Electric Cooperatives Are Installing Fiber. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. More than 200 electric cooperatives have begun work or have already installed fiber optic cables or broadband infrastructure onto their facilities. This is possible in great part thanks to the new Farm Bill, Build Back Better and the ‘Broadband for All’ provisions […]
Long-Term Broadband Access in Hawaii (Community Matters)
How Well Are we Doing. The host for this show is Katharine Nohr. The guest is Burt Lum. Burt Lum, Strategy Officer for the Hawaii Broadband Initiative, updates on Long-Term Broadband Access and the extent to which federal funds will help. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mAjbhHpq-LyAm9pcuN3zJ Please visit our ThinkTech website […]
One Step Closer to More Broadband for Hawaii (Community Matters)
How federal money will help build our broadband. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Burt Lum. Burt Lum, Chief Broadband Strategy Office for the State, helps us understand One Step Closer to More Broadband for Hawaii and Federal money will help build our broadband. We discuss how […]
Servpac in the times of the Coronavirus (ThinkTech Tech Talks)
ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Broadband providers are essential in these difficult times. Richard Zheng, CEO of ServPac, helps us understand how the pandemic affects his company’s efforts to provide broadband services, and what he has done and must do to continue to provide those services […]
1G Broadband in Hawaii
Host Jay Fidell speaks with Shannon Sandry (Marketing Director) and Jay Garces (Senior Architect) of Hawaiian Telcom about their new 1 gig broadband service in Hawaii.
The Need For Speed Broadband in Hawaii
Hosts Bill Spencer and Jean Juliano provide an overview of the ThinkTech/HVCA Luncheon focused on broadband challenges/needs in Hawaii. Featuring: Sonny Bhagowalia (Chief Information Officer, State of Hawaii), Yuka Nagashima (CEO, High Tech Development Corporation), David Lassner (University of Hawaii), Cliff Miyake (TW Telecom of Hawaii) and Kiman Wong (Oceanic Time Warner Cable). Original Air […]
Connecting the World with TPC-1 through Dan Masutomi and Grant Torigoe
Host Jay Fidell speaks with Dan Masutomi (Director) and Grant Torigoe (Network Planner) of Hawaii Telecom about the 50 year milestone of TPC-1 and the latest developments of telecommunications in Hawaii.
The Broadband Initiative Gathers Steam in Hawaii
Hosts Jay Fidell and Jean Juliano provide an overview of the latest developments in the Hawaii Broadband Initiative. Featuring: Kathy Matayoshi (Hawaii Department of Education), David Lassner (University of Hawaii), David Tumilowicz (Hawaii Business Magazine), Derek Kawakami (State Representative), Henk Rogers (Blue Planet Software), Jasper Wong (Pow Wow), Peter Carlisle (Mayor of Honolulu), Sonny Bhagowalia […]