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It looks like it is happening sooner rather than later--
AT&T to expand coverage in Hawaii
AT&T is planning to add nearly 10 new cell cites throughout Hawaii this year
Orchid Land/Paradise Park, Hilo Hospital and Paauilo on the Big Island. AT&T also will add more 3G wireless broadband network capacity throughout the state.
From 2006 to 2008 AT&T invested more than $85 million in Hawaii.
We have their wireless service here for years and they have went out of their way to always make it work with updating equipment etc.
See the short article here in full-
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stori...a=from_rss
Having another Great day in Paradise, wherever that might be!
Lucy
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Long time no see Lucy! You are missed on the konaforum too!
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Lucy? I have not seen nor heard her around in a long while! How have you been Lucy?
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Here on the Mainland, wifi access is becoming practically a civil right. Dial up is so 90's, I don't know anyone that connects that way except folks that are too thrifty (cheap) to fork over for a little bandwidth. It will be interesting to see how my wife and I will adapt when we move over a few years from now. I don't think I'll miss it that much with a little time to adjust. I remember not that long ago a 24 k baud modem was fast! LOL
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I still come across dialup clients occasionally. Usually, they are people that either cannot or refuse to pay for satellite at $80 per month as opposed to AOL at around $25 a month. The problem is that web sites have become so graphic oriented and "updates" from various apps and the OS itself have become so pervasive that the first 1/2 hour of their on-line experience are wasted by updates!
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I don't know any one who refuses to pay for satellite as it is a high cost upfront and per month. It is quite expensive for those who don't have a lot to begin with and it is quite high for those who have good jobs here. It is also quite unreliable from what I hear.
A good portion of the island does not offer any high speed Internet except satellite. So dial-up at $5.00 per month is their only other choice other than not at all. Since DSL is distance limited only those who live within a certain distance from the nearest phone company building can get it. And as you get farther away your access speed availability goes down as well. I would guess to say that at least 25% of my customers whose homes I visit to do computer warranty repairs have dial-up. This includes those who have access to cable and DSL but can only afford or choose dial-up.
I have Road Runner which has been reliable but somewhat expensive in my opinion.
Does anyone here use Skype? I am having a blast doing video phone calls to my family on the mainland, Israel and Argentina for FREE!!!!
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Skype has been pretty unreliable for us and we ended up removing the program from our computers. We have been using VoiceStunt ever since and it seems to be a much better choice.
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