Ah, for all those ponying up their money for an iPhone 3G on the Big Island, guess what. According to the AT&T coverage map there’s no 3G network coverage on our island. Sure Oahu, Maui and Kauai have 3G coverage but according to the map the Big Island has none. Source:Â http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/
So are you still going to get an iPhone 3G? Or is there someone at AT&T willing to say, ‘heck that’s an old map, we’ve got 3G on the Big Island.’ The map is dated 5/31/08.
*UPDATE*
AT&T got it together and does have pretty good 3G coverage on the Big Island according to this just released map. Guess they needed to spur on those iPhone sales, not that they needed any help since they sold out of their supply in a just half a day.
This new map is dated 6/30/08.
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Hawaii (Big Island) is listed in the 3g select areas link on that url. :)
Yup, they just updated their maps the day of the iPhone 3G debut or the day before that but I didn't get a chance to update this post.
And if you have Road Runner broadband at home you can use their SpeedZones
http://speedzone.oceanic.com
or if you use Hawaiian Telcom ADSL broadband
http://www.hawaiiantel.com/Wireless_HotSpot.htm
Speed is good :)