Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System (HICS)

Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System (HICS) is a domestic submarine cable network within United States, connecting 5 coastal and island locations including Kawaihae, Kihei, Ko Olina, Koko Head, Lihue. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Within the United States, submarine cables connect Alaska, Hawaii, and coastal regions where terrestrial fiber routes are impractical or prohibitively expensive. GeoCables monitors this system's performance through regular RIPE Atlas probe measurements, analyzing RTT patterns to detect degradation before it impacts end users.