Internet in Hawaii

[pirred908]

I'm going to be moving to Hawaii in the Fall and I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of internet service is best over there? I know this is a really random question, but I'm curious to know. Since I won't be on the mainland, will my connection be noticeably slower? I tried google-ing it, but failed miserably. Please help.

 

[Arcanedeath]

My guess would be that Satalite is going to be your best option depending on what Island in Hawaii your on. Many of the Hotels provide highspeed internet acess that way or so my friends who visited there said.

 

[bcoupland]

You're going to Hawaii. Get outside and enjoy sun!

(unless computers are part of your job)

 

[Nebor]

You're moving to Hawaii.... You should worry less about the speed of the internet and more about the speed of teh beach bunnies.

 

[bomonster]

Well I sold something to a guy over there and his email was @hawaii.rr.com. That would tell me that they have Roadrunner broadband. At some point it would have to be sattelite but that would probably be one of your best bets since it is a reliable ISP here on the mainland.

HTH

-Bo-

 

[vegetation]

Roadrunner has a monopoly on cable internet services here. They are the fastest for downstream data, upload is capped at 256kbps. I can get downloads of 200 kilobytes / s easily from north american servers, and with concurrent filesharing connections have even been higher, up to 400 kilobytes/sec total. And that's during peak hours. Though of course, all depends on whos sharing the pipe in the local area with you. DSL is available from various providers and it's a bit cheaper but downstream noticeably slower than cable. And of course dialup is dialup. Never heard of satellite being used by anyone here, don't even think it's available. If you're on Oahu, roadrunner is available EVERYWHERE so you're in luck.

 

[Nocturnal]

RR Premium should be available sometime in November 6mbps/512kbps.

 

[mauiblue]

I've tried a few ISPs here on the island (Maui) and Roadrunner is the way to go.

Beep, Beep!

Aloha to all in the group.

 

[Megatomic]

God I'd love to get a job in Hawaii and move my family there.

Are there any nuclear physics labs there looking for admins/operators/techs?

 

[pirred908]

I'll be moving to west Maui, around the Kehei area. So I suppose Roadrunner is my best bet?

 

[us3rnotfound]

Originally posted by: mauiblue
I've tried a few ISPs here on the island (Maui) and Roadrunner is the way to go.

Beep, Beep!

Aloha to all in the group.

that was gay

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[Pollock]

Originally posted by: pirred908
I'll be moving to west Maui, around the Kehei area. So I suppose Roadrunner is my best bet?

If it's there, get it and avoid satellite like the plague. The only thing satellite is better than is dial up...I would know.

 

[MrChad]

Oceanic cable is the cable provider out there.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: shminu

Originally posted by: mauiblue
I've tried a few ISPs here on the island (Maui) and Roadrunner is the way to go.

Beep, Beep!

Aloha to all in the group.

that was gay

That was bannable :|

 

[us3rnotfound]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy

Originally posted by: shminu

Originally posted by: mauiblue
I've tried a few ISPs here on the island (Maui) and Roadrunner is the way to go.

Beep, Beep!

Aloha to all in the group.

that was gay

That was bannable :|

 

[zerodeefex]

Originally posted by: shminu

Originally posted by: mauiblue
I've tried a few ISPs here on the island (Maui) and Roadrunner is the way to go.

Beep, Beep!

Aloha to all in the group.

that was gay

that was uncalled for

 

[Nebor]

It is a bannable offense to use the word 'gay' like that.

 

[pirred908]

Thanks for the help.

 

[mauiblue]

Originally posted by: shminu

Originally posted by: mauiblue
I've tried a few ISPs here on the island (Maui) and Roadrunner is the way to go.

Beep, Beep!

Aloha to all in the group.

that was gay

No problems, brother. You're obviously trolling. Got to have at least one loser in the group and you showed everyone that you are the very one

Aloha to all in the group.

 

[apoppin]

yep roadrunner . . .

and prepare for the 6pm slowdown.

Originally posted by: pirred908
I'm going to be moving to Hawaii in the Fall and I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of internet service is best over there? I know this is a really random question, but I'm curious to know. Since I won't be on the mainland, will my connection be noticeably slower?

Hawaii is pretty modern . . . just like any other US state. . . . only a bit more expensive . . . and Maui is especially nice

:roll:

 

[pirred908]

K, thakns again for all the help guys.

P.S.

Any LAN's over there on the island?

 

[SilentZero]

The best ISP in here in Hawaii is RR IMHO. If you mean LAN parties, not many, at least that I know about. Although I rarely game much, only Flight Sim 2004 and a few others on occassion.

 

[Steve]

Try contacting this guy; tell him I sent you Here's a follow-up to it.