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<font size="-1"><font face="Verdana">I really hate to be right about
these things and at least stopped the city getting in over its head but
what is so difficult, before these projects start, to plan and map out
requirements<br>
<br>
This industry is crazy it just like a builder promising to build an
unlimited house / building with an unlimited budget not using any
architectural or design or planning services with a " we will work it
out
brick by brick as we go ", totally nuts<br>
<br>
On average a project is divided up into two pieces <br>
<br>
1. Soft costs = Planning - Design - Financing etc<br>
<br>
2. Hard Costs = Equipment - - Applications software - Services -
Management - Operations etc (
deployment rubber meets the road stuff ) <br>
<br>
Normally on an MISIT project type 1 costs need to be kept below 25% (
pref 10 - 15% ) with 75% going into the real project<br>
<br>
In the real world when type 1 costs go over 40 - 50% the project is
bankrupt<br>
<br>
Azulstar spent about 75% on soft costs ( Type 1 ) and still did not
supply any type 1 services, Sandoval County Broadband spent over 92% on
soft costs thats why there was nothing left to do the real work on both
projects and a lot of people paid to do and or produce nothing<br>
<br>
( : ( : pete</font></font>
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Carroll Cagle (by way of Marianne Granoff <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:granoff@zianet.com"><granoff@zianet.com></a>)
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cite="mid:20080715140559.C7CBF2BD5@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us"
type="cite"><font face="Arial, Helvetica"> </font><font size="5"><b>Azulstar
Equipment To Be Disconnected<br>
</b></font><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica"> <br>
</font></b><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><i>Albuquerque</i></font><i>
Journal<br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica">July 15, 2008<br>
</font></i><font face="Arial, Helvetica"> <br>
<br>
The Rio Rancho city staff says it will take immediate
action to pull the plug on wireless company Azulstar and its
problem-plagued Internet service.<br>
A city crew will begin disconnecting power to Azulstar's
network equipment as soon as work can be scheduled, said Steve Ruger,
the
city's contract administrator. <br>
Ruger sent a letter last week giving Azulstar 30 days to
remove its equipment from city property. Failing that, Rio Rancho will
consider the equipment abandoned and will remove it and take
possession.<br>
The city is seeking reimbursement from Azulstar for $51,320
in charges for electricity supplied to the network since 2005 that the
city has already paid.<br>
Last week's letter follows more than a year of warnings and
extended deadlines by the city in response to complaints from customers
and requests by Azulstar for more time to improve its service. City
staff
warned Azulstar last year that it had breached the contract by failing
to
complete the network, maintain insurance coverage and provide
satisfactory service.<br>
Ruger said city staff has received no communications, other
than the invoices, from Azulstar since April<br>
<br>
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