Honolulu (April 25, 2022) – Hawaiian Telcom is expanding its ultra-fast fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) internet service known as Fioptics to an additional 50,000 locations throughout Hawaiʻi this year. More than half of the locations enabled in 2022 will be on the neighbor islands, including Lāna‘i and Moloka‘i.
Fioptics is delivered on Hawaiian Telcom’s fiber network that goes all the way to a home or business. A fiber-optic cable is made of thin strands of flexible glass fibers, each smaller than the width of a human hair. Fiber technology transmits data as light waves. With Fioptics, data literally travels at the speed of light.
Other providers use a mix of fiber-optic and coaxial (copper-core) cables to provide internet connectivity to their customers. Hawaiian Telcom Fioptics, with ultra-fast download speeds and the fastest upload speed in Hawai‘i, is the only service that is 100% fiber all the way to the customer’s location. Click here for B-roll of a Fioptics installation.
“Fiber is the best technology for fast, reliable internet service that consumers and businesses demand,” said Jason Thune, Executive Director – Fiber Strategy & Deployment. “A ‘fiber-ready’ home is future-proof, can accommodate all technological advancements in the coming decades and is well positioned for remote careers, new educational opportunities, expansion in telehealth and more.”
FTTP is more costly to deploy, but the end-user experience is superior. Benefits include faster speeds, lower latency (delays) and resistance to electromagnetic interference that can impact service over metallic cables. Multiple users on different devices can be online at the same time without interruption.
More than 215,000 homes and businesses have access to Fioptics service today as Hawaiian Telcom has been actively investing in expanding its fiber infrastructure to help bridge the digital divide in Hawai‘i for many years. Last year, Hawaiian Telcom invested more than $100 million to expand and support broadband access statewide.
Residents and businesses can log onto hawaiiantel.com/fioptics to check if their home or business qualifies for Fioptics.
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About Hawaiian Telcom
Hawaiian Telcom, established and headquartered in Honolulu since 1883, offers a full range of services to business and residential customers including Internet, video, voice, data network solutions and security, colocation, and managed and cloud services - all supported by the reach and reliability of its next generation fiber network and 24/7 state-of-the-art network operations center. With employees statewide sharing a commitment to innovation and a passion for delivering superior service, Hawaiian Telcom is proud to be Hawaiʻi’s Technology Leader. For more information, visit hawaiiantel.com.
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Ann Nishida Fry
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Ann.nishida@hawaiiantel.com