Stuck on Dialup

I live three miles or so out of town.  And I can't get broadband internet service via wire. Which really, really stinks, seeing as how I'm online practically all the time.

It's annoying that I have to go into town and use someone else's internet connection to download files of any reasonable size in any reasonable time period. Yet look at my choices...I don't get WIndStream DSL (which is $60 for 6 Mb if anyone besides me knows what that means) or Verizon DSL ($15 for 768k). No 4mb/$45 RoadRunner either. All I have right now is $10 a month dialup service.

What are my options, and the options for anyone living outside of town in my area? There are two options, really: WildBlue (sattelite) and BeeCreek (fixed wireless). Let's compare them:

WildBlue - $200 setup

BeeCreek - $220 setup, 25 GB/month bandwidth limit

WildBlue - 512k down, 128k up for $50 a month
Bandwidth Limit: 7.5 GB/month down, 2.3 GB/month up

WildBlue - 1Mb down, 200k up for $70 a month
Bandwidth Limit: 12 GB/month down, 3 GB/month up

WildBlue - 1.5Mb down, 256k up for $80 a month
Bandwidth Limit: 17 GB/moth down, 5 GB/month up

BeeCreek - 256-384k for $42 a month

BeeCreek - 384-512k for $53 a month

BeeCreek - 512-768k for $74 a month

BeeCreek - 768k-1Mb for $84 a month

BeeCreek - 1-1.5Mb for $158 (!) a month

Then there's HughesNet, but that's basically just a mor expensive version of WildBlue...

I'm thinking of offering some DSL provider $500 to run a line to somewhere near my house. It' just plain depressing living on dialup like I am. Ah well...will have to wait till Monday to call them...

Night everyone...maybe...