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February 22, 2006
Limping in Lompoc
The City of Lompoc, Calif., plans to use a municipal wireless as a spearhead into municipal fiber to the home. Too bad trials have found that network can’t support high-speeds or download an attachment or even maintain a connection for long. Launch of the network has been on hold since Jan. 17 as city officials scramble to engineer the system, which has cost the town $1.5 million so far, according to the Pacific Coast Business Times.
“We’ve had some network issues that the manufacturers are trying to resolve,” said City of Lompoc Network Manager John Greenly.
“From the subscriber standpoint, the biggest issues are drastic fluctuations in speed, and difficulty downloading large files.”
After blaming his vendors for supplying technology that was not “mature” enough, Greenly then blames his predecessors for the problem, a sure sign that the Lompoc’s muni system is never going to deliver on what was promised.
“The expectations that were set before my arrival were, I think, too aggressive,” Greenly said. “Once they’re moving in the right direction to resolve these issues, then we’ll look at setting a new launch date.”
When that will be? Well at this point, we don’t know.
Watch Lompoc’s officials dance as fast as they can here.
For more about how cities have begun to manage expectations, see my entry from yesterday.
Posted by steve.titch at February 22, 2006 11:25 AM
Basically nothing noteworthy happening right now, but eh. Today was a complete loss. I haven't been up to much recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning.
Comment by: Sten26185 at January 26, 2007 09:52 PM
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I just don't have anything to say right now. I haven't been up to anything recently, but it's not important. I've just been sitting around waiting for something to happen, but shrug.
Comment by: Sten81448 at January 27, 2007 06:35 AM
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I've just been staying at home waiting for something to happen. Whatever. Not much on my mind lately. I guess it doesn't bother me.
Comment by: Sten67663 at January 27, 2007 11:32 PM
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Not much on my mind right now, but it's not important. I've just been letting everything happen without me. I just don't have anything to say right now.
Comment by: Sten70050 at January 28, 2007 01:25 AM
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My mind is like a bunch of nothing, but I guess it doesn't bother me. I haven't been up to anything recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing to speak of.
Comment by: Sten49289 at January 28, 2007 04:38 AM
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I haven't been up to anything today. I don't care. I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. Basically not much happening right now. Maybe tomorrow. I guess it doesn't bother me.
Comment by: Sten4993 at January 28, 2007 09:48 AM
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retty much nothing seems worth thinking about. My life's been completely dull , not that it matters. I've just been staying at home waiting for something to happen.
Comment by: Sten31333 at January 28, 2007 07:59 PM
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My life's been basically bland today. More or less nothing seems worth thinking about. My mind is like an empty room. I've more or less been doing nothing to speak of. Not much on my mind recently.
Comment by: Sten88607 at January 29, 2007 02:19 AM
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My life's been pretty dull recently. Shrug. My mind is like a void. I haven't gotten anything done lately. I can't be bothered with anything recently.
Comment by: Sten37582 at January 29, 2007 05:48 AM
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I haven't been up to much today. I've just been letting everything happen without me. Basically nothing seems worth bothering with. I've just been hanging out doing nothing. I just don't have anything to say right now. More or less nothing happening.
Comment by: Sten23120 at January 29, 2007 08:32 AM
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I've just been hanging out not getting anything done. What can I say? I've basically been doing nothing worth mentioning, but pfft. Not that it matters. Pretty much nothing exciting happening to speak of. I haven't been up to much these days.
Comment by: Sten79147 at January 29, 2007 06:43 PM
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I just don't have much to say these days, but so it goes. Today was a total loss. I guess it doesn't bother me.
Comment by: Sten39408 at January 30, 2007 05:42 PM
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I haven't been up to anything recently, but so it goes. Such is life. What can I say? Pretty much not much exciting going on to speak of. I haven't gotten much done lately, but I don't care.
Comment by: Sten36934 at February 1, 2007 10:31 PM
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I haven't been up to much lately. I've basically been doing nothing , but it's not important. I can't be bothered with anything recently. I've just been letting everything happen without me lately.
Comment by: Sten87452 at February 2, 2007 02:05 AM
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My mind is like a bunch of nothing, but I guess it doesn't bother me. I haven't been up to anything recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing to speak of.
Comment by: Sten8254 at February 2, 2007 04:46 PM
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I've just been staying at home waiting for something to happen, but I don't care. Basically nothing seems worth thinking about. I can't be bothered with anything recently.
Comment by: Sten38278 at February 3, 2007 01:15 AM
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I haven't been up to anything today. I don't care. I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. Basically not much happening right now. Maybe tomorrow. I guess it doesn't bother me.
Comment by: Sten10090 at February 4, 2007 02:13 AM
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Not much on my mind lately. My life's been completely boring these days. I've just been hanging out not getting anything done. So it goes.
Comment by: Sten20793 at February 4, 2007 03:19 AM
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retty much nothing seems worth thinking about. My life's been completely dull , not that it matters. I've just been staying at home waiting for something to happen.
Comment by: Sten95676 at February 5, 2007 04:50 AM
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I've just been hanging out not getting anything done. What can I say? I've basically been doing nothing worth mentioning, but pfft. Not that it matters. Pretty much nothing exciting happening to speak of. I haven't been up to much these days.
Comment by: Sten2281 at February 5, 2007 04:30 PM
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I just don't have anything to say right now. I haven't been up to anything recently, but it's not important. I've just been sitting around waiting for something to happen, but shrug.
Comment by: Sten10892 at February 5, 2007 07:07 PM
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Not much on my mind. I don't care. I've just been letting everything happen without me , but shrug. Whatever. I feel like a void.
Comment by: Sten97726 at February 5, 2007 10:43 PM
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Not much on my mind right now, but it's not important. I've just been letting everything happen without me. I just don't have anything to say right now.
Comment by: Sten7721 at February 6, 2007 12:00 AM
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I just don't have anything to say , but shrug. So it goes. Not much on my mind recently. I can't be bothered with anything recently.
Comment by: Sten78667 at February 6, 2007 07:57 AM
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