Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 39, Number 2, 1 February 2022 — Ho'olaulā 'ia ka Lawelawe Keleka'a'ike ma nā 'Āina Ho'opulapula [ARTICLE]

Ho'olaulā 'ia ka Lawelawe Keleka'a'ike ma nā 'Āina Ho'opulapula

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Na Tyler lokepa Gomes me N. Ha'alilio Solomon Ho'onui 'ia nā koho keleka'a'iki hikiwawe no ka po'e e noho aina ho'opulapula nei ma o ka noa 'ana o kekahi kānāwai hō'āmana pilikahi kahiko, i 'ae 'ia ai ho'o-

kahi wale nō pā'oihana ho'olako huahana keleka'a'ike. Ma o kekahi kānāwai pekelala i holo iho nei, pēlā me nā koho hou i ho'onui

'ia a'ela, e loa'a ai i ka po'e kū'ai mai o luna o nā aina ho'opulapula 'o nā lawelawe keleka'a'ike mai ka pā'oihana ho'olako a lākou i koho ponoT ai. No nā makahiki lō'ihi he nui, 'o Sandwich Isle Communications, Ine. (SIC) ka pā'oihana ho'olako lawelawe keleka'a'ike ho'okahi ma lalo o ka Laikini 372. Hā'awi 'ia 'o Laikini 372 i ka hui he makua no SIC, ia Waimana Enterprises, ine. ho'i, i ka lā 9 o Mei i ka 1995. Ma ka lā 30 o Iune i 2017, ua lawelawe 'ia a'e e ke ke'ena o Federal Communications Commission he Kauoha, nāna e kuhikuhi mai nei, '0 nā koi hō'āmana pilikahi a pau i hua mai nei no loko mai o ka Laikini 372, ke ho'okāpae 'ia nei e ke kānāwai pekelala a no laila, he mea hiki 'ole ke ho'okō 'ia. I ka lā 31 o 'Aukake mai, i ka 2021, ua pau pono i ke ku ai 'ia mai e Hawaiian Telcom nā waiwai onaepuni piliaina a aho lawelawe keleka'a'ike waiho papakū i ku ai 'ia e ke kahu waiwai panakalupa o Paniolo Cable Company, he pā'oihana ho'i i ka'a akula ma loko o ka 'ohana pā'oihana 'o Waimana Enterprises, Ine. 'A'ole i ka'a ma loko o kā HT ku ai 'ana i kā Paniolo Cable Company mau waiwai kekahi palapala 'aelike 'oihana kālepa i 'ae mua 'ia me SIC. 'O ka lā 31 o Malaki i ka 2022 ka palena e pau ai ka ho'ohana 'ia 'ana 0 ka onaepuni piliaina a aho lawelawe keleka'a'ike waiho papakū e SIC no ka ho'olako lawelawe no nā aina ho'opulapula, inā 'a'ole e ho'onā 'ia e kekahi 'aelike hou. Ma muli o ko ka Federal Communications Commission Kauoha 0 ka 2017, a ma muli pū o kā Hawaiian Telcom ku ai 'ana i nā waiwai 'ōnaepuni lawelawe keleka'a'ike ma nā aina ho'opulapula, ho'olaulā 'ia nā koho e wae 'ia ai nā 'ano lawelawe keleka'a'ike like 'ole e ka po'e ho'olimalima, hoa'āina, a mea 'ae 'ia ho'i. Eia ho'i kekahi, ma muli 0 kekahi palapala 'aelike i hana 'ia ma waena o SIC me Charter Communications no ka ho'ohana 'ana i ko SIC 'auwai pa'a, pēlā e loa'a ai nā lawelawe he keu aku. He 'oihana '0 Charter Communications e kapa 'ia nei ho'i ma ka inoa '0 Spectrum ma Hawai'i nei. 'O ka po'e ku ai iā ia nā lawelawe keleka'a'ike a SIC, aia iā lākou iho ke koho 'ana i ka ho'omau i ka lawelawe ma lalo o SIC, a i 'ole, ma lalo o kekahi pā'oihana ho'olako lawelawe keleka'a'ike e a'e, '0 Hawaiian Telcom, 'o Spectrum, 'o mea hou aku nāna ia e ho'olako. ■