The answer to that question depends what options you have for getting online and how important the internet is to you.
For those who have several ways to get online then a comparison of pros and cons for each will help clarify the matter. Compare the speed, data plans, and cost of each. Plan prices tend to correlate to the download speeds and fast-data allocations specified in each plan. Can you bundle phone service? Or TV service?
How many in your family will need access? If only one person will need the internet the plan choices for you can be lower. For a family of 5 or more persons who need to do social networking, shopping, and content streaming, you will be paying more toward the upper end.
Internet signal access can be free at public libraries and in some educational settings as well as at public locations like drive-through chains and large retailers. These networks are there for your convenience as a customer or patron but they are not as private and might not be as secure as home internet. Private and secure internet at your home will have a cost associated with it in most cases.
Viasat requires a 24-month subscription, which includes all the necessary equipment to provide you with fast internet. A professional technician will securely install the equipment, and you will be leasing it.
For new customers, Viasat offers a promotional rate for the first 3 months, as specified below. After this period, the rate will revert to the regular price. The availability of plan options at your location will depend on your street address, and not all plans may be available everywhere. Pricing is subject to change.
Viasat offers different plans categorized primarily by their "Up To" download speeds, and they may also have names like Choice 25 or other variations. It's important to note that not all plans listed below will be available at your address, so it's best not to get confused. Typically, you will have five plan options to review.
The pricing of the plans is influenced by data volume and download speeds. All plans provide unlimited data up to your high-speed data allocation as per your selected plan. However, if you exceed that allocation, your internet speed will be reduced, but you will still have internet access. During peak times, you can purchase additional fast data using the My Viasat app that comes with your subscription.
Here are the available plans with their respective details:
Whether something is expensive is a matter of perception. How well does the product or service meets your needs? If life feels more expensive, you’re probably right. Yet access the internet can lead to so many opportunities including earning income that it’s all a matter of what you do with it. Internet access is an investment that can pay off.
Why is satellite internet so expensive?
The process that takes place for satellite internet is your modem sending a signal to your dish connected to your house, then transmitting a signal to a satellite in space. Viasat is sending three satellites into space over the next couple of years. ViaSat-3 AMERICA and ViaSat EMEA, not including ViaSat APAC will cost between $1.2 billion and $1.4 billion including satellite, launch, insurance. And payload expenses. This is part of the reason why satellite internet is expensive, to supply the whole world with satellite internet there has to be a large price for it and the people who buy their services help pay for it. Most of the customers who pay for this service are individuals or families who live in rural areas, like on farms or in the mountains where there aren’t large amounts of people. Traditional internet services don’t bring their services out to these areas because it isn’t worth their time or money with the cable and fiber laying so there aren’t many options for those who live in these areas. Supply and demand is a big part of the price of satellite internet as well, because there isn’t as much competition in those areas the price can be whatever they want. If it comes down to having satellite internet or not having internet at all then i'm sure most people would choose satellite internet.