--- a.matamalas@gmail.com wrote: From: Antoni Matamalas <a.matamalas@gmail.com> I'm trying to figure out how is the connectivity in the Hawaiian Islands for a project I have. I'm based in Europe and my knowledge of the details of the communications in the islands is still limited. The project is based in the O'ahu island but I'm trying to understand how things are working in the whole Hawaiian islands (pure professional curiosity). I'm focusing on two aspects: * Content delivery and connection to content providers (Google, Apple, Netflix,...) * Availability of providers that can supply wavelength between Hawaiian Islands and the continent (LA, Seattle or other locations) -------------------------------------------------- I'm assuming you're talking Commercial only? DoD is a different animal as is UH. I work for the ILEC and can fill you in on that to a certain degree. We have the normal Google/Netflix/Akamai/etc caches. The population in the state of Hawaii is small. https://census.hawaii.gov/whats-new-releases/2019-state-population-estimates On July 1, 2019, the resident population for the State of Hawaii was 1,415,872. And of those about 1 million live on one island: Oahu. There're 5 other islands. We have a lot of trans-pacific fiber landing here, but it mostly just transits the island. Not much gets peeled off to service the state due to its size. The ILEC owns part of SEA-US: https://www.submarinenetworks.com/systems/trans-pacific/sea-us and we get service on Hawaiki for South Pacific connectivity. https://www.submarinenetworks.com/en/systems/australia-usa/hawaiki-cable Most of the inter-island fiber is owned by the ILEC, which was bought by Cincinatti Bell, which will be bought by either Brookfield Infrastructure or another company whose name isn't public yet. (Anyone been bought by BI? email me, please) As mentioned in another email HIX is the internet exchange managed by UH and DR Fortress connects to that. We do as well: http://www.hawaii.edu/hix/Hawaii_Internet_Exchange/Home.html https://www.drfortress.com/about/company-overview/ https://www.drfortress.com/services/internet-exchange/overview/ https://www.drfortress.com/services/internet-exchange/drfxchange/ https://www.drfortress.com/services/internet-exchange/peering-and-connectivi... scott