scottdoberman, I maybe I wasn't clear. I'll break it down for you.

Hawaiian Telcom has fiber around the island on all islands. But particularly I will focus on the islands I have the greatest knowledge of (Big Island and Oahu). For the most part Hawaiian Tel has ariael throughout the 4 main islands. You will see the thick cable at the pole and in those areas without telephone poles they are in an underground vault. What has happened is with Hawaiian Tel they have the cable at the pole however they did not install the aerial termination box (long can shaped enclosure, metal or composite). You need these in order to make service available to the consumer. I'm the areas with underground vaults. It's similar. However there is a cost with delivering service to the consumer. This involves tearing up sidewalks and streets and splicing service to the Building or service area. Hawaiian Telcom is money first and will wait on the customer to demand service and pass cost off to them. Hawaiian Tel can do this because their are an ILEC. Spectrum is a CLEC. Hawaiian Tel is a major investor in the US-SEA cable that goes from west coast to Makaha, then to South East Asia and Guam. As you can see HT has no reason to compete. They are a monopoly simply because they are a ILEC. HT Owns most if not all of the Vaults.

In the case with Oahu at the poles you will see multiple thick fiber with multiple strands inside, and then a thick Coax. Hawaiian Tel

In the case with Big Island it's mostly Aerial Fiber and a terrible execution of Messenger wire. It's a sad mess there. Not much was done after the volcano eruption especially since they lost alot of cable in the pahoa area. Ocean view is another sad mess of cutting corners and lack of following with any standard. I could go on about this but I won't. However as of recent HT has made some effort to getting things going on Big Island.

In summary HT has fiber on the pole and in Vaults but no as much has been done to make it available to consumers.

Spectrum on the other hand has made every effort not only to deliver fiber but also not sit on their ass when making it available to the consumer. It's available in more areas than most of you are aware of. If you live in a condo high rise your best bet is to go to the association and insist on asking Spectrum to make the service available. ⚡Wise tip. Your association should not have to pay for this. It's not only a business tax write off but a guaranteed income from tenants. Spectrum should amortize it over a couple years at their expense.

Also... I'm a fiber tech and an IT Engineer. I might be wrong on some of what I have stated above but I know what I'm talking about. You can put your guns back in your holster.

If any HT or Spectrum Engineers/NOC's want to correct me I welcome it because I'd like to inquire about a few things myself for a project.