You need to check with your provider.  I use Wildblue, and, if I recall 
correctly, there is a provision in the contract which bars the use of 
things like voip.  I can't remember for certain, but I am pretty sure. 
I am not sure about Hughesnet.

Given a choice, if your REC offers Wildblue, I would go with them. 
DirectWay, which preceeded Hughesnet, seemed to have a lot of bad press. 
  I suspect that was one of the reasons they changed to Hughesnet, but 
I'm not sure of that.

Once you get used to a faster internet connection, you'll wonder how you 
ever lived without it.  Unfortunately, my Wildblue at $85 per month, 
including service contract, is about one eighth as fast as my friend's 
in the city who has Cox cable.  :(

(Cheaper Wildblue is available, but it is slower.)

Dean Kukral


At this point in time, I am seriously considering installing a satellite 
uplink.  My maximum dial-up speed is just too darned slow for today's 
sites, and there won't be another way to connect to high-speed "out 
here" in the rusty hills of Ohio for many more years, if ever in my 
lifetime.   Moving is not an option.

My question is, will a VOIP service (such as  Vonage or Magic Jack) work 
with a satellite connection?  I'm getting  ____  sick and tired of 
Verizon, and I think I'd save money over their, uh, "service" if it's 
possible to do this...  Thanks in advance for any and all input

Joyce in SE Ohio

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