>From what you have indicated about moving around, Wild-Blue will not
work due to spot-beam technology. Hughes's system will allow you to
move and re-set your dish, though they have a "don't ask-don't tell"
policy towards mobile consumer systems.



Check this out: http://www.datastormusers.com/

There is a tripod based approach called "Dusty-foot":
http://www.dustyfoot.com/

Also:

http://www.groundcontrol.com/prod_ig2500_001.htm

http://www.direcstar.com/

http://www.c-comsat.com/

http://www.spacenet.com/


This should give you many options.

If you go with Hughes, which is the biggest and most popular, make
sure you get one of the business accounts to get past the increasingly
strict daily thruput limitations. In fact, these limitations, which
dymnamically distribute the usage of the scarce satellite bandwidth
are in place with every provider. With Hughes this is called "FAP"
or fair access policy. This FAP and it's corresponding policies with
each company are one of the main criteria you should compare to your
intended usage when deciding on a service.

FAP and perhaps latency depending on your intended use. I understand
that at least one of the providers specializes in minimizing latency
for VPNs and such. At very best it's over 600 ms - with Hughes it
varies from 700-1500ms typically.

Download speed is the most advertised and least critical feature for
most users.

As far a aiming software, I believe that is all taken care of within
the modem's firmware, if I am not mistaken. The HN7000S with Hughes
may be running VX works?......

Cheers,
Steve