Yesterday I hosted a group of 35 lady bicyclists riding cross country to raise money and increase awareness of Breast Cancer research. Their web master was traveling with them in a motor home. He had a briefcase unit:"MSAT". I believe that he said it was a "skytel" system. He was using the satellite for up and down load at 9600baud inside the motorhome--in this case shooting through the front window, but he said at times it went thru the Al. roof! The compas heading was critical to about 5 degrees and the elevation was set for the specific Lat and Long. Apparently there are 5 Satelites which cover Canada, the entire USA and Caribbean down to Trinadad. He is a professional web master and was continuing his work on this trip--about 40% of the time via the satelite link. This system also uses telephony as well as data. I do not know the cost of the unit (he estimated about $4,000 or the Kilobite cost of usage(all of this was donnated by the company for the charity). Have any of the list members had experience with this type of unit? I do not remember this specific unit being mentioned. What impressed me was the ability to work the web, all be it slowly. Bob Austin Pensacola, FL