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Learn how to get a free satellite dish system when you start Direct TV or Dish Network service.

Read about satellite internet service from Direcway.

Read our broadband satalite internet primer.

If you want to start sending to and receiving information from the internet at high speeds via a broadband satalite internet service then we recommend that you look into Direcway satalite internet access. Direcway is operated by parent company Hughes, which also operated Direct TV.

Getting started with Direcway satalite internet service is easy.

All you have to do is sign up with Direcway, through which you’ll acquire the necessary broadband satalite internet equipment.

One of the pieces of equipment you’ll need is a mini satalite dish, much like the ones you see on people’s homes all across the world. This satalite internet dish, though, is elliptical rather than perfectly circular. It has dimensions of about 2 x 3 feet.

You’ll also need a separate uploading and downloading internet modem to connect to your internet elliptical satalite dish so you can transmit and receive information via your satalite dish.

To learn more about broadband internet service via satalite, follow the yellow hyperlink at the top of the page.

If you live in country, then a broadband satalite internet connection is likely the best (and only) choice if you want high-speed web access; this is because you live too far from a telephone central office (CO) to subscribe to DSL service. (You must be less than 18,000 ft. from the CO.)

If, however, you do live less than 18,000 ft. from a CO (i.e., in an urban area) then we recommend that you go with regular, landline DSL service rather than satalite internet. DSL, if you are capable of subscribing, is cheaper than broadband satalite service.

Follow this DSL link to learn more.

We also have information pages regarding satalite TV and satalite radio. If you’re interested in learning more about these subjects, use our navigation section on the right-hand side of the page.

(New subscribers to Direct TV or the Dish Network can get a great free satalite dish equipment package.)