STAND. COM. REP. NO. 999-10
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2010
RE: H.C.R. No. 297
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 297 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING GOOGLE INC. TO SELECT HAWAII AS A TEST SITE TO CONDUCT THE GOOGLE GIGABIT BROADBAND INITIATIVE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to offer Hawaii as the perfect laboratory for Google to demonstrate the revolutionary ability of high speed Internet by urging Google Inc. to select Hawaii as a test site to conduct the Google Gigabit Broadband Initiative.
The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and High Technology Development Corporation supported this concurrent resolution.
Your Committee finds that Google plans to test ultra-high speed broadband networks in one or more trial locations across the country that will deliver one gigabit per second Internet speeds -- more than 100 times faster than most Internet speeds in the United States.
Google will be offering the fiber-to-the-home connections at a competitive price to communities of at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people, and until March 26th, is asking interested municipalities to provide Google with information about their communities through a request for information, which will be used to determine where to build the network.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 297 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair |
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