I have Direcway at home. It is MUCH better than dialup. Not as wonderful as cable internet.
The new equipment is also faster.
Thanks Abner.
Cable is better for internet, Satellite better for TV, JMHO.
I share Direcway with my neighbor through a wireless network. Works pretty fair - much better than the alternative - dialup.
It does have it's problems:
Flakey connections - sometimes requires cycling the power off and on to get it back up (about once or twice a week). Direcway folks cannot seem to figure out the problem.
Tech support that isn't always so supportive.
Their own main equipment is prone to flakey behavior as well - particularly their DNS server.
Sometimes slow response time to fix problems.
Suffers rain fade like the original DirecTV - signal goes WAY down with a moderate rain. A light rain will knock service out if it's foggy too.
We are scheduled to be upgraded to the DW7000 and the faster speed in the next week or so - will see if there is any real difference.
As far as WildBlue - they like to cut off your bandwidth with relatively moderate useage - and unlike DirecWAy that resets after a few hours - WildBlue keeps you throttled back for the remainder of the billing cycle.