There is a $600 equipment and installation cost to get up and running, then I am paying $59 a month for internet with Direcway. I had to go to satellite, because I live in a remote area, far from cable and dsl.

It is not fluid for browsing, because there is a delay when you click on a link or hit enter. That is because the signal goes from your antenna to the satellite to the ISP server. The result is a 2 or 3 second delay before things start to happen. The uplink is usually less than 56K. The downlink however, can be truely exciting. I just ran a speed check at quake.iland.com and got a result of 1953 kbps/sec down. Large downloads, that used to take a couple of hours with dial-up, now take three or four minutes.

Don't get me wrong. I would not recommend this to anyone that has cable or dsl available.