[H] Satellite to wireless Internet

[Thane Sherrington (S)]

I know a guy who lives in the boonies in a cluster of about ten 
houses (all within 500 feet of each other.)  He was thinking of 
getting satellite internet to his house and connect it to a router 
and put an omni-directional antenna on his house to share the service 
with the houses within range.  Does anyone have experience with 
something like this and can you recommend a provider, equipment, etc?

T