I have heard that Satellite internet is not good...but that was one person's opinion. We have both Verizon and AT&T. We were supposed to be able to work off the Verizon and we were going to dump AT&T but have found we need/want both. Verizon won't let two of us on at the same time....more correctly, it slows down and for me, won't open anything...BUT it says I'm connected! (whoopee). I've found that one or the other or both work in different locations. As for when you're in the dead zone...there are boosters available. We bought one years ago but it was worthless. You might talk to the Verizon folks about a new booster. BTW ..when it wouldn't work, they let us discontinue our contract without a penalty. We had to do it thru the main phone #...not the local office to get that done.