12-27-2010, 10:41 AM
If Aloha Broadband is the service I think it is, it requires line-of-sight and for our home in Orchidland it would have required an antenna approximately 40 feet tall.
I currently work from home, using the Internet frequently, and our service is Verizon wireless' 3G network, which uses a cellular modem card in or laptop (a USB port version is also available). It's called broadband, and much faster than dial-up, but slower than DSL. Its "unlimited" service has a 5GB monthly limit but since we signed on early we apparently are not tied to that, not that we exceed it very often since we don't do a lot of video.
The quality of cellular modem service is also dependent on the location of your nearest tower. Before the tower went up on Church on a Sure Foundation on Hwy 130 our service cycled between the Keaau and Kurtistown towers and was spotty, slowing sometimes and once in a while dropping our connection. We've also noticed that the speed has slowed a bit in the three years since the COSF tower went up, which we attribute to increasing numbers of users in our area.
Looking forward to seeing what Verizon 4G will offer when it becomes available, which may happen as early as next year.
I currently work from home, using the Internet frequently, and our service is Verizon wireless' 3G network, which uses a cellular modem card in or laptop (a USB port version is also available). It's called broadband, and much faster than dial-up, but slower than DSL. Its "unlimited" service has a 5GB monthly limit but since we signed on early we apparently are not tied to that, not that we exceed it very often since we don't do a lot of video.
The quality of cellular modem service is also dependent on the location of your nearest tower. Before the tower went up on Church on a Sure Foundation on Hwy 130 our service cycled between the Keaau and Kurtistown towers and was spotty, slowing sometimes and once in a while dropping our connection. We've also noticed that the speed has slowed a bit in the three years since the COSF tower went up, which we attribute to increasing numbers of users in our area.
Looking forward to seeing what Verizon 4G will offer when it becomes available, which may happen as early as next year.