You may or may not know this already....With any "Dish" internet all the downloads come from the satellite. Makes sense right? Ok, but all the up loads go over your phone line. There can be some big time lag from when you press a link or upload a file to you seeing a response from a server. This would be a big deal if we were talking about on-line gaming (of the bang bang/kiddie kind) and not gambling, but I think it should be quick enough for most poker sites.