Hat tip to Damon Tucker for blogging about this article which mentions Hawaiian Telcom’s transition problems.
“Bailey said the parallels are less than they seem, however.
“In Hawaii, they knew the systems weren’t going to work when they turned them on. Here, the overall performance of the systems, although it’s not adequate, is better than a complete failure,” she said.
“In Hawaii, they couldn’t even bill, so they couldn’t get any revenue in – their cash flow was nothing.”
This assertion by Kate Bailey (the director of New Hampshire’s PUC) is interesting. I don’t recall any of the newspapers here ever reporting that Carlyle and Bearing Point knew beforehand that HawTe’s new 80 back office systems would not work ? That being said, below is the e-mail I sent to Ms. Bailey seeking clarification what she said.
Greetings,
I’m curious about your comment you made below :
“In Hawaii, they knew the systems weren’t going to work when they turned them on. Here, the overall performance of the systems, although it’s not adequate, is better than a complete failure,” she said.
“In Hawaii, they couldn’t even bill, so they couldn’t get any revenue in – their cash flow was nothing.”
How do you know that Carlyle/Bearing Point knew beforehand that the 80 back office systems would not work as planned.
I’ve been following the HawTel debacle for quite sometime. However none of the newspapers here in Hawaii ever reported what you stated ?
Aaron
The Hawaii Superferry’s Alakai is leaving Hawaii and heading back to Mobile Alabama tomorrow at 1400 [or it could be as early as today, according to this Honolulu Advertiser article].When it reaches Alabama it will be outfitted with a loading ramp and prepared for its next journey. [The Alakai left today at about 3:30PM,according this Honolulu Advertiser article]
On a related note, Young Brothers is seeking a 17.9% increase in shipping rates just as the Hawaii Superferry is is forced to leave Hawaii.Talk about irony there !
It is certainly good news that the Hawaii Senate Ways & Means Committee deferred action on HB 1744.If this legislation passes it will cripple the counties ability to provide core public services. On top of that, expect layoffs,furloughs (or maybe a combination of the two).
Lastly, Hawaii County’s economic statistics have literally fallen into a black hole, according to this WHT article.I don’t see things improving at least until the worldwide economy starts to improve.
March 28th, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Can You Hear ME Now?
March 28th, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Young Brothers’ request for a rate increase just when Superferry leaves isn’t ironic, it’s cause and effect. They couldn’t raise rates when they had competition.
March 29th, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Reading the article (which obviously one should do before commenting) I see that these are public hearings, meaning the rate requests were filed some time ago, meaning that cause and effect, not so much. My apologies to anyone unreasonably outraged at Young Brothers, and you, Aaron, since “ironic” was the right word after all.