satellite internet

[Paul F.]

Has been true for years...
The dish is a transmitter AND reciever. No phone line required.

My impression of Wildblue from some forums is that it's not wildly better than Hughes.net.

I will say that Hughes.net beats Dial-up all black and blue... no question.

I'll also say that if her area can use cell-phone based internet access, give that a shot before satellite.
The speed-of-light latency issues, as well as the over-sold bandwidth of satellite, make for some real issues.