Maui County

The Maui 10

Who's the county's most powerful player?

August 03, 2006
RANK PREVIOUS COMPANY

1

1 Maui Electric

Co.

2

2 Alexander &

Baldwin

3

3 Tesoro Hawai'i

4

4 Monsanto

Hawai'i

5 10

Hawaiian Telcom

6

5 Maui Land &

Pineapple Co.

7

6 Dowling Co.

8

7 Harry &

Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

9

8 Makena Resort

10 9

Wailuku Water Co.

Hawaiian Telcom moves way up the chart this week after person or

persons unknown accidentally cut a single fiber optic cable near

Olowalu, obliterating phone service—landline as well as some

cellular—across the entire Westside for eight hours on July 24. The

loss deprived restaurants and stores of the ability to do credit card

transactions, throwing the whole region into chaos and costing local

companies tens of thousands of dollars in lost revenue. The cut also

interrupted emergency 911 service, potentially putting residents in

jeopardy. "It almost felt like we had to string cans together," Maui PD

Captain Charles Hirata told The Maui News. "We felt kind of

vulnerable." One cut on one cable did all that. Now that's power. MTW

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