A little warning about satellite broadband is that if you don't get a full duplex link, i.e. in and out via satellite, you'll still be stuck with a dialup outbound link. Last time I looked full duplex satellite was just under $300 per month.

Also, now that we've started to get some rain, and those with Austar and Foxtel satellite can tell you too, is that when you get a decent amount of rain within around 50km, you'll get a lot of breakup/loss of signal with due to the size of the dish. Get a 2 or 3 metre sized dish, and you won't get anywhere near the same sorts of issues with rain, but who really wants a 3 metre dish in your backyard ?

Yep, they'll help you alright, and help you lighten your load in your hip pocket at the same time. 


Once again you really need to lobby all your neighbours and work together to get ADSL in to your streets.