Solutions
Hybrid Satellite Internet
The PTN Advantage
ProTack Net has always been focused on delivering network access to end users through local ISPs attempting to compete and keep costs low. With our Master Aggregator status with SkyWay USA, your business can expect these benefits:
- White labeled equipment and service
- Local control of user authentication
- Detailed on-the-fly accounting data
- Lower satellite costs leveraging our traffic volume
- Aggressive dial-up rates across the nation
- Next gen email and collaboration
- Flexible billing options
- Domestic support
- 98.6% Nationwide coverage
- 99.999% Up-time backed by a Service Level Agreement
How SkyWay USA Works
SkyWay USA employs unique hybrid technology to maximize service and minimize cost. Research shows that most people using the internet generally have small upload requirements such as sending email or simple clicks while browsing web pages. SkyWay USA utilizes your phone line to send these small packets of data to the internet at regular dial-up speeds.
But as dial-up users are all too aware, receiving emails with large attachments (like photos) or loading web pages with complex graphics can be slow. Want to download music or video files, or software using dial-up? Forget about it! SkyWay USA provides the answer using massive satellite bandwidth to download data at broadband speed. All you need is our 30" satellite receiving dish and the exclusive SkyWay USA external modem.
Compare Satellite Solutions
| Compare Feature | SkyWay USA | 2 Way Competitors |
| Equipment Cost | $249.95 | $329 - Competitor A $399 - Competitor B |
| Minimum Monthly Service Charge | $39.95 | $49.95 - Competitor A $59.95 - Competitor B |
| Latency (Time lag) | 1/2 Second | 1-2 Seconds |
| Download Speed | Up to 1.5mb | Up to 1.5mb |
| Upload Speed | 28k to 56k | Up to 128k (Not Guaranteed) |
| Reliability | Rain fade rare, Never loses connection. | Frequent signal loss during rain |
| Installation | Self Installable (Installation Kit Included) | Requires FCC certified technician. Availability limited; Difficult to schedule. |
| Installers Available | Nationwide | Limited due to FCC Certification |
| Maintenance | Simple Receive Only LNBF. Rarely Fails. Self Serviceable. | Complex 2-Way LNB Transmitter. Frequent Failures. Service call: $75/hr |
| LNB Replacement | $10 (Next Day Air Available) | $175 + $75/hr (Must schedule appointment) |
| First Year Minimum Cost | $729.35 | $928 - Competitor A $1,120 - Competitor B |
| Second Year Minimum Cost | $479.40 | $599 - Competitor A $719 - Competitor B |
| Customer Service | Fast, Friendly, Responsive | Long wait times; Outsourced. |
| Nationwide Dial-Up Service (For reliability during rain) | Included - No additional charge | $10.95/month add'l - Competitor A $15.95/month add'l - Competitor B |
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Wholesale Dial-up
Headquartered out of Lexington, Kentucky, ProTack Net was created to provide the best dialup access network service at the most aggressive pricing available to offer a retail ISP. ProTack Net was put in place to provide the retail ISP with a full service network access point to cover all its dialup users. Our goal is to not only provide the most affordable and reliable access network available but to work with ISP's to maintain and grow their own unique dialup business while offering next gen services to keep ISPs competitive.
ProTack's Network is comprised of multiple backbones to create the most comprehensive and redundant network available. Our custom designed network architecture provides over 12,000 dialup access rate centers with full back-up networks. Our network includes AT&T, Cortel, 01 Networks, Pac West, Singlepipe, Verizon, XO and Level 3 access points as well as several regional CLEC access points for the local ISP's.
We are a privately owned company with over 30 years experience in the dialup industry. Without restrictive partnerships, pricing is kept fair and costs are kept low to ensure our customers the best value available.
What separates ProTack from other dialup aggregators?
| Competitors | CISP | Global POPs | ProTack |
| National Coverage | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hosted or Pass-through RADIUS | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tech Support 24/7/365 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing Per Hour | $0.25 | volume commitment |
$0.08 |
| Early Termination Fee | Won't allow early termination | 75% balance of contract | None |
| Contractual Minimum Commitment | Required for rates lower than $0.25 | Yes | None |
| Average hold time for technical support | not posted | not posted | less than 1 min |
| Capped hours per user | Call required for quote | 200 capped hours per user on a rolling 30 days | Unlimited access |
| Next gen solutions (Zimbra or Google Apps) | No | No | Yes |
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Hosted Zimbra Collaboration Suite
Need more than just email?
"Even our smallest clients have benefited from enterprise class collaboration. However, Microsoft Exchange can be too costly to implement and maintain yet standard email (pop/imap) is just not enough." Three Ring Networks
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Hosted Solutions Management
Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 August 2009 19:59 Written by Administrator Monday, 17 August 2009 00:58
ProTack is dedicated to delivering the best management tools for you to administer your customers. Our vision is to provide a central point of access for provisioning services and users utilizing single sign-on technologies. CAPS (Central Access Provisioning System) is the beginning of this vision and your single point of access to our hosted services.
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Network/Systems Engineering and Consulting
Commercial Open Source
As the President of ProTack, and a Red Hat Certified Engineer, I have worked with many Commercial Open Source solutions that can dramatically decrease capital expenditures while providing the carrier grade service today's data center demands. With our strategic industry partners, we ensure your total cost of ownership fits your budget. Whether you have a Microsoft or Linux environment or a hybrid network of both, we offer engineer level consulting to ensure proper deployment and management of your critical services.
Infrastructure Services
Whether you need directory services, authentication and accounting, or database replication for back office systems, we have the combined expertise to build your data center for fault tolerance. While we provide training where needed, we build on commercial open source solutions and open standards so your support never falls into the doughnut hole. Combining our experience with virtualization, load balancing, and high availability mechanisms, most of your infrastructure needs are met with ProTack.
Collaboration
As many companies are turning to the cloud for hosted services, some still choose to deploy email and collaboration services on site. As a certified Zimbra Hosted Service Provider, we have the expertise to assist you with your own installation and maintenance. Compared to on-site Exchange, most of our customers have observed at least 40% savings!
Monitoring and Reporting
With the growing number of servers and services in the data-center, more service providers are adopting a monitoring solution. The range of solutions is wide and difficult to fully evaluate. With our experience with systems such as HP Openview, IBM Netcool, and Solarwinds Orion, these systems can be out of reach for many carriers. Providing more functionality critical to today's SLA requirements, Zenoss can also provide a guaranteed 50% savings as a monitoring solution!
Routing and Security
Cisco, Juniper, and Foundry are often the solutions turned to when building a network. If you are managing your clients network infrastructure, consider reducing your costs with Vyatta. Click here for a side by side cost analysis. If you don't need carrier grade but are looking for an Enterprise grade solution, consider pfSense. We have implemented both solutions into Service Provider infrastructures with integrated solutions for single sign on services and dynamic security.
Smart Hands
Seasoned professionals that understand your equipment with the ability to communicate effectively with others is critical in today's remote environment. We help Service Providers in the Central Kentucky area maintain SLA's by providing 24x7 professional onsite services while working closely with your team. When you need remote assistance, our industry certified team can perform the following: equipment installation, configuration, migration, and power cycling; interface card removal, installation, and configuration; media continuity and signal testing; asset labeling and inventory; network/server diagnostics; infrastructure documentation; circuit identification and cabling; environmental and conditions analysis. Technician credentials' include A+, Net+, Linux+, Citrix, HIPAA, CCNA, MSCE, and RHCE.
