DSL vs Satellite---HELP

[Wrecked]

<p>(if this is the wrong place to post, please forgive/fix)</p><p>Okay-</p><p>have been on cable internet forever, but now moving to the country. cable is not available out there. DSL is, but will i notice a huge drop in speed? in your experience is satellite even worth considering? does weather affect satellite internet?</p>

[furie]

DSL is slower than cable, but it's still pretty good.
is verizon's Fios in your new area?

[PapaBear]

My boss got satellite. It cost a fortune and it was as slow as dial up.

[Sleeves]

<strong>Wrecked</strong> wrote:<br /><p>(if this is the wrong place to post, please forgive/fix)</p><p>Okay-</p><p>have been on cable internet forever, but now moving to the country. cable is not available out there. DSL is, but will i notice a huge drop in speed? in your experience is satellite even worth considering? does weather affect satellite internet?</p><p>&nbsp;I switched from cable to DSL when we moved...a little bit slower, but really not a big deal.&nbsp; I thought I was heading back to dial-up type speeds, but it's really much closer to cable then to dial-up.&nbsp;</p><p>DSL doesn't suck. </p>

[PunkMojo]

Life without cable broadband is not life , however DSL is second best option. Satellite internet is effected by weather I hear, and sometimes the speed is equivalent to dial-up depending on location. If slicing your wrists turns you off...get DSL.&nbsp;

[LordJezo]

<p>First go find out what kind of DSL speeds you will be able to get, that will help a bit.&nbsp; I have 3.0 Mbps DSL and it rocks.&nbsp; Verizon also gives you unlimited bandwidth so I can't complain at all.&nbsp; <br /><br />Also, isn't satellite only 1 way or did they figure out a way to do two way?&nbsp; Last time I looked into it (years?) you still needed a modem to dial into their servers to upload stuff.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>FiOS is a whole different world.&nbsp; If you can get that then do, it's the next level of interneting.&nbsp;</p>