Unlike most cable service, the price (the real price) is posted on their website. Cost is about $500 for the dishy, then $99 per month. No caps. My cable service here claimed 25MB at $42 wants a two year contract, and of course does not included taxes and "other" fees. Then they charged me for router, for install (even though the previous owner router still here and just needed password changed or reset). My first bill ended up being $650. and still not sure what the actual monthly charge will be with all the added fees and such. And then they only deliver 12MB! Argh!!!

There's definitely a difference between city and rural. I think cable is good choice for city, it's cost effective for the cable companies to run a cable to one building then serve dozens.. In rural areas, they don't want to string a cable for a mile (or miles) between houses for a single customer. There is so many hills and trees here that ground based wireless doesn't deliver far either, so (good) satellite is ideal for us. It all depends on your location and what works best. If they would run fiber to us, I would jump on it.