HBTF in the News!
Aug 11, 2008: Benton Foundation blurb on Hawaii Broadband Task Force
Aug 9, 2008: BroadbandCensus.com on Hawaii Broadband Task Force
Aug 8, 2008: Pacific Business News Story on Hawaii Broadband Task Force
Hawaii's Broadband Task Force was established through Act 2 of the First Special Session of 2007. Official agendas and minutes of the Task Force are posted on the meetings page of the web site of the Office of the Auditor. Copies of most presentations given at Task Force meetings are available in the Documents section of this web site.
The working vision statement for the Task Force is: "Hawaii understands that advanced broadband is essential infrastructure for the innovation economy and knowledge society of the 21st century. As a result of proactive policy initiatives, Hawaii residents and businesses throughout the State have access to advanced broadband services of the caliber and at at the pricing available in the leading developed nations of the world."
The initial interim report of the Task Force was provided to the 2008 Legislature. The final report is due to the 2009 Legislature in December, 2008.
Coming Events
State Task Forces and Initiatives
Hawaii Broadband News
- New Akamai Study Reports Hawaii Last in Percentage Connections at 5Mbps or More
- Hawaii Must Keep Improving Telecom Infrastructure
- Honolulu Broadband Penetration at 59%
- New Fiber System: SoutheastAsia - Hawaii - USmainland
- New Australia - Hawaii Fiber System
- Hawaii's Broadband Competition Inches Up the Megabits
National Broadband News
- NATOA Releases Principles for Broadband
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Broadband Would Provide Annual Economic Stimulus of $134 Billion - $578 Million in Hawaii
- Study Calls for 1G Broadband for US
- Blueprint for Big Broadband Not Big Enough
- Structural Separation - How U.S. Regulation Has Gone Wrong
- FCC to Revise U.S. Broadband Data Collection
- U.S. in the broadband slow lane: GAP WITH OTHER COUNTRIES IS WIDENING
- "In many ways, the U.S. is a Third World country when it comes to high-speed Internet connectivity..."
- CineGrid Streams 4K (4 times HDTV) Cinema over Internet
- Minnesota Worries About Becoming a Broadband Backwater
- Mid-Atlantic Broadband Co-Op Builds Fiber Network to Advance Economy in Virginia
International Broadband News
- OECD Broadband Portal
- ITIF Report on Why the US Lags Internationally
- How Other Countries Do Broadband Better
- Growth in Fiber-to-the-Home Outpacing Cable Modems
- Australia Opens Bids for Broadband Network to Improve Competitiveness
- Australia Shows How Real Broadband Policy Works
- Singapore Investing in Open Fiber to Every Home by 2015
- Plans for Open Fiber to the Home for all of New Zealand
- France's Competitive Fiber-to-the-Home Offerings and Prices (!!!)
- Hong Kong Abandons Mere 10Mbps Connection Service
- Unlike U.S., Japanese Push Fiber Over Profit
- Conference Highlights Models for Fiber-to-the-Premises
