My idiot BIL lives in rural Missouri and has a sat service named Wild Blue which seems to be fairly reliable.
Yea I think it’s actually the same company as Hughesnet. I’ve heard of it. I’d have to get an installer up here to see if they could get a clear signal and if not how many trees would have to come down. I live on the side of a wooded ridge in a horse shoe shaped hollow surrounding me. I’m about 150 ft or so elevation wise below the top.
Satellite service is ideal for just about everything except gaming. For virtually all other it’s usually the most economical off-the-grid option.
The reason satellite connections are bad for gaming is the speed of light; the round trip from earth to orbit will be a minimum of 180 milliseconds and up to half a second depending on your location and the position of the satellite. That can be an eternity for any online games that require fast reaction times.