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Location is everything (100mbps/100mbps on the Big Island)

I like that 100/100 !!! Docsis 3.0 hello there!

sorry you cant get it wonder what they'll offer the other islands.

It's just the one resort area...Multimillionaires have homes there (Michael Dell has a home in the area although I don't think it is at the resort) and there are rental vacation homes there also. Oceanic evidently has an exclusive agreement with their Homeowners Association to provide phone service, cable TV and Roadrunner and probably landline phone and satellite TV will not be allowed there. So, it is a sweet deal for Oceanic and they will probably charge a hefty fee which those folks won't bat an eye at but most folks on the island would find prohibitive price wise. Probably Oceanic is doing similar deals at very fancy resorts on Maui and Kauai also. Ordinary folks on the Big Island will have to settle for getting RR turbo plus offered sometime this year on this island. I was told the work to enable offering it in Hilo is scheduled within the next six weeks to two months.
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reply to Mele20
Fiber to home??? Where else in the states does TWC do that??? any1 know if they do it in California??

I didn't see any prices; it could well be that the monthly bill for fiber-to-home will be enough to temper your desire for this service. I have read that Comcast is charging something like $150/month for 50 Mbps download (can't recall the upload speed) in their initial DOCSIS 3.0 deployment.

Wasn't there a discussion around here before about how they try to say the same exact thing as Verizon? Offering "fiber" to the home, when in fact, it's still coax, but the average joe blow, doesn't know the difference..?

If it is indeed true, that sounds awesome for the islands. 100Mbps upstream and down. That's pretty sick. But, I wonder if it's really for like HOA's, that split connections into condos or something.

And Mario, calm down buddy. We know you want a speed increase, but you just gotta wait!

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reply to Mele20
That tells me the price of 100/100 is probably going to be in in the $150/175 range or so, something only the richer families will be able to afford.

For everyone's information, this is where this FTTH service is going to be rolled out »www.hualalairesort.com/ The resort consists of the Four Seasons Hualalai, Kona Village, a PGA style golf course,a bunch of luxury homes. There is no condos in this project.

reply to Mele20
Time Warner Business Class will run a direct fiber connection to your house right now if you want. It's pretty reasonably priced too. (Compared to their standard Cable Modem based Business offerings.)

So they have the capability to do this everywhere now, they just don't see a need for it.

reply to Konaguy
They have sites available for new construction. All you need is enough money. That brings to mind the old saw: If you have to ask, you can't afford it.

Since the Hualalai Resort is a exclusive development any lots or luxury homes normally don't show up in the MLS. Other luxury developments along the Kohala Coast also block listings to the MLS also.

They show the properties that are available on the website that you posted, though I did not see a price anywhere. Square footage is listed and there are several views shown. A prospective buyer would have to make contact with the resort. Correction, the prospective buyer would have to contact the seller, whether the developer or a third party (as in the case of existing homes). They are all very beautiful, and very luxurious.

Im curios if this will be provided under the business class service, or if it will be considered "Residential"