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Just got a call from Dish, internet only in my rural area for 50 bucks a month and a 50 buck install fee, no tv (I don't watch that stuff mostly). My Sprint Aircard costs me 75 or better and is unreliable. Thoughts? Not a promo, just flat 50 for the rest of my life. Hmmm... Better than Hughesnet? and the others? Inquiring.....

I live in an area where DSL is not yet available, and have been here three years and still stuck on dial-up. I do not know when DSL will ever be available and have been considering satellite access through HughesNet. What I wanted to know is does anyone out there have HughesNet, and if they do are they happy with it and would recommend it. I would also like to know the pros and cons if possible and any personal opinions. Thanks.

Six years in the making and at a cost of nearly $500 million, a satellite Internet service for rural America now has an official launch date. Denver-based WildBlue Communications announced plans Thursday to roll out its high-speed Internet service on June 2, with Strasburg as the company's first market. A Strasburg couple with two teenage sons, a Dell computer and 26-inch satellite dish has signed on as WildBlue's first subscriber. Theresa Tuttle says it's "simply awesome" that her family will soon be able to surf the information highway as quickly as any city slicker with a DSL line. Husband...