It is not as fast as cable. I have it on the farm, and it’s about 12 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up. In my home office in town, I am on Comcast’s middle tier — so it’s not even the fastest available — and I get 57.9 Mbps down and 12.7 Mbps up.
Could be. What I do know is that when I had comcast in Bellevue the Youtube videos would often not load as fast as they were playing. I don’t have that problem with my satellite.
My sister and her husband live in the sticks in Montana and have had satellite for several years and have always hated it. It’s why I was not excited about going that way. But now that I have had it for over a year, my only complaint is the cost. And it is a small price to pay for what we get - and where we live. ;-)