03-12-2015, 03:02 AM
They just don't want to stretch the cable down my street, I guess.
If people on either side have DSL, it's probably not a distance problem, just a lack of ports on the DSLAM, with Telcom refusing to install more ports (it's "just" a piece of equipment).
Case in point: "some" people in HPP (OLE, HA, Ainaloa...) have DSL, so it's "technically feasble", it's just that Telcom hasn't installed any new DSL lines in the past few years. (Except in Hilo: I qualified an address, Telcom said "sure, no problem, you want the 15Mbit service or the 25Mbit?")
Telcom needs to be sued by shareholders for refusing to make the profits from selling service, or Telcom needs to be pressured by the PUC, or both. The third-world bandwidth conditions are negatively impacting the local economy and contributing to the overall technological decline of the US.
when google get's it's plans going on t-mobile
Yes, that will be awesome for the 27 people that have T-Mobile coverage; their signal drops out long before my house. Sprint drops out in the subdivision, I lose ATT in the driveway, only Verizon is actually usable, most of Puna has this same problem.
If people on either side have DSL, it's probably not a distance problem, just a lack of ports on the DSLAM, with Telcom refusing to install more ports (it's "just" a piece of equipment).
Case in point: "some" people in HPP (OLE, HA, Ainaloa...) have DSL, so it's "technically feasble", it's just that Telcom hasn't installed any new DSL lines in the past few years. (Except in Hilo: I qualified an address, Telcom said "sure, no problem, you want the 15Mbit service or the 25Mbit?")
Telcom needs to be sued by shareholders for refusing to make the profits from selling service, or Telcom needs to be pressured by the PUC, or both. The third-world bandwidth conditions are negatively impacting the local economy and contributing to the overall technological decline of the US.
when google get's it's plans going on t-mobile
Yes, that will be awesome for the 27 people that have T-Mobile coverage; their signal drops out long before my house. Sprint drops out in the subdivision, I lose ATT in the driveway, only Verizon is actually usable, most of Puna has this same problem.