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We have a Sprint Aircard through our cell phones for our lap tops and it worked really well. We live on 40th in Orchidland.
We are completely off-grid and my business is also internet based.
I worked at home there for a week, didn't have any problems.
Internet connection was better than cell reception. It handled
2 laptops at pretty good speed. We were very pleased.
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What is the most cost efficient yet most reliable and fastest internet connection? I am currently in a high-rise central city building with cable modem/wireless but know we are in a bandwidth hog tower and are fortunate that way. We do not have a landline here although I have been advised to have one there because of spotty mobile coverage in case of emergency (I have also read that the humid salty island air eats phone residential phone lines for breakfast). Is satellite broadband available (Dish)? We are T-mobile users and have been for years and I understand coverage is good in HPP and Puna at large. Any input? I am an internet freak. I prefer it over TV and owe a great deal of my career and success to online. It is the one thing I want to hold onto when we move. Help me or shoot me.
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the previous owners of our home had starband for satellite internet. we have directv and i believe they might also offer satellite internet to certain areas.
parnter has t-mobile and the reception/coverage in fern forest is minimal. in differet areas outside of our home, we'll sometimes get coverage. reminds me of those dropped calls and, "can you hear me now commercials."
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Thank you. I also checked Dish Network. Seems most offer this at approx $200 for equipment then $50-$100 per month depending on speed and provider.
-Blake
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That's very interesting. We have Dish Network and I've never heard mentioned before that they do internet as well, but the website does say "virtually everywhere".
A solution often used in HPP areas away from DSL and cable is
www.awshi.com.
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From what I have seen the service is not technically available from Dish or DirectTV. They partner with another company and bundle it as theirs. There is separate equipment and I suspect another dish and satellite (I have not gotten that deep yet).
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FYI run-a-round: Construction Mgr pointed out equip on utility pole & suggested I persist w/ HawaiianTel. I did, & got cooperation when they made it a "business" account. Cost me $210 to construct pole, mount conduit box & have HawaiianTel hook me up w/ their equipment. Then I pay nearly $70/mth. Can't see why they didn't better cooperate on the 1st 3 phone calls??
Problem w/ cell phone use is (1) reliability (2) I require large up/downloads for biz.
AWS was great staff response, but Nanawale site couldn't get signals for trees.
Hard to believe this is USA ... I think one can get better Internet service in India & China. Hope this saga helps others & I thank all for input!!
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