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Yes, if you had a satellite internet modem connection, or satellite phone, you would not be cut off if the main isp was disconnected. However it's slow, like dialup, and expensive per minute.
Huh? If your satellite ISP was disconnected you would not be cut off? Are my preconceptions of how satellite internet works way off? I thought that you were bouncing off of the satellite to your ISP which then connected you to the internet.
Sorry, I mean if your local ISP was cut off, your satellite isp might not be. Eg if you were in Egypt now and the government cuts off all Egyptian isps, then you can still use your satellite phone to dial into your American isp. Satellite isps mean you could be on the different side of the planet from your iap