Abstract: A system and method for providing data acquisition services for a customer from a sensor located in a remote location. A communicator co-located with at least one sensor monitors the sensor and reports data to a network operations center according to data monitoring instructions. The data is reported via a transport path, which can be cellular, satellite cellular, pager, or a public phone path. The network operations center reports data to the customer or to another designated recipient through a dissemination channel. The customer is able to provide revised data monitoring instructions to the network operations center via the dissemination channel. The network operations center forwards the revised data monitoring instruction to the communicator.