I used to work in the business of supplying satellite links like this in Europe and the Middle East, so not the same as the USA. It is a good alternative if you

I used to work in the business of supplying satellite links like this in Europe and the Middle East, so not the same as the USA. It is a good alternative if you have no practical alternative such as a landline but I would only call it a basic alternative to ADSL. The biggest problem is latency and there are two factors that impact latency: 1) Distance (the satellite is really far away) 2) Contention (it is often a TDMA system so your packets have to wait for the next available time slot, in a busy network this can cause problems) Bandwidth isn't the primary concern, it is usually quality and latency. They are tightly related but latency is something that always limits you because it makes VoIP, VNC and gaming difficult.