01-31-2012, 01:50 PM
We switched to Aloha Broadband a few months ago. They're making an effort to fill in the gaps where there's no DSL or cable. This is us at 3rd @ Maku'u on deadend side. The only other alternative was Verizon's cell-based technology. You can get their MiFi thingie --basically a cell phone w/o a phone) or use their other do-hickey-thigie. Both plug into your USB. We used MiFi for 2 years then dropped it bc there was lousy connection speed - couldn't stream even YouTube vids. LOVE Aloha - they're very nice guys, too. It uses microwave technology. There's a transmitter across the street from us & one on Beach. Download is 2-2.5. My neighbors have it, too, and stream movies from Netflix. It's $50/mo. You can get higher speeds for higher price - %69.95? Not sure.