We've been using a Starband dish system for about a year and a half; just replaced it with newly-available DSL service this morning, as it happens. Want to buy a used one? If you're anywhere near Chicago, we should talk.

It is a two-way system, no phone line. Worked badly to start with, but they replaced the modem with a new one that has worked well. I've found that I needed to add Winproxy to make it work with my network. Very, very fast downloads, kinda slow uploads. Dial-up would be faster on uploads. Also, no real way to get into my server from the outside world with this system.