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Old 19-03-2008   #1
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Hello all,
I recently bought a Skystar 2 card version 2.8 and I heard that it is possible to receive the one way satellite internet (surf and download) without suscribing to a service provider. So, if someone knows the trick please explain me how to do.
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Not as far as I know.
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Hello all,
I recently bought a Skystar 2 card version 2.8 and I heard that it is possible to receive the one way satellite internet (surf and download) without suscribing to a service provider. So, if someone knows the trick please explain me how to do.
Ahmed
There used to be a free service called Casablanca (Sat@once) that made it possible to download all kind of files. I never used it because the service was on a satellite that my dish didn't point to.
AFAIK this service stopped last year.
I am attaching here the readme file that came with the software.
Perhaps there is something similar on another satellite, but it won't be as good as a standard internet ISP.
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Sat@once is probably still alive
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Just checked the sat@once service website and it seems to be still active.

_http://satatonce.tudor.lu/

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I can see how you can receive lucky dip web content with that, but it isn't for surfing and I really can't see much value in it.
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I can see how you can receive lucky dip web content with that, but it isn't for surfing and I really can't see much value in it.
Yes. I agree.
But it is nice to utilize the PC card to get something for free since a stanalone STB doesn't have this capability.
Just an academic learning thing.
There might be other services that I am not aware of, so some Google search might help.
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