Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3)
I have a Verizon USB air card. Best I get out here in the country is 3G. At times it works great, at times it is painfully slow. I think they will let you try it ? Ask. I hear bad things about Hughes Net. All in all where I live there is not a great Internet option. For whatever reason, my phone internet is better than the air card at most times.
The problem with most air cards is that they have tiny data plans... and it is expensive when you go over.
I have a Verizon Mifi 2200. It costs e $50/month for 5GB. I only use it for traveling, and I have never gone over 5GB. However, I am pretty careful to only use it for simple browsing, and email type of functions. I avoid watching video. When I first got it... you payed by the MB if you went over the 5GB cap. It was outrageously expensive. I witnessed a guy at the Verizon store who was livid because he was expecting to pay about $50/month, but his bill was $450. It ended up he was watching just a few movies... which pushed him into the stratosphere.
Verizon changed their overage charges to $10/GB... which is MUCH more reasonable. I believe you can also set up email alerts as you approach your limits.
The issue is that 5GB/month is still a very small amount of data for a household. I used to have Verizon FIOS which was unlimited... and now I have Comcast Xfinitiy which has a 250GB cap. I typically use about 50GB-70GB a month... but I have had a few months when I was over 200GB. Simple math will prove that even 50GB of data would be prohibitive... with a total cost of about $500/month.
I am not too sure what every options you may have. Is there any chance that you can get even DSL in your area? It is not as good as fibre or cable... but still much better than an air card.
/Jim