Internet Access via Satellite Dish

[Guerri Stevens]

We are contemplating a move to an area where neither DSL nor cable Internet access is available. A top consideration for my husband is high-speed Internet access, and he has been looking into this. So far, the information he's found seems to imply that a special card is required in the PC, and that a desktop machine will be necessary for that. He, of course, has a laptop.

Does anyone know anything about this? One person we spoke to said he thought that a laptop would work fine, and no special card should be needed, just the hardware to connect. And that multiple computers could share the access. I admit to total ignorance on this subject.

I need a new machine myself, and would suggest to my husband that if a desktop machine *is* required, I buy one and let it be his, and his laptop can be mine. However, I don't think he wants to give up the laptop; i.e. he would still want a machine for travelling around.