Hawaiian ILEC infrastructure and fire

Thu Aug 17 02:35:15 UTC 2023

On 8/17/23 1:08 AM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
> It's my understanding that the Hawaiian ILEC is now owned by Cincinnati 
> Bell, which is also a unique historical artifact, as it was its own 
> independent corporation/operating entity in the region of Cincinnati 
> during the era of the pre-1984 Bell system.

Yes, HT was bought by Cin Bell.  CB was then bought by an out of country 
company and are changing their name to altafiber.

scott

> Somewhat like how GTE was independent in other places in the country.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Bell 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Bell>
> 
> Some of the Hawaii ILEC structures I have seen photos of in other 
> non-fire-affected places and other islands have a resemblance to designs 
> that were built by BCTel, the ILEC in British Columbia, at the time when 
> GTE was a shareholder in BCTel.
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 10:50 AM Jay Hennigan <jay at west.net 
> <mailto:jay at west.net>> wrote:
> 
>     On 8/16/23 09:32, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> 
>      > Well, it sounds like the historical Bell System attitude has
>     transitioned
>      > forwards to ... newer transport.  Good.
> 
>     Legacy GTE in this case, but agreed.
> 
>      > Best of luck to you all, out there.
> 
>     Indeed.
> 
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