In 1997, SkyCache began addressing the problem of Internet content delivery by analyzing the "edge of the Internet" and creating systems to improve Internet Service Provider (ISP) performance. Because SkyCache’s founders were the original creators of national ISP DIGEX, they were in a unique position to understand content delivery problems and the technical hurdles that must be overcome to optimize performance.

SkyCache had always known that certain types of Internet content, such as streaming audio and video, were actually delivered best through datacasting. Historically, end-users requested streaming audio, video, one-time events and other bandwidth-intensive content over land-based networks, which made the Internet unbearably slow. By delivering this Internet content via satellite, ISPs avoid the delays and content degradation that occur in router-to-router "handshaking" when content travels over land-based networks.

However, popular web pages and Usenet News could be treated the same way. For web content, SkyCache approached the problem by first determining which Internet objects were most often requested by end-users. By broadcasting – or "datacasting" – these objects directly to the ISP and pumping them into a cache, SkyCache enabled the end-user to access these objects locally rather than requiring them to go to the original source. The ISP could keep its land-based networks free to transmit other Internet content, and the end-user experienced fewer delays.

Usenet News, the Internet’s massively distributed bulletin board system, consists of many tens of thousands of discussion groups and close to 30 gigabytes of messages transmitted to ISPs every day. Taking a full Usenet News feed consumes up to 4 Megabits of leased line capacity a second, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. By using satellite broadcast to deliver this mundane but necessary information, SkyCache has delivered proven dollar savings to customers.

SkyCache is in the process of boosting its broadcasting speeds from 4 to 10Mbps, and will reach full T-3 speeds (up to 45Mbps) by the end of 1999. With its solid ISP customer base, SkyCache also has a firm presence in the Internet delivery chain, so content providers can actually count the number of people their content will reach.