When I was living in an apartment, DSL was available. When I moved to my house, only dial up was available. It was extremely difficult to go from fast to extremely slow. I lived in my house for 3 years before DSL became available in my area. I was so excited. Then I discovered that I live 1,000 feet to far from a router. I spoke with the phone people about getting DSL in my area and the answer was not in the near future. I went door to door in my area and got 87 families to sign a list stating that they would use DSL if it was available int he area. The phone company just ignore me now. I tried to get Cable internet, but again, I lived too far,but only by 50 feet. I could now choose between satelite & broadband. I decided to go with Verizon for several reasons. Satelite was twice as expensive, slower, and had a lower limit by half. I have had Verizon Broadband for 3 months and am happy with it. I still wish that I could have DSL (faster & cheaper), but broadband is acceptable. It easy to use, but just not as fast as DSL.