08-17-2007, 11:03 PM
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/p...80345/1071
Oceanic carved out the largest share of the Internet market in part by offering the highest speeds — 5 megabits per second. Now Hawaiian Telcom is looking to trump Oceanic's Road Runner Internet service by offering faster download speeds of 7 megabits to 11 megabits per second coupled with upload speeds of 1 megabit per second. Hawaiian Telcom's current residential service tops out at 3 megabits per second, or 3 million bits of information per second.
Oceanic carved out the largest share of the Internet market in part by offering the highest speeds — 5 megabits per second. Now Hawaiian Telcom is looking to trump Oceanic's Road Runner Internet service by offering faster download speeds of 7 megabits to 11 megabits per second coupled with upload speeds of 1 megabit per second. Hawaiian Telcom's current residential service tops out at 3 megabits per second, or 3 million bits of information per second.