With the rapid advancement of new technologies, it is past due for counties to learn how to negotiate and implement their own franchise agreements. This will lead to better land use and zoning decisions affecting a wide array of companies, including telecommunication companies constructing fiber optic networks, wireless antennae siting, etc. As KHET plans on merging with Olelo and streamlining their operation by resource sharing with Olelo and ousting the union, they will be able to survive on less, thus the funding now taken from neighbor islands for KHET, that never come back into the community as jobs like on Oahu, can stay in the communities where they are collected and provide employment and financial strength. Franchise Authority will be more accessible to citizens, access centers, local government and educational institutions and save money on long distance communications.
Councils can help facilitate growth of knowledge in the medias in their own communities.
More equitable distribution of funds. Some meetings could be held via video-conferencing between neighbor Islands thus creating an archive for future reference, unlike Statewide planning meetings in the past who s minutes went unrecorded. Would also save on transportation expenses. With the need for mass storage of Electronic Information growing at a rapid pace, counties could develop and implement plans for storing county information and developing ways to make it readily accessible to the public.