up to 1 gigabit fiber NOW available in Orchidland!

[terracore]

"I'd gladly pay $100 a month for 1 gigabit internet!"

That is the "introductory price" for the first 3 years. No idea what the rack rate is. The 500 Mbps speed is $345.00/month according to:

http://www.hawaiiantel.com/StandardInter...fault.aspx

[leilanidude]

"I'd gladly pay $100 a month for 1 gigabit internet!"
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Use wifi and you won't actually get anything close to that. Stay wired, my friend...

[randomq]

The gigabit is symmetrical too... Plenty of bandwidth to hui with neighbors.

[KeaauRich]

Just to close the loop, I submitted an online order on Saturday 11/4 and website said I'd get a call back on next business day. Monday 11/6 (next business day) at 11:30 a.mm I got call from Hawaiian Tel to follow up on my internet order, and service is scheduled for install first week of December. Rep offered me TV until she realized I was in Keaau, then said only internet is available at this time. Our combined monthly bill for phone and internet will increase by about $10, but we're going from 15 Mbps internet to 300 Mbps.

[randomq]

KR, can I bum your wifi password? ;D

[Susan]

We get upgraded on Dec 12.
100 down/20 up.
We have been working our mainland jobs from here on DSL. The only issue I have experienced is with large file uploads. This is with 6 down and 1 up.
Years ago when planning this move a stable internet connection was a major worry. Now we have FIBER!
We inquired online. Hawai‘i Telcom responded on the second business day.
I am very happy with them.

[MarkP]

What infrastructure is required? Do you have to have a 6" steel pole w/ground rod installed for them to pull the cable to?

Installing a ground rod is a huge challenge here on pahoehoe. It would almost be less work to pour a 5' x 5' pad just for the concrete encased electrode. Would that be permitted?

[terracore]

When they installed our DSL the “grounded” the connection by clamping to a plastic pipe!

[Gus]

Thanks for the thread. I'm on vacation and had no idea, other than talking to the telcom linesman last month when he was installing fiber. I called and was fortunate to get a November install. She also said the landline becomes fiber, and if the power goes out, so does the phone. That's unfortunate and will require a Plan B backup.

As for online tools, I've never found either Telcom or Spectrum to be especially accurate. When I moved to Orchidlands the Spectrum tool offered me cable and high speed internet.

[kalakoa]

She also said the landline becomes fiber, and if the power goes out, so does the phone.

I thought the regulations forbade this.