Yeah that 200.00 a month is crazy, but you get the TV. Can you get over the air TV, I know not much to watch, but news is there . . .
Can try Century link DSL for internet only no phone, should be 50 or under per month. Des Moines has Century Link available DSL. DSL is good basic service, pretty reliable, functioning speeds. I am on DSL here with a 5 mbps line, it fluxuates between 2.5 mbps to 5 mbps . . I can do everything I need to do with it. If it goes down I jump on my Phone's Hotspot network and use that wifi in the house for the computers until my DSL comes back. Lightning is hard on DSL . . .
Satellite internet services like Hughs Net is not very good, spotty at best. Weather affects it badly too.