You live in an area with no cell service and you only have slow satellite internet service which limits the size of downloads you can do Is the kindle a bad idea for us?

Answer 1

I never download books on Kindle via its Internet connection. I only use the USB cable.

Regular e-books aren't that large so if you can connect your computer to the Internet and check your email, you probably can download a few books as well.

I don't think the Kindle is necessarily a bad idea in this case. In fact, it might help, since it can store a lot of books at a time, so you don't have to constantly get new books. It would really help if you asked perhaps a friend with a better connection to get you a couple of hundred public domain books in Kindle-compatible format, so you have something to read in case buying books online turns out to be a major issue.

Answer 2

A Kindle e-reader could be a good option for you even with slow internet since it doesn't require constant connectivity to access content once downloaded. You can download books over your slow satellite internet and then read them offline without any issues.