A good friend of mine has satellite internet service, and it smokes my DSL MOST of the time. It is subject to fluctuations in bandwith related to the number of users at any given moment, and the upload speeds, if you REALLY work hard at tweaking the settings, are dual ISDN equivilents at best. When it comes to online gaming, forget it....the latency (time the signal takes to get from the ground station to the satellite and back to your PC) makes online gaming unbearable, and you will get your ass killed frequently cause that bullet hit you 5 seconds before you even saw the gun pointed at you.