Anything Acres

[Guest]

almost forgot,,,, to whoever is trying to get the covered bus stop built for the kids to catch the bus,,,id be happy to help and donate the tin for the roof ,,, least I can do !

[leilanidude]

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Originally posted by kalakoa

on shared broadband systems is that one or two people are able to "hog" massive amounts of the available bandwidth

Failure to properly manage the network is not bittorrent's fault.

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You are correct, but the cost of that proper management of the network costs too much in the way of higher end routers and engineer time which would make the cost to the customer go up dramatically. It was cheaper and easier to cut out the hogs and lose a couple of customers, than to lose a lot of customers with a much higher monthly charge. In other words, here are the rules to get this internet access for X $ per month and if you don't like the rules or will not abide by them, don't get the service.

Come to think of it - that's kinda how the road situation is in HA. []

[Guest]

I just found a house listed in Hawaiian Acres and it says CABLE under available internet..

Is this a misprint you think ?

Here is the listing FYI - http://www.clarkhawaii.com/property/3200...w-HI-96771

[leilanidude]

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Originally posted by Oneself

I just found a house listed in Hawaiian Acres and it says CABLE under available internet..

Is this a misprint you think ?

Here is the listing FYI - http://www.clarkhawaii.com/property/3200...w-HI-96771

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In 1 of the pictures, you can see more than a power line coming in to the house. You can also see what appears to be cable and phone lines on the pole out in front. However, that does not mean that all of the ports in the area aren't already taken up. You would have to verify that the house currently has functioning internet. If you make an offer, make sure that transferring of existing internet connection (DSL or cable) goes with the property. Some real estate agents are getting adept at getting this done.

[birchl]

There is cable down rd 1. I live just in from that so I am hoping maybe they can extend it. I just spoke to direct tv who want $45 per month + $120 to install and that still leaves me without Internet. I did hear rumors that if you paid your dues you can get Internet service from HACA. Does that mean you have to actually be at the community center to get it?

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[kalakoa]

Off-topic once again...

DSL is within 18K-feet (as the wire runs) of the switch (or remote) and requires one port per subscriber; Telcom isn't bothering to install any additional capacity, so DSL is "as-is, where-is". A good real estate agent will know how to write DSL as a contingency in the offer, and understand the Telcom process necessary for transfer.

Cable is available wherever there's cable. In Hawaiian Acres, this is approximately equal to "where the roads are paved".

Oceanic generally demands 35 subscribers per mile; because the (lettered) cross streets usually have zero possible subscribers, it would take a substantial commitment to bring the cable. I do not believe there is any unpaved Acres road with enough potential subscribers, especially if Oceanic insists on fully-permitted (not temporary) grid power at the install site (anecdotal evidence suggests this can go either way).

[birchl]

Thanks. I'm not sure what to do now. Verizon offer some kind of doohickey that gives you Internet but they want $50 per month for 5gb so that's expensive for not very much. (We got 10gb a month from exceed/wildblue and free between 12 and 5am). Cable said they would send someone to see. Hawaiian tel said no. I haven't spoken to anyone else yet.

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[Guest]

Mahalos Leilanidude!

[Derrick Barnicoat]

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Originally posted by Oneself

I just found a house listed in Hawaiian Acres and it says CABLE under available internet..

Is this a misprint you think ?

Here is the listing FYI - http://www.clarkhawaii.com/property/3200...w-HI-96771

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Some areas of H.A. get cable from Verizon, I believe. Other areas can't get it. It is a large subdivision some areas are more "off grid" than others. My place is right in the center of the acres and we can get wild blue/ exceed satellite which is kind of expensive but after midnight there are no limits beyond weather and no throttling of bandwidth. Truth be told, no internet on an island in the middle of the pacific will be as fast as high speed on the mainland just because even the cable comes through one main satellite dish. At least, I don't think they would run a 3,000 mile cable. Road 1 is the half paved road and this is right near the entrance so maybe they got cable there.

[kalakoa]

the cost of that proper management of the network costs too much

Disagree; the various consumer-grade internet providers are already throttling Netflix if and when they see fit. Not a capacity issue: routing your Netflix through a VPN tunnel makes the problems instantly disappear, as if by magic.

Comcast has even been "caught in the act" throttling bittorrent; this has been going on for at least the past several years.