06-10-2014, 06:29 AM
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Originally posted by Derrick Barnicoat
Truth be told, no internet on an island in the middle of the pacific will be as fast as high speed on the mainland just because even the cable comes through one main satellite dish. At least, I don't think they would run a 3,000 mile cable.
No, not truth. The global internet requires fiber cable. Oceanic has a fiber from the mainland to Hawaii island. Here is a map:
http://stopthecap.com/wp-content/uploads...blesub.jpg
Actually, there are several 3,000 mile long cables, from west and east. There is a lot of fatpipe to the islands, just not to many rural residential areas. Satellite can be high speed down, but it has lag, making it unusable for interactive applications. Oceanic basic is 20 mbps down and 1 mbps up, about 70 msec lag to the mainland.
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*