Naʻe fakahū ʻe he Vahefonua Mauí ha tangi ʻa e paati hono tolú ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻi he Fakamaauʻanga Fakavahe ʻo e Fakamaauʻanga Fakavahe Uá, Siteiti ʻo Hauaiʻí, ki he Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile US, Spectrum Mobile, mo e AT&T (fakatahatahaʻi, ʻa e “Kautaha Fetuku Selo”) fekauʻaki mo e Vela ʻi Maui ʻi ʻAokosi 2023. ‘Oku feinga ‘a e tangi ke tukuaki’i ‘a e kau Fetuku Selo ‘i he’enau ta’efaka’ilo totonu ki he Potungaue Polisi ‘a Maui ‘i ha founga taimi totonu ‘a e mafola ‘a e mate ‘a e ngaahi sevesi selo ‘i he ‘aho 8 ki he 9 ‘o ‘Aokosi, 2023, lolotonga ‘a e ma’olunga taha ‘a e tali fakavavevave ‘a e Vahefonua ki he ngaahi vela. ‘Oku fiema’u ‘e he lao fakafederal ‘a e ngaahi Cell Carriers ke nau lipooti vave ‘a e ngaahi motu ‘a e sevesi ki he kau ngaue ‘o e 911-service ‘a e Vahefonua, kau ai ‘a e natula mo e lahi fakasiokalafi ‘o e motu pea mo e loloa fakafuofua ‘o e motu.

“ʻOku mahuʻinga ʻaupito ha lipooti taimi totonu mo kakato ki he malava ʻa e Vahefonuá ke fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e ngaahi uesia ʻo ha motu ʻa e ngāué lolotonga ha ngaahi meʻa fakatuʻupakē,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Fakafofonga ʻo e Kautaha ʻa e Vahefonua Mauí ko Vikatolia Takayesu.

Ko e konga ʻo ʻene tali fakavavevave ʻi he ʻaho 8 ki he 9 ʻo ʻAokosi, 2023, naʻe fakaʻaongaʻi ai ʻe he Vahefonuá ʻa e pōpoaki fakahangatonu ke tufaki ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala mahuʻinga ki he fetukutukú. Na‘e ‘ikai si‘i hifo he 14 ‘a e ngaahi fakatokanga peheé na‘e ‘ave. Kaekehe, na'e toki 'ilo 'e he Vahefonua kimui ange ko e lahi taha 'o e ngaahi fakatokanga ko 'eni na'e 'ikai ke ma'u ia 'e he kakai 'o e fonua, kakai 'o e fonua mo e kau 'a'ahi koe'uhi ko e ngaahi taua selo 'i he motu kotoa -- kau ai 'a e ngaahi taua selo kotoa pe 'e 21 'oku nau ngaue ki Lahaina -- na'a nau a'usia 'a e ngaahi motu'a lahi 'o e sevesi selo. ‘Oku pehē ‘e he tangi neongo honau fatongia ‘oku fakahoko ‘e he pule’anga fakafederal ke nau fai ia, ka na’e ‘ikai ke lipooti ‘e he kau Cell Carriers ‘a e ngaahi motu ‘a e sevesi ki he Vahefonua, pea na’e uesia ‘e he ta’elavame’a ko ‘eni ‘a e tali fakavavevave ‘a e Vahefonua ‘i he ‘aho 8-9 ‘o ‘Aokosi, 2024.

‘Oku lolotonga malu’i ‘e he Vahefonua ‘a e ngaahi hopo lahi ‘o fakaanga’i ‘ene tali fakavavevave lolotonga ‘a e Vela ‘a Maui ‘i ‘Aokosi 2023.