BAMF Wireless

[acoloradan]

We're considering buying property in Seaview. BAMF seems to be essentially the only option for internet there. The claims on their website (>100Mb for wireless) seem somewhat hard to believe. Does anyone here use BAMF? If so, how has your experience been wrt speed, customer service, etc.?

[Mimosa]

Never heard of BAMF .
That said - Our strong suggestion is move to Hilo where Spectrum has fastest internet on island .
In puna spotty at best .
Rent for a year and then make your choice .
Good Luck
Mrs.Mimosa

[jrw]

There should internet from exceed satellite internet. they have some fast internet' Call big island satellite they carry it .hawaiin telcom has faster internet than Specturm on their fiber opitacl

jrw

[Aaron S]

https://www.bamfwireless.com/

https://damontucker.com/2017/12/19/hawai...locations/

Fiber Broadband is now available in parts of these communities: Eden Roc, Fern Acres, Fern Forest, Glenwood, Hawaiian Acres, Hakalau, Kaiwiki, Kalapana, Kal#333;p#257; Mauka, Kapoho, Kurtistown, Leilani Estates, Miloli‘i, Nanawale Estates, N#299;nole, Ocean View Estates, Orchidland, Ouli, Pa‘auilo Mauka and Waiki‘i Ranch on Hawai‘i Island,

[acoloradan]

Thanks for the replies so far.

quote:

---

There should internet from exceed satellite internet. they have some fast internet' Call big island satellite they carry it .hawaiin telcom has faster internet than Specturm on their fiber opitacl

---

I am aware of Spectrum and Telcom Fiber availability in other neighborhoods. Neither cover Seaview currently. Satellite internet is unusable for me due to high latency and low data usage caps. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

[kalakoa]

Satellite internet is unusable for me

Fixed wireless suffers similar limitations. If your employment is remote, best move somewhere with real bandwidth.

Seaview will not be getting fiber-to-the-premises, but I suspect it does have fiber-to-the-DSLAM, so the DSL offerings should be usable. That RDSLAM also appears to support SHDSL, but those speeds are not offered under residential tarriff.

[acoloradan]

quote:

---

Originally posted by kalakoa

Fixed wireless suffers similar limitations. If your employment is remote, best move somewhere with real bandwidth.

---

I greatly appreciate your input. Respectfully, I disagree about fixed wireless suffering similar limitations to satellite. The primary limitation that concerns me is latency. Satellite latency is often >500ms. Fixed wireless, even in a mesh topology, does not have that issue. Issues around reliability in bad weather, shared bandwidth, etc. are concerns, but that's part of why I'm looking for people who have BAMF currently to comment. I have spoken with their tech support person and he states that speeds >100Mb down, 20Mb up are routinely achieved, with some customers seeing 200Mb down. I'll take those numbers with a (large) grain of salt [] but the service should be usable if it is not routinely saturated during mainland business hours.

I am not familiar with SHDSL -- how do you know it's supported in Seaview? Is it a business-only service? Given that I'd need a connection for work, I would potentially also subscribe to DSL as a backup (assuming they have ports!)

[kalakoa]

disagree about fixed wireless suffering similar limitations to satellite

Anything less than point-to-point wireless on a dedicated frequency will be subject to interference, either from other users or from the environment.

speeds >100Mb down, 20Mb up are routinely achieved

How reliably? At what latency, with how many dropouts? Do you get an SLA, and is it enforceable? If BAMF is anything like their predecessor "Aloha Broadband", good luck using it for work.

SHDSL -- how do you know it's supported in Seaview? Is it a business-only service?

There exists a customer with SHDSL extended from the Seaview RDSLAM; the RDSLAM uplink was originally 10Mbit EFM-over-HDSL, so I further assume that the RDSLAM uplink was converted to fiber, or there wouldn't be enough bandwidth to go around, especially after the new Verizon tower gets built.

The Telcom offering is called "DIA", it's sold by bandwidth, they deliver it however they see fit, usually HDSL or SHDSL. Pricing for a BAiO bundle is usually cheaper than the bare circuit.

Seaview is not to be taken lightly; either you belong there, or you'll hate it, bandwidth or no.

[Kapoho Joe]

With a name like BAMF(Badazz Mothertrucker), they had better live up to it!

[acoloradan]

quote:

---

Anything less than point-to-point wireless on a dedicated frequency will be subject to interference, either from other users or from the environment.

---

Agreed. However, I don't require wired-like performance. I can work from an LTE-tethered cell phone if it weren't for data caps.

quote:

---

speeds >100Mb down, 20Mb up are routinely achieved

How reliably? At what latency, with how many dropouts? Do you get an SLA, and is it enforceable? If BAMF is anything like their predecessor "Aloha Broadband", good luck using it for work.

---

It's my understanding that BAMF was created specifically to address how crappy Aloha is. Does that provide a guarantee? No, but I believe that it demonstrates at least an understanding of what not to do.

quote:

---

The Telcom offering is called "DIA", it's sold by bandwidth, they deliver it however they see fit, usually HDSL or SHDSL. Pricing for a BAiO bundle is usually cheaper than the bare circuit.

---

Interesting to know, thank you.

quote:

---

Seaview is not to be taken lightly; either you belong there, or you'll hate it, bandwidth or no.

---

One could say that is true of Puna in general [], no?

Not to derail this thread, but you've piqued my curiosity. I'm aware of at least some of the Seaview drama wrt "Castle John", and that rather litigious formed HOA board member from a few years back. Is there other stuff I'm not seeing? I've done some searching here, but are there other significant issues I'm missing?