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Thanks very much for your information.

I took the liberty of transfering your post here where it is more on topic.

Could you comment please on what kind of download/upload response you get and complications from weather?

Could you also comment on something called the Fair Access Policy? (see HAL9000's comment in post #25)

The worst thing is that the satellite companies have some hard limits on how much you can download. If you exceed that limit, you get "FAPed" (Fair Access Policy), which reduces your connection to dial-up speed for several hours. The FAP rules are vague, so you can't really tell when it will take effect or end.

What has been your experience with FAP?

Downloads are pretty close to ADSL; uploads are not speedy at all.

I have not had any experience with anything I'd call a "deliberate speed slowdown." I suspect this is yet another Internet Legend.

I rarely have downtimes due to weather unless it's a sever thunderstorm right in the line of sight.

I used to have "enhanced ADSL" (meaning I had fixed IPs) and NEVER remembered experiencing ANY downtime, but I heard from others who had the DHCP-type ADSL, and they said they were down about once a week, sometimes for a day.

Cable modem, I have no experience with such downtime, so I can't compare.