John N. Rose president of OPASTCO wrote this letter to the editor in support of Sandwich Isles Communications.I completely disagree with his assertion that Hawaiian Telcom’s claims that SIC is incapable of running a advanced telecommunications company serving all of Hawaii are wrong.
For starters, SIC is simply a niche telecommunications company whose primary focus is serving DHHL lands. Thus there is huge difference between serving only 3,500 customers and 500,000 + customers. On top of that, I seriously question their financing,business model, and their ability to obtain the needed regulatory clearances to serve the entire State of Hawaii.
However the latter issues are minuscule compared to SIC’s secretive business practices.They don’t have a website, their corporate leadership is largely unknown along with their compensation, and their financial information is sealed under protected order.
The Final Environmental Assessment for the Honotua fiber-optic cable project was released on July 1st 2009.
Lastly, Oceanic Time Warner has notified the DCCA-CATV division that they intend to renew their soon to be expiring East/West Hawaii franchise agreements with the State of Hawaii.Also I noticed the DCCA-CATV has granted another time extension regarding Hawaiian Telcom’s cable tv franchise application. This latest extension expires on December 31, 2009.
