Our satellite is supposed to be "up to" 25 Mbps and we got about 12 when I first turned it on. I think the killer is the latency. It runs over 600 ms on Speedtest and is now so high that the test never can complete. I know sat is going to be higher, but we got numbers like 7 and 9 ms when we had CenturyLink DSL and we got 12 Mbps very reliably. The tech that came out one day said we could go to 80 Mbps at our "altitude" (distance from the central office, or whatever).My satellite is running 12 MBPS. Centurylink is 2-3 MBPS now which would you choose? When you decide to live in the country there are perks of city life that can't be transferred. I don't live or die by the internet.
You are right that we chose to live the country life. We have an electric coop that says they ought to have fiber in our area within two years. Their plans start at 75 Mbps and go (way) up.
I look forward to it, but am not holding my breath, either.