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Orchidland is no worse than Fern Forest, better probably... Frustrating, I know!! The solution I came up with was to use the cell phone as the wifi port, and get an antenna/signal booster mounted on the house. I went with Wilson, it was a $300 unit from Cellular Enhancements near KTA in Hilo. You could probably find one cheaper online. It's somewhat expensive monthly ($49.99 through ATT), but it's very reliable now. Satellite costs more for the install, the dish and the monthly, and still only give you 5G normally. It isn't as reliable either. It slows way down there's a storm, or if you go over a certain amount of data usage in a day.
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This isn't any recommendation and have no experience with this satellite service but it was in a tribune article about a federal grant providing internet access to lower income families and one of the stories is about a woman taking online classes out in Kalapana. Don't know what the installation cost is but the monthly rate for decent, not great, bandwidth is reasonable. If you click on the Dealers, there are lots of local dealers.
http://www.starband.com/services/nova-500.html
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We are the Starband dealer here on the Big Isle living in Hawaiian Acres. We have Installed over 200 dishes, the equipment is free and installation is free, you get 2 gigs a week and after midnight to 6am is free time to skype or do whatever you need to do and does not count against your 2 gig a week limit. other plans are available if you need more bandwidth. the monthly cost is 49.99 a month with no contract. if you are interested please contact 968-8874 or 936-6462 Qualifying takes just two to four days. mention Puna web.
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Originally posted by Steve W
We are the Starband dealer here on the Big Isle living in Hawaiian Acres. We have Installed over 200 dishes, the equipment is free and installation is free, you get 2 gigs a week and after midnight to 6am is free time to skype or do whatever you need to do and does not count against your 2 gig a week limit. other plans are available if you need more bandwidth. the monthly cost is 49.99 a month with no contract. if you are interested please contact 968-8874 or 936-6462 Qualifying takes just two to four days. mention Puna web.
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Any info on what the d/l speed is? How much for extra bandwidth? With rural DSL we were using 2 gigs an hour.
