Hi,

I'm new to the board (been lurking a while), but I thought I'd throw my 2 cents in since I'm in the same situation. We bought a house about a year and a half ago with no access to dsl or cable so we went with satellite (Direcway).

Cons - 1) it is expensive (about twice what we were paying for cable not including buying the equipment); 2) you will notice somewhat of a lag compared to the speeds you're used to with other broadband, but still much faster than dial-up; 3) not very compatible with most VPN (or so my IT dept here at work tells me)

Pros - 1) Hey, at least ya got some kind of high-speed :-D 2) Service, so far, has been impeccable. There was only one time in over a year when service was not available due to satellite problems. Compared to the almost weekly issues I had with Roadrunner, it's a nice change. (your mileage may vary of course).

Oh, by the way, if you do go with satellite, I would recommend upgrading to the small business plan, or whatever they call it, if you have more than one computer.

I started out with the home version for more than one user, but we were still having problems with pages timing out if both of us were on. Once we upgraded that problem went away. More $$$ of course, but they know they got ya :(

Well, good luck with whatever you choose.

Laura

Back to lurking.