Options for high speed internet connection. . .anyone tried Directv?

Just relocated to a black hole of communications. . . Sprint telephone provider does not provide high speed service in my area. Town about 10 miles away has wireless access but not good for me. . . have new intel 20" Imac and now using apple external modem. . .good connection with aol but slow and would like to do better. I have Directv which is persistently touting their internet service. Anyone have experience with that? What are my other options, if any?

I have had DirecWay (soon to be HughesNet) for a year. I have the Pro account ($69/mo) with 1000/200 kb/s D/U and a 350MB download bucket which refills at 56 kb/s. That is about 350 MB per 16 hour period. It has been reliable. Heavy snow will stop like with DirecTV, but with dish low enough to sweep the snow off corrects this. Speeds vary, but is always better than dial-up. We had 18.8 kb/s on a very good day with dial-up.
However! The latency is high, 700-900ms. This delay is annoying, it takes a few seconds before your page come up. "Twitch" games don't play well. Other than that it is great.
I kept waiting for DSL or anything but it never came. My only regret is that I should have gotten it sooner.
For a Direcway discussion board go to http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/sat
Remember that most who post there have problems and are looking for answers.

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Over and over I requested to speak with the actual Local Office in Warsaw, VA so I could be given a reasonable explanation.   I spoke with a woman who said the two neighbors were closer to the loop than me. When I asked how this was possible if I am in the center of the two she said maybe it was because of a curve in the road? She also said she was the local office but was not able to tell me where that office was located so obviously it was not the actual "local" office.
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Here, maybe, is a FAQ that explains why
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/1214
All DSLR (.dslreports.com) FAQs » Verizon Online DSL FAQ » 3. General » Verizon says no DSL, but neighbor yes?
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