I suspect why I was getting such poor speed results on my new Hawaiian Telcom 11Mbps service from DSL Reports is because the sites are incapable of gauging high speed circuits line like mine. I really can’t think of any other explanation especially when I get excellent results from Speedtest.net and Speakeasy’s speed test site. The clincher was when I found these NDT servers.Below is the awesome results I got from these servers.
Overall, I’m very happy with the new speeds.The web pages load much faster and the new upload speed is sweet.
I wonder if Bank of Scotland and Hokulia have run into a snag in reaching an agreement to restructure Hokulia’s financing. According to this WHT article on May 16, 2008, it stated an agreement was imminent. Nonetheless its been over a month and nothing has happened ?
On the Hokulia Bypass front, I’ve been checking the Hawaii Judiciary website daily to see if they’ve scheduled oral arguments for Charles and Joan Coupe’s appeal. I would surmise it should be hopefully really soon that the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals decides the fate of this appeal. Especially since both Hawaii County and the Coupe’s have filed their briefs to the court.
The best case scenario I’ve heard is the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals decides to not hear this case.I would figure in that scenario, it would dry up any remaining appeal options for the Coupes. Thus this much needed road can be completed.
It is simply unconscionable that the Sierra Club is continuing to fight the Hawaii Superferry service. According to Ian Lind’s blog, the Sierra Club and the other plaintiffs have filed an appeal with the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals seeking to reverse Judge Cardoza’s decision to lift the injunction. Which consequently allow HSF to restart service to Maui.
The Sierra Club and the plaintiffs contend that Act II is unconstitutional. In my view, Hawaii needs the Superferry. Especially in light of Aloha Airlines closing.The actions of the Sierra Club and the other plaintiffs will likely make it impossible to affordably travel between the islands.
On that note, traveling affordably inter island may get hit again . Especially if Mesa Airlines financial meltdown continues. They’ve recently be put on notice by NASDAQ that they may get delisted if they can’t shore up their stock price.
Someone sent me this Hawaii Island Journal article about the political shenanigans that happened the last time former State Senator and Councilwoman Virgina Isbell ran again for County Council against Brenda Ford. In my view, this is another example that we need to make doubly sure that Rep. Josh Green gets elected to Sen. Paul Whalen’s District 3 Senate seat that he is vacating.
“Jimmy T.” posted this comment in regards to this blog posting about my thoughts pertaining to Jon Conrow’s thoughts about Hawaiian Sovereignty.
“aloha aaron,
the roasting was brought on by the alarmist tone of your posts. no one is forcing anything upon you; every one is entitled to their opinion. the reality of sovereignty is that there is popular support for a process for addressing the long standing issues surrounding the overthrow of 1893. what that process looks like is a crap shoot. you hope that the vote goes to everyone; others think differently.
we’ll see what the state and the feds have to say before we the people get a fair shot at creating a just process for all stakeholders. the key is an inclusive and just process and an acknowledgment by stakeholders that the injustice of 93 needs to be resolved and made right.”
My response is below:
“I completely disagree. If Hawaii breaks away from the US and I had no choice in the matter that is certainly being forced upon me. Since I’ve lived here in my entire life I should have a lawful standing to be a part of this process. Anything less is akin to the overthrow of 1893 all over again for the longtime kama’aina’s living here.”
Lastly, I was driving home from Kmart today. I noticed that Hawaiian Dredging has completed the first segment of the Queen Kaahumanu widening between Makala Blvd and the Police Station. It certainly looks very impressive (But I doubt it will quell the griping from all the armchair engineers out there).
Anyway I dropped a line to one of the engineers handling this project. I made the comment of how nice this new segment of roadway looked. Below is the response from him.
“Hey Aaron,
You are correct. The pavement markings, (striping, markers) being installed with some new signs from Palani to Police Road. Next is from Police Road to Kealakehe Parkway.
The new traffic signals to be installed before the end of June and tested.
Looks like opening 2 north bound lanes sometime in July if we continue with the asphalt cement supply.
Thanks for informing our Kona residents on our project progress.
Bobby”
I’m curious, what do you need so much bandwidth for, hardcore gaming? Streaming video? Peer-to-peer file swapping? Porn?
Blogging isn’t very bandwidth intensive, especially on the “upload” side.
Aaron-I’ve been working with HawTel for the past couple years helping them with their DSL service.
They wanted me to test their higher speed tiers when it became available from my servicing central office.
Comment by Doug — June 21, 2008 @ 8:02 am
aloha aaron,
the alarmist tone of your response to my post is indicative of the fear based hysteria that ’settlers’ of hawaii often express when sovereignty advocates publicly challenge the status quo.
as the state courts work to clarify and rectify the outstanding issues regarding the overthrow, kanaka maoli and descendants of citizens of the kingdomalong w/their allies should continue to pursue the work of establishing the tenants and functions of a reinstated nation. the the us supreme court will clarify as well, if needed. the legislative and judicial processes are in play to hear the cases and work on resolving the issues of the past and present to ensure in the future that justice will prevail.
your fearbased fantasy of hawaii somehow breaking away from the union without your say is, as one our council members likes to say, ludicrous. you’ll have a say, i’m sure. you already do if you think about. to deny the opportunity for hawaiian nationalist to organize and exercise their rights and seek redress for the past injustices is to perpetuate the original injustice and support an illegal act that had grave consequences for thousands of innocent people. to do that, in my opinion, seems un american and immoral. wouldn’t you agree?
Aaron-Firstly, I am not a “settler” here. I was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii February 19, 1976. So I should have the same rights to decide Hawaii’s future just as any Native Hawaiian.
It concerns me that certain groups believe only Native Hawaiians should decide this issue. Which, in my opinion is not pono.Yes, not all groups feel this way. But nonethless the Hawaiian sovereignty
movement is so fragmented,it is hard see which group’s platform will win out. Will it be a group like
the ones that took over Iolani Palace or some more mainstream group.
In my view what is un-American is excluding 80% of population from deciding if Hawaii should break away.
Comment by jtrujillo — June 21, 2008 @ 10:48 am
aaron,
the concerns that you express are shared by many. the sovereignty movement is broad and has support from many sectors. in my opinion, the shape and form of an independent hawaiian nation should be decided upon by those willing to claim citizenship of that government. the nation building efforts have been in place for years, even generations. whether they’re state sanctioned like kau inoa or are free from outside government controls such as the polynesian kingdom of atooi they have rights to self governance as granted by state, us and international law. people who have claims dating back to the overthrow have been so far denied due process. the last CON CON established local processes to address some of these issues. perhaps the next CON CON will determine the process for hawaii residents to participate in that decision to restore the nation. the akaka bill is the vehicle that most ’settlers’ prefer but there are obstacles to overcome before that bill becomes law. many kanaka do not support the bill for numerous reasons. opposition to it comes from the right as well and the debate on who, what and how the issue is settled continues. alarmist and fearbased dialog does not help us reach that point of understanding and resolution. we could probably agree that the issue deserve great attention and thoughtful discourse in order to move forward. joan’s blog entry tries to help us further along that path of understanding. your paranoid and threatening comments raised the hackles of others who returned the fire
if it is decided that hawaii will become an independent nation again, i’m sure that there’ll be a place for you if you choose. if you’d prefer to remain a US citizen, i’ll wager that that option will be available to you as well
Comment by jtrujillo — June 22, 2008 @ 9:00 pm