They are going to replace the 7000 eventually. As of now though the 9000 can only operate on the Spaceway 3 satellite. Not every customer is going to be able to see the Spaceway 3 satellite, so Hughes is still going to offer the 7000 to those customers. If you keep up with the FSB's Hughes released one last week that explains how to convert a 9000 customer to a 7000 if LOS issues.