[1st-mile-nm] [NMIPA] Azulstar finally out in Rio Rancho

[peter]

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

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

On average a project is divided up into two pieces

1. Soft costs = Planning - Design - Financing etc

2. Hard Costs = Equipment - - Applications software - Services - 
Management - Operations etc ( deployment rubber meets the road stuff )

Normally on an MISIT project type 1 costs need to be kept below 25% ( 
pref 10 - 15% )  with 75% going into the real project

In the real world when type 1 costs go over 40 - 50% the project is bankrupt

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

( : ( : pete

Peter Baston

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Carroll Cagle (by way of Marianne Granoff <granoff at zianet.com>) wrote:
>   *Azulstar Equipment To Be Disconnected
> ** 
> */Albuquerque// Journal
> July 15, 2008
> / 
>
>    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.
>    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.
>    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.
>    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.
>    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.
>    Ruger said city staff has received no communications, other than 
> the invoices, from Azulstar since April
>  
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