely aligned so that they are transmitting to the satellite 25,000 miles away otherwise the dish would send, but wouldn't hit the satellite. Everything else works just like a normal network.
not the same thing as Diode's wireless internet service.
Benefits of DIRECWAY are:
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Constant connection to the Internet
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Downlink Speeds up to 14x faster than the speed of dial-up modems.
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Compatibility with DIRECTV programming with the same DIRECDUO Dish antenna.
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No need for an additional dedicated phone line to surf the Internet (though a phone line will be necessary to install the service)
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Pricing: (2yr contracts required for both)
To buy the system:
Equipment - $570
Service - $59.95
To lease the system:
Install Fee - $99.00
Service - $75.00