Well... I had DirectPC from Best Buy a few years ago and my father-in-law still has it running. It is the one-way satelite. He lives too far away to be able to get DSL or Cable. He is also too cheap to fork out $$$ for anything but dial-up. I used the DirectPC and very seldom had problems. In really bad storms, we would lose power and phone but since I had my PC and Satelite on UPS, I still had internet. That's sweet. If the only option is Dial-up or Satelite, go satelite. IMHO
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Well... I had DirectPC from Best Buy a few years ago and my father-in-law still has it running. It is the one-way satelite. He lives too far away to be able to get DSL or Cable. He is also too cheap to fork out $$$ for anything but dial-up. I used the DirectPC and very seldom had problems. In really bad storms, we would lose power and phone but since I had my PC and Satelite on UPS, I still had internet. That's sweet. If the only option is Dial-up or Satelite, go satelite. IMHO