We tried satellite internet through Wildblue and it was as bad as dial-up. We had to pay $300 for the equipment and sign a contract for one year and it was $50/mo. Never again. I dropped it as soon as the year was up. And we live in the country, up on a hill, so should have gotten really good reception. A tech guy from DirecTV (had that before we switched to Dish) said satellite internet is a last resort if you can't get anything else. Of course, dial-up sucks too. We now have broadband wireless internet and love it.