My internet is furnished by my telephone co., never a 'blip'. We have cable for our tv and they offer internet, but my neighbor has a lot of trouble with his internet being down. We tried satellite dish and hated it as any sprinkle of rain caused lost signal. Gotta have our computers to stay in touch with the world!

Hi. When we moved to the country 5 years ago we had the same problem. Went with HughesNet and had very few problems. Speed on satellite are probably as good as DSL. The only issue I had was you are limited to how much you can download/upload and when you go over that limit you are knocked back to dial-up speed or worse for 24 hours! As long as it was only me only the internet, it was fine. But when husband started on at the same time we had a problem. You can then buy more bandwidth if you want. Anyway, we have friends who work from home and have very little problems using satellite. Good luck and prayers for you and your husband. Hugs. Nan W

Sorry to hear this, my hubby does not have Alz. but not a week goes by without a fall even though he has a walker and a W.C. . I can certainly empathize with you. NO NO on the Dial UP. I have no access to cable and those around me who have satellite are unhappy with it. I have Broad Band (don't really understand how it works) but it is unlimited in time and I can DL as much as I want. Those with satellite internet around here are limited in both. We have satellite TV but have no problems with it unless it's a really bad storm. A little rain does not affect it./Lillian

I can't help with your dilemma, however I just wanted to wish you the best on your move.

I live in the wrong part of the world to be of any use with your question but I wanted to say I am thinking of you and your husband. Good Luck with your future plans

Prayers for you and husband.

I have had experience with just about all types of internet service. The problem is -- it varies by the area (even town to town can be different)
Over-all here is what I have found: Satellite can be "spotty" depending on the weather. Also, high winds can knock it out of alignment.
DSL can be very good if the lines are good. It can be compared to cable with speed and reliability. It can get expensive -- but you can have your own little price war with companies. Make them bid against the other for services and then take the best package offered.
I will include you in my prayers. May you be led to the best place for you and your husband to live. I am hoping and praying that he will not be too agitated in the move. May you be blessed for keeping him home!
Hugs!

I cannot help as I live in South Africa. Wishing you and your husband well in your new home.

I live in the country in central Maine and the only television programming and internet available to me is satellite. I have dish TV and dishnet internet. Dishnet internet is supplied by Hughes net (Hughes is printed on the side of my dishnet modem). I have never had any problems with my connection. It is limited to 10 GB monthly (upload and download) plus a 10 GB monthly bonus the can only be used between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. I set my updates and schedule large file downloads during this time. Speeds do slow down if there are large storms and I have had snow block my signal so I needed to clean the satellite dish. Today my ping is 717, download speed 10.17 MB, upload speed .75 MB. These results were using Google chrome browser. I have no idea if this is good or not. I am just thankful that it works. I have never had DSL or cable but I did use dial-up and on the old telephone lines in our area we were lucky if we got connected and got e-mail without any pictures or attachments. Satellite is expensive. My bill is $145 a month for TV (over 250 top channels) and internet but to me it is worth it to stay connected to family and friends. Best of luck in your research and hugs, blessings and prayers for you and your husband. Barba

When we moved out here, we had only dial up or satellite as options. We tried dial up, what a laugh! On a 54K modem, we were connecting at 11 or 12. Pages timed out before they loaded, couldn't do banking, anything. Phone lines out here are really old. So we went with Hughes Net. It's a bit expensive, but I found it completely reliable and very worth it. Even with my late husband the computer junkie downloading things, we rarely exceeded our limit. The only problem was snow in the dish, you either cleaned it out or didn't get connected, it blocks the signal. Also make sure you have good line of sight for the dish, although Hughes satellite is so high that usually isn't a problem. But we don't have mountains or such here, so depends on your terrain. I do have DSL now, because Verizon actually opened up a node here. Frankly, the only difference is I don't have to worry about snow in the dish. We're so far out and the speed is still slow, I can't stream video, I can't even watch YouTube stuff. Hughes has just gone through a major upgrade, so depending on how fast your DSL is, you might even like it better. Except the snow in the dish part, and that can be a real pain, depending on where the dish is. Call Hughes, tell them where the house is, what your circumstances are, and see if they'll give you an idea where they'd put the dish. Or, go with a local authorized dealer, which is what we did, and got a rebate and next day service, because the man has a local shop, you're not dealing with corporate Hughes. And if you have trouble, you call Dave, not some 800 number. And Dave knows the terrain and all the problems, Hughes service people can come from hundreds of miles away sometimes. Shop local if you can, local people are usually very helpful and kind. Best of luck to you and to your husband, hugs, Marji

I wish i could help. Ask a neighbor and perhaps they can guide you.