Originally Posted by Forkbeard

Dino, I'm using a fixed (not mobile) DirecWay dish. It's the same dish that Datastorm uses for its RV mobile solution, but I don't have any experience with the mobile solution. I deal direct with DirecWay, but I think there's an ISP layer for mobile users.

There is also a portable "mobile" solution for DirecWay that's not as automated as Datastorm, that uses a man-portable tripod and a hand-held device that helps with, but does not automate, dish-pointing. I forget what it's called, but google "DirecWay" and "RV" in the same query and you'll find some of the same pages I've been reading. I'd think this would be your best bet for working on beaches from a boat.

The fixed dish works pretty good for me -- sometimes the latency is a problem, but downloads are fast as lightning. There are bandwidth limits that inhibit big downloads -- you can surf all day, but download more than 120MB or so in any given four hour period, and they'll shut you down to dialup speeds for a day.