Sandwich Isles Communications says PUC does not have authority to choose HHL service carrier
The statement comes after the Public Utilities Commission has ordered Sandwich Isles not to cut service.
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The statement comes after the Public Utilities Commission has ordered Sandwich Isles not to cut service.
Thousands of homes and businesses -- many in remote areas -- will lose their phone and Internet services. That's the warning from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
But Sandwich Isles Communications says the state agency is on a "witch hunt" and is resisting providing information about its financial status.
Sandwich Isles Communications has been changing locks, barricading doors and welding gates shut to keep out Hawaiian Telcom employees in a bitter feud over bankruptcy fallout.
The new members will be dealing with a number of hot-button issues, including Mauna Kea management, military leases and aquarium fishing.