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DOMINGO: Okay. WATANABE: Yes, Mr. Woodward. WOODWARD: I’ll make a very brief comment. At our last meeting where we had that question of the cell phone tower in Kohala, they were planning on six different cell phone companies on one 120-foot monopole. So I don’t understand the technology, but evidently that can be done. SAMBUENO: Can I add something? WATANABE: Speak into the mike, please. SAMBUENO: So like I was saying, I’m not a technician. I’m actually, technically, not even employed by T-Mobile. I’m an independent contractor. I provide a service which is providing information to the public about T-Mobile services. I’m not here as a T-Mobile representative necessarily. I’m here as a community member. And like I said, you know, I come from Puna, I grew up there, and I know what it’s like to live in poverty; and it’s very hard when you’re asked to put down a large deposit and your only other alternative is to, you know, possibly not have signal to your cell phone when you’re at home. It’s really hard for some of our community members. And being that I interact with a lot of these T-Mobile customers who are not, you know, who are actually low income community members, I hear them every day, you know. And it is hard for me to explain to them why they couldn’t get a hold of their daughter when they didn’t know where it was, where she was, why their, their, you know, 76-year old grandmother had to, you know, walk down to a gas station to make a phone call. WATANABE: Okay. Any further questions? I think the Planning Commissioners realize that you didn’t come here to really respond to maybe the more technical aspects of communication, yeah, telecommunication. SAMBUENO: Thank you, sir. WATANABE: Thank you. Okay. Our last testifier is Avis. Would you share the mike with her, please. Thank you. NOMURA: I apologize. I’m back again for a kind of lengthy testimony but I’m -. WATANABE: Oh, name and address, please. EXHIBIT A 7