09-24-2014, 02:57 AM
Last time I was in HA I helped a friend trace their property line; by the time I got to the back I was pretty convinced he could leave me for dead and noone would find the body for a good long while! About that time the dog ran off after some wild pigs, and we didn't see him again for an hour...
I'm looking at 3 acre lots mostly for the tree buffer from neighbors, and to have plenty of room to plant fruit trees. The more square the lot the better, probably. I'm also looking at lots with the most/tallest non-albizia trees, assuming they may have deeper soil than the more bare lots. I hear the best soil is in Hamakua, but those huge acreage lots are too expensive...
People online are developing low cost LTE hardware and software. Pretty soon it should be possible for someone to put up a private tower in the middle of Volcano or HA and run an Internet co-op to provide everyone broadband. Just need to back-haul it to a commercial broadband connection, probably over a microwave link. Of course wifi mesh is always an option, as is running buried cable to your neighbors to share whatever connectivity you can get.
I'm looking at 3 acre lots mostly for the tree buffer from neighbors, and to have plenty of room to plant fruit trees. The more square the lot the better, probably. I'm also looking at lots with the most/tallest non-albizia trees, assuming they may have deeper soil than the more bare lots. I hear the best soil is in Hamakua, but those huge acreage lots are too expensive...
People online are developing low cost LTE hardware and software. Pretty soon it should be possible for someone to put up a private tower in the middle of Volcano or HA and run an Internet co-op to provide everyone broadband. Just need to back-haul it to a commercial broadband connection, probably over a microwave link. Of course wifi mesh is always an option, as is running buried cable to your neighbors to share whatever connectivity you can get.