Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-17 Thread Eric Kuhnke
The single road, or two road situation is extremely similar to what is happening right now in some parts of canada, with massive forest fires in the northwest territories, cutting off Yellowknife and rural communities. If the fiber is built along the one road that exists, and that one road gets

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-17 Thread sronan
It’s SUPER common for all of the carriers on a cell site to share the same common backhaul path. And I can tell you from personal hands-on experience the majority (90+%) of cell sites in the US have simplex connectivity.On Aug 17, 2023, at 2:00 PM, TJ Trout wrote:I'm familiar with the island,

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-17 Thread scott via NANOG
On 8/17/23 6:28 PM, Michael Thomas wrote: On 8/17/23 11:26 AM, scott via NANOG wrote: I don't want to overwhelm the list, but since there's interest here's something interesting I just now got from the electric company.  400 poles and 300 transformers.  Wow! Those of us from

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-17 Thread Michael Thomas
On 8/17/23 11:26 AM, scott via NANOG wrote: I don't want to overwhelm the list, but since there's interest here's something interesting I just now got from the electric company.  400 poles and 300 transformers.  Wow! Those of us from California and the west have watched this in abject

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-17 Thread Ilissa Miller
Hi all - I've also asked the Nomad Futurist Foundation for sources for help. Here are a few if you are interested. There will also be a number of initiatives to help with goods/services donations which would be great. Hope these help too: Maui Food Bank: https://mauifoodbank.org/ Maui Humane

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-17 Thread scott via NANOG
I don't want to overwhelm the list, but since there's interest here's something interesting I just now got from the electric company. 400 poles and 300 transformers. Wow! scott Over the past week, I have been with our teams on Maui that have helped safely restore power to 80% of the

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-17 Thread scott via NANOG
I missed some of the below yesterday. "Though I am curious about the Paniolo cable landing in Lahaina. Did it survive" I believe a land section of the Paniolo cable was not burned and I think that's what they used. Perhaps it was actually the undersea part and I just don't have access

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-17 Thread Jared Mauch
> On Aug 17, 2023, at 1:55 PM, TJ Trout wrote: > > I'm familiar with the island, it's it's puzzling that the major 3 cell > carriers would accept a single point of failure like that, you would think > they had microwave backup at minimum. Maybe it was a generator issue. > It’s common for

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-17 Thread TJ Trout
I'm familiar with the island, it's it's puzzling that the major 3 cell carriers would accept a single point of failure like that, you would think they had microwave backup at minimum. Maybe it was a generator issue. I'm sure a few cells burned but there are over ten on the west side so they

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-17 Thread scott via NANOG
On 8/17/23 3:14 AM, Jason Kuehl wrote: I would be willing to travel down to help restore infra; I did this back around Sandy as well. Is there anyone we can contact? I am not sure who to contact. I don't work with the fiber guys as I am a router guy. I could only tell you to call the

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-17 Thread William Herrin
On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 6:43 PM scott via NANOG wrote: > Last, it's an island and diverse paths are > short in number. To put it into perspective: there are exactly TWO roads that can get you from Lahaina back to Kahului and the airport. One of them is a narrow, cliff-hugging single lane road

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-16 Thread Aaron1
“Big, undersea, mpls network”. Doesn’t get much cooler than that ;) Aaron > On Aug 16, 2023, at 9:51 PM, scott via NANOG wrote: > >  > >> On 8/17/23 2:03 AM, John Levine wrote: >> According to Eric Kuhnke : >>> -=-=-=-=-=- >>> >>> It's my understanding that the Hawaiian ILEC is now owned

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-16 Thread Jason Kuehl
I would be willing to travel down to help restore infra; I did this back around Sandy as well. Is there anyone we can contact? On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 10:51 PM scott via NANOG wrote: > > > On 8/17/23 2:03 AM, John Levine wrote: > > According to Eric Kuhnke : > >> -=-=-=-=-=- > >> > >> It's my

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-16 Thread scott via NANOG
On 8/17/23 2:03 AM, John Levine wrote: According to Eric Kuhnke : -=-=-=-=-=- It's my understanding that the Hawaiian ILEC is now owned by Cincinnati Bell, which is also a unique historical artifact, as it was its own independent corporation/operating entity in the region of Cincinnati

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-16 Thread scott via NANOG
On 8/17/23 1:08 AM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: It's my understanding that the Hawaiian ILEC is now owned by Cincinnati Bell, which is also a unique historical artifact, as it was its own independent corporation/operating entity in the region of Cincinnati during the era of the pre-1984 Bell system.

