What’s the difference between E.L. Internet Northwest internet service and satellite internet service?

Speed, Latency, Data Caps, Customer Service. Overall, you’ll find that our service will provide a much more consistent connection than satellite with better performance. SPEED: Many satellite providers advertise extremely fast speeds, but customers come to us weekly switching away from satellite because they don’t receive enough speed. LATENCY: Because information transferred on satellite services has to go up into space, the latency (or the delay – the time it takes to go from your house out to the internet and back) is substantially longer with a satellite service than with our internet services. Because of this many satellite users have a hard time running real-time applications (such as VoIP, video chat, gaming) with satellite services. With low latency and consistent speeds, these applications work great on E.L. Internet Northwest services! DATA CAPS: Most satellite providers have monthly data limits and slow your service, shut it off, or charge extra if you go over. E.L. Internet Northwest does not have monthly data caps.