This reads a lot like dsl wars between ilecs and clecs in the late 90s and early 2ks.
Great times? Or Greatest times? On Fri, Apr 29, 2022, 15:44 scott via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > > > I thought I'd put a smile on your faces for Friday. This is how > networking happens in Hawaii... > > > https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/04/thousands-of-hawaiians-could-lose-phone-and-internet-service-amid-bankruptcy-dispute > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > "State regulators have opened an emergency investigation of Sandwich > Isles Communications..." > > "The investigation comes as Sandwich Isles is apparently blocking access > to its telecom infrastructure to another provider, Hawaiian Telcom, > alleging trespass, filing police reports and putting customer phone and > internet service at risk." > > "Sandwich Isles Communications is an Oahu-based telephone company > founded in 1995 with a mission to provide communication services to > Native Hawaiians living on homesteads" > > "In 2015, founder Albert Hee was convicted of criminal tax fraud...Hee > was sentenced in 2016 to 46 months in prison." > > "With federal backing, the company built the Paniolo Network, a web of > undersea and terrestrial fiber optic cables." > > "...a bankruptcy trustee ordered the sale of the Paniolo Network to > Hawaiian Telcom." > > "Hawaiian Telcom says Sandwich Isles has removed, destroyed or tampered > with Hawaiian Telcom locks on perimeter fences surrounding buildings > purchased by Hawaiian Telcom. And that Sandwich Isles has installed its > own locks and devices on buildings and premises owned by Hawaiian > Telcom, as well as welding shut access gates. The company also says > Sandwich Isles has made multiple false police reports alleging Hawaiian > Telcom is trespassing on its property." > > "Al Hee was requesting that Hawaiian Telcom’s lock on its Paniolo > Building at Laiopua on the Big Island be replaced. Otherwise, Hee said > he would call the police." > > "In a Sept. 11 letter to customers, Sandwich Isles blamed the situation > on Hawaiian Telcom." > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > When your brother is very connected politically I guess one feels > invincible... > > "...welding shut access gates..." hahaha! Insanity! > > There're other 'outages' that didn't make the article. Repeated fiber > damaged off shore, etc. > > > scott >