Broadband Working Group - Act 231, SLH22

Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻi he lalo ʻo Act 231 ʻo e Session Laws 2022, naʻe fakangatangata ʻa e kulupu ngāue ko eni ke fakatupu ha founga broadband ki he fonua kotoa ʻo Hawaii, ʻo vakai ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku masiva ai ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakalakalaka, ngaahi founga paʻanga, ngaahi polokalama maʻamaʻa, mo e ngaahi faingataʻa puleʻi ki hono maʻu ʻo e ʻinitaneti vave ki he kakai kotoa. Naʻe fakataha ia ʻa e kau fakafofonga mei he ngaahi kautaha puleʻanga, kau ʻoatu telikominikēsoni, ngaahi kulupu komiunitī, mo e kau hoa federal. Ko ʻene ngaahi faleʻi naʻe tokoni ki he palani broadband ʻa Hawaii mo hono founga ki he paʻanga polokalama BEAD ʻa e federal.

Ko e founga ʻa e kulupu ngāue ko eni naʻe fakaʻilonga ʻa e anga hono vahevahe ʻo e ngaahi piliona paʻanga federal ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalakalaka broadband ʻi Hawaii, ʻo uesia pe ko e hā ngaahi komiunitī ʻe maʻu ʻa e fiber pe fixed wireless mo e anga hono fokotuu ʻo e ngaahi polokalama maʻamaʻa. Ko e kakai nofo ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu ʻoku ʻikai feʻunga ʻenau fehokotaki ʻoku ʻi ai hanau konga ʻi hono fakahoko ʻo ʻene ngaahi faleʻi.