Just shows never believe what a saleman tells you,Digger inginuity strikes again

Of course nothing is simple. The salespeople were convinced that I couldn't line up the dish - it took me about an hour to figure out and now roughly takes about ten minutes each time I set up. They told me that the wireless gear wouldn't talk to the modem, they told me that my Debian workstation wouldn't be supported, they told me that the BOC wouldn't talk to me, they told me that I needed training, they told me that it wasn't done and it wouldn't work, they told me that I'd void my warranty, they told me so many stories...

I looked at Telstra's 2-way satellite solution, based on the DirectTV stuff, but they have spots in Australia where you can't actually connect. I then bumped into Optus' SatWeb, based on Gilat hardware. While the setup didn't leave me change out of $10,000, the monthly fee is similar to my 512k/128k ADSL connection. For my $150 I get 400kbps/76kbps, nothing to sneeze at and it works.
Mobile Internet Connectivity