07-12-2015, 10:08 AM
The FCC has started a rural broadband initiative, Obama-phones is related to that. The simple story is the FCC doesn't know how to solve the last-mile conditions with any single solution. They are strongly urging the telcos to step in, since the old copper lines are all over. Just like cell towers, DSL needs small repeater stations, needing a lot to lease, have backup and storage power. HawaiianTel knows that a repeater station would last about 1 month in south Puna before it was stripped. Again, what the people want, the people get.
"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"
"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*