The salesmen on the phone know very little, and they will tell you anything. Forums are full of these types of comments. People ask specifically if their kid can game on the system, the salesman says "yes", even though they can't do the type of games they want. Same with watching videos. People ask if they can do that, they'll even say they do a lot, then they go over their data in 2 days, and it doesn't work. Don't listen to the salesmen. Pretty sure from what you describe, you will not get along with the service. UNLESS you subscribe to something like Directv or Dish (and if you do that, you shouldn't connect the receiver to internet, or it will download stuff and put you over too).
Bottom line is, unless you are in a "magic" beam area with very few subscribers, you will quickly go over the priority data if you use video, and you will be slowed. Going over priority data here, you don't hit 1 meg most of the time, that would hardly do standard definition. Now, basic browsing with a little video here and there, you'd likely be ok.
Video quality varies a lot, there isn't a set usage amount. But Netflix uses an example of 3GB per hour for HD, can be more, can be less, depends on the content and provider. So, in my zipcode (plans may vary by zip), the plan that is $130 per month the first year, and $150 the second comes with 50GB (plus 50GB at night/month, 2am-8am). Add in $10 for the equipment lease, and more for tax. That's about 17/hours/month of HD video during day hours. But, they also limit streaming speed to reduce the quality so it lasts longer (might be able to turn that off with Hughes, I forget).
I get the idea of "poor" DSL. They run lines some 20 miles or more from some villages, not out of mine though, fiber, very poor on the end. There are a very small handful of villages within 30 miles radius of me, they might offer "up to" 5 meg, might never see 1, often doesn't work well enough to stream audio without skipping.
You say no cell service. If there's any provider at all that would have 1 bar or a bit below (at least detectable signal) while up on a tower, even if you can't lock onto it, you might have an option, but that's about it. Another option is a WISP provider, they have limited range, let's say under 10 miles a lot of the time (even 5). They put up antennas on things like water towers or grain bins. Other than those, or sticking with what you have, like I said before, I'd suggest waiting a while.
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