anybody know anything about using satellites as oppose to cable lines or telephone lines for dealing with online transactions.

reason for asking is that the telehone lines for the pharmacy i'm opening up is all messed up and cox/bellsouth are taking their time fixing it. I want to open up as soon as I can, but without regular phone lines I can't do online transactions for pharmacy claims. I'm just wondering if satellite can be as effective in doing this type of job??