Actually, I've been able to get some really good voice quality using satellite. But the one thing you can't get rid of is 90,000+ miles of DELAY. I've had 2 phones side by side talking to each other and there was like a 2 second delay between talking and the other phone hearing it. But the quality was fine. i remember when I was much younger and stationed in Europe and using a public phone to call my parents back in the USA. There was a similar delay. Satellite has crappy delay; but quality can be good if you know what you're doing. If it's just a phone for convenience and you understand it's shortcomings, it's fine. If you are expecting the same as regular pots service, then no, it's never going to be that good. It can't. Not at 90,000 miles away.