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-16 Thread scott via NANOG
On 8/16/23 4:32 PM, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: - Original Message - From: "scott via NANOG" On 8/11/23 4:06 AM, Mark Tinka wrote: It's like a war zone. Yes, it definitely looks like that. We have connectivity to some of the edges and have put up hotspots, so folks can go to the

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-16 Thread John Levine
According to Eric Kuhnke : >-=-=-=-=-=- > >It's my understanding that the Hawaiian ILEC is now owned by Cincinnati >Bell, which is also a unique historical artifact, as it was its own >independent corporation/operating entity in the region of Cincinnati during >the era of the pre-1984 Bell system.

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-16 Thread scott via NANOG
On 8/16/23 3:58 AM, TJ Trout wrote: I found it interesting that *all*? cellular service on west maui died? Does every carrier single-home via waves served out of the Lahaina CO? Or maybe they aren't allowed to have generators in Maui? Seems like they would have diverse paths to major sites

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-16 Thread Eric Kuhnke
It's my understanding that the Hawaiian ILEC is now owned by Cincinnati Bell, which is also a unique historical artifact, as it was its own independent corporation/operating entity in the region of Cincinnati during the era of the pre-1984 Bell system. Somewhat like how GTE was independent in

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-16 Thread Jay Hennigan
On 8/16/23 09:32, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: Well, it sounds like the historical Bell System attitude has transitioned forwards to ... newer transport. Good. Legacy GTE in this case, but agreed. Best of luck to you all, out there. Indeed. -- Jay Hennigan - j...@west.net Network Engineering

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-16 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "scott via NANOG" > On 8/11/23 4:06 AM, Mark Tinka wrote: >> It's like a war zone. > > Yes, it definitely looks like that. We have connectivity to some of the > edges and have put up hotspots, so folks can go to the hotspot areas and > get internet access.

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-16 Thread Mike Lyon
Not many physical paths available in that area. I would assume there are also a handful of wireless paths as well.Plus, it’s likely most of the cell sites burnt down during the fires.-MikeOn Aug 15, 2023, at 22:54, TJ Trout wrote:I found it interesting that *all*? cellular service on west maui

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-15 Thread TJ Trout
I found it interesting that *all*? cellular service on west maui died? Does every carrier single-home via waves served out of the Lahaina CO? Or maybe they aren't allowed to have generators in Maui? Seems like they would have diverse paths to major sites On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:55 PM scott

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-15 Thread scott via NANOG
On Tue, Aug 15, 2023, 5:21 PM scott via NANOG On 8/11/23 4:06 AM, Mark Tinka wrote: > It's like a war zone. Yes, it definitely looks like that. We have connectivity to some of the edges and have put up hotspots, so folks can go to the hotspot areas and get internet

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-15 Thread TJ Trout
Scott: Just an FYI that anecdotal reports from social media coming in or stating that residents have been unable to connect to the Wi-Fi hotspots that the local government have been promoting in the Lahaina area. On Tue, Aug 15, 2023, 5:21 PM scott via NANOG wrote: > > > On 8/11/23 4:06 AM,

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-15 Thread scott via NANOG
On 8/11/23 4:06 AM, Mark Tinka wrote: It's like a war zone. Yes, it definitely looks like that. We have connectivity to some of the edges and have put up hotspots, so folks can go to the hotspot areas and get internet access. scott

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-15 Thread scott via NANOG
On 8/11/23 3:17 AM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: Recently saw an aerial video where an entire neighborhood in Laihana had burned down *except* for the concrete block structure small ILEC CO. Pictures I have seen of other ILEC sites in Hawaii closely resemble some GTE sites in the Pacific Northwest

Re: Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-10 Thread Mark Tinka
On 8/11/23 05:17, Eric Kuhnke wrote: Recently saw an aerial video where an entire neighborhood in Laihana had burned down *except* for the concrete block structure small ILEC CO. Pictures I have seen of other ILEC sites in Hawaii closely resemble some GTE sites in the Pacific Northwest

Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

2023-08-10 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Recently saw an aerial video where an entire neighborhood in Laihana had burned down *except* for the concrete block structure small ILEC CO. Pictures I have seen of other ILEC sites in Hawaii closely resemble some GTE sites in the Pacific Northwest (now Ziply), which makes sense with the history