HawaiianTel in Leilani?

[1voyager1]

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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge

Q2.
To have a phone even when the power goes out,

There are multiple scenarios.
During Iselle landlines in HPP were down for a month. They had to replace all of the wiring after the storm.
My cell phone worked, and I charged it from my car. The cell towers should have backup generators if HELCO goes out, that seemed to be the case during Iselle, although they might have been down the first day or two, I don’t remember exactly how long. I was able to use my cell phone nearly the entire time HT was down.
In a normal power outage, landlines still work, but normally, so do cell phones if you have them charged.

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With Spectrum, every time our power goes out for any reason we loose our phone because there is no power to the modem.

We do have cellphones.
But, for various reasons I do not like them.
I only use it when traveling and in emergencies.
Normally, I never give the number out for contact.


With Iselle, we lost power for 6 days, all showers were taken with a sun heated water bag.
We only lost power for 3 days from the Kona Wind that came through several months later.
By then, we has a generator for just in case, but still had to make daily runs for ice to keep the fridge and freezer cool.