nwabbyl,
We ALL wish we had cable available but ....
If sat is your only option you have to learn how it works and how to get the best out of it,
It IS true that Sgoshe posted I should get the Hughesnet Miser Data Award it does beg the following question:
"What are you doing differently than me that your data is gone in 3 days or less ?"
Somewhere there is a middle ground, somewhere there is a reason.