There is such a thing as Satellite internet (although DirecTV and Dish themselves are TV-only). The only time you would ever want satellite internet is if nothing else high-speed is available at all. The lag times are up to a full second, and for daily browsing you might as well be on dial-up. Plus, satellite internet is really expensive. I'm on DirecTV with DSL internet. There's a wireless internet service called
Clearwire, although they're not nationwide. I'm sure there are other similar providers, though.