My options? (spoiled by cable, moving)

[tobifelinis]

If you truly are going to do the things that you say you are NONE of the consumer grade plans will be satisfactory to you. You need to look at Enterprise systems and Idirect. You need to look real hard for some posible wirless provider before going Satellite.

It is clear that no one has really explained the Hughes FAP to you and that is understandable as it is not spelled out on their website anywhere.

The current modem is the 9000 series with that the 500mb plan is actually 625 Mb in a 24 hour period not counting the free period between 2AM and 7AM. People regularly download gigs of data in a 24 hour period with no FAP.

You get one free token (get out of jail/FAP) each billing period and can buy others for a percentage of your bill varies between about$5 and $12. No one else lets you buy your way out of FAP.

Uploads do not count with Hughes which in some cases can be a benefit.

with Wildblue if you do a very large download in one day you can put yourself into FAP for many days even weeks. Plus uploads count.

I don't have any real world experience with StarBand.

[sundude90]

I would look for Wireless Broadband Internet Service Providers in your area, they are far better than Satellite. Where I live in Maine, that is my only option besides Satellite. My wireless company has NO usage limits and fairly cheap.