[tmax63]

It's better than nothing. Living in the country our dsl speed was in the slowest 5% of the nation. Satellite beats that by quite a bit but if you're used to hi-speed then you'll be disappointed. Caps are a real pain as well. I pay about $60 a month but have a 10 gig cap. They have another for about $90/month that's about 15 gig or you can buy additional cap space at $10/gig. We're on restriction about 10 days a month because I'm a cheap bastard. They also have a line of sight wireless out here that's a much better deal but you have to have l-o-s to one of their towers. Have had minimal problems with weather outages from really heavy rain/cloud cover but with a wet heavy snow you may have to clear the dish off.