Johnny's Gone HughesNet

Anybody who read Truly Bad Films knows I live in the country. I'm on the top of a small ridge in central Virginia, which is surrounded by larger mountains in three directions. Mostly, it's a great place to live. But it's not a great place to get on the internet. There's no broadband available in our area, so we're stuck with dialup over lines that literally crackle with moisture every time it rains. When I see that DirecWay ad for satellite internet on my satellite t.v. I get all tingly.

A friend of mine who also lives in the sticks looked into getting DirecWay - now called HughesNet - and came by my office hyperventilating from the thin air at the top of their steep pricing. I could be wrong, but I think she said it was a $600 installation plus $50.00 a month. She told the HughesNet pusherman to take a hike.

But now Johnny Virgil has taken on the expedition to the top of the internet-access food chain and gotten internet satellite installed. At the moment he's lovin' it. But a few of his commentors say this is all pride before the fall.

What do you folks say? Has anyone out there got a DirecWay/HughesNet story to share? Tingly parts want to know . . .