Spectrum Cable-laying costs (neighborhoods, companies, building)

[whtviper1]

Although cable and fiber can do gig speeds. The real game changer is 5G. One can get over the air Gig speed with a 5G cell tower

[Luau Time]

Originally Posted by Futuremauian

Was your neighborhood prewired for cable?

Hawaiian Tel high speed internet.

[Cloudy Dayz]

Originally Posted by ulu5

Aloha Ahiahi,

First time poster here, awesome help and appreciate the kokua/community. Looking to relocate to Hawaii island from Oahu, and wanting to develop on vacant land. Just wondering if anyone has asked Spectrum to lay cable to their residence. I need high speed internet for work and would be willing to pay for them to lay cables but having a couple issues getting answers:

1 I don’t own the property yet
2 Vacant lands don’t have addresses
3 They need to do a site survey

Just curious if anyone has experience getting this done and about how much it costs per mile assuming there’s no major highways to cross.

Mahalo,

Ulu

Google says about $20,000 per mile.

[terracore]

Originally Posted by whtviper1

Although cable and fiber can do gig speeds. The real game changer is 5G. One can get over the air Gig speed with a 5G cell tower

When the crazies don't burn them down. They are trying to build one near me and the tin foil hat people are already fully spun up.

[Futuremauian]

Originally Posted by terracore

When the crazies don't burn them down. They are trying to build one near me and the tin foil hat people are already fully spun up.

I recently had a relative call me from San Francisco to warn me that the coronavirus is just a ruse to allow "the government" to implant tracking devices in us when we receive "the vaccine". She went on to say that the 5G towers were a critical part of the plan and wanted to know how I would protect myself?

When I stated that I wasn't worried at all she acted like I'm one of the gullible sheep.

LOL, that crowd will soon need to wrap their entire bodies in tinfoil!

[Dreaming of Hawaii]

Originally Posted by Futuremauian

I recently had a relative call me from San Francisco to warn me that the coronavirus is just a ruse to allow "the government" to implant tracking devices in us when we receive "the vaccine". She went on to say that the 5G towers were a critical part of the plan and wanted to know how I would protect myself?

When I stated that I wasn't worried at all she acted like I'm one of the gullible sheep.

LOL, that crowd will soon need to wrap their entire bodies in tinfoil!

That's why we see the signs that say "Dr. Fauci and Bill Gates are mass murderers". I like the good old days pre-internet when I didn't know that crazies like this even existed.

[hotzcatz]

Pre-internet they couldn't have existed since everyone shared the same database (TV news and newspapers) and there was no search function to allow folks to only see the news they're interested in. There was also a law against biased news, the news services had to report both sides of any conflicts, but that law was removed a few decades ago. Now what we have are folks who can pick and choose their news very specifically to only hear what they want to hear. Which not only allows them to come up with some crazy ideas (flat earth, anyone?) but to completely believe it. It's a very dangerous and polarizing situation, IMHO.

[Futuremauian]

Originally Posted by hotzcatz

Pre-internet they couldn't have existed since everyone shared the same database (TV news and newspapers) and there was no search function to allow folks to only see the news they're interested in. There was also a law against biased news, the news services had to report both sides of any conflicts, but that law was removed a few decades ago. Now what we have are folks who can pick and choose their news very specifically to only hear what they want to hear. Which not only allows them to come up with some crazy ideas (flat earth, anyone?) but to completely believe it. It's a very dangerous and polarizing situation, IMHO.

Can't argue with any of this!
When I was growing up it seemed like there were half a dozen conspiracy theories floating around out there (like John Kennedy and Area 51).
Now there are hundreds or maybe thousands and new ones constantly. I can't remember a single one that was ever "proven" to be true, but they persist! This has helped lead to the Balkanization of America along racial, political, and economic lines.

Glad to be here away from the craziness on the mainland.

[hotzcatz]

Yup, there's a lot to be said for being 2,500 miles away from basically everything else. Of course, we have to keep down our own homegrown craziness, but at least it's a smaller problem than in most areas.


Aren't there three basic options for the OP's internet? Spectrum, Hawaiian Tel and some sort of satellite? Is using a cell phone as a hot spot a viable alternative? That's kinda in the satellite realm, tho.

[whtviper1]

Originally Posted by hotzcatz

Aren't there three basic options for the OP's internet? Spectrum, Hawaiian Tel and some sort of satellite? Is using a cell phone as a hot spot a viable alternative? That's kinda in the satellite realm, tho.

If you get a cell signal - you can make a hotspot, but it won't be viable for things like Netflix - nor will satellite.