GENERAL DISCUSSION:

• Non-regulation model
• Comm. sphere> public"good" "property" Computer Ind. did not?
• Could have equal access rules of computing- Government>facilitating development and maintain
• Reg. use of tech and use of info and data
• Hwy Metaphor - security of traffic
• Need to rethink universal access: req. can drive entrep out of local environment
• Universal Service >
  • obligation to provide service and infrastructure costs
  • but could lend to capital coalitions
• What does Tele/comm have to contribute to tourism; e.g. Convention Center
• Need to think of other new industries for Hawaii
• Importance of bandwidth issue
• out migration of talent due to rel. isolation
• Unique opportunity in Hawaii to develop: need to keep industry
• Hawaii as the wellness state
• Hawaii as an attractive Hi-tech location
• Gov't as underwriter of infra-structure
• Public always costs more

Private needs reasonable return on investment.

Private sector should drive infrastructure; public policy role-protecting consumer interests; market correction; leverage access.

Applications:

Information centers for corps in Pacific Rim - language

Health care - wellness center (17)

Electronic voting

Corporating centers - incl. dist.

Real time; video, data and voice interactive (16)

National tech. support service - 1(800) from foreign calls

Stock exchange (11)

All of Hawaii a free trade zone

Bio-tech industry

Interactive test marketing

Promote software engineering

Editing service

Document translation service

Multimation CD Rom Prod. and Pub. service

Interactive shopping - real estate

Comp'zed dist. of entertainment software

Data warehouses

Elect. Funds clearing house

V-SAT hub for Pacific Island Comm.

Center for motion picture post production - trans and dubbing

Real est. transaction processing

Video/Movie/T.V. post production facilities

International law

Prof. svc's center - International

International arbitration/Conflict Res.

Info search and navigation service on International network

Access to government data bases

Centralized hotel res.Increase info expertise/training

Comm. - wide video conf.

Create alternative infor/environment

Virtual Corp and tele work (10)

Information correction service