Do the vacation rentals have telephone and computer connections?
All properties have telephones and calls are free in the local calling area, which covers the entire island. Please use a calling card or cell phone for long distance calls, or call collect. Most but not all properties have answering machines. Most properties have high-speed Internet; see the description page for a particular property to confirm. If not, you can use the telephone line for dialup computer access to your Internet Service Provider. Most national ISPs have local access numbers on the major Hawaiian islands, but if yours doesn’t, you will have to set up your computer’s dialer with the necessary calling card number sequence to get a working long-distance connection. Please note that there are many areas of East Hawaii, especially the Puna district, that have very spotty cell phone coverage. Verizon/AT&T is the only carrier that works fairly well in Kapoho.
