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May 23, 2006
Another Unpleasant Muni Surprise
Hewlett Packard told the St. Cloud, Fla, City Council last week that it needs another $460,420 to fill in coverage gaps for its free citywide municipal wireless system, the Orlando Sentinel is reporting. The system, which has been plagued with coverage problems, crowded channels and user complaints since its March start-up, has already cost $2.6 million.
The Sentinel reported that the city council was “surprised” to hear about the need for additional spending.
Most of the cost, $236,920, will go to bring service to 14 neighborhoods that “slipped through a hole in the project.” It turns out that typically bad city planning was at fault. Although St. Cloud’s contract was signed last June, developers, who are ostensibly funding the project, didn’t have to begin paying until December. Right now, the city hopes that local developers will step up and cover the cost. The alternative is to dip into municipal coffers, which is how they deal with muni wireless overruns everywhere else.
More about St. Cloud problems here.
Posted by steve.titch at May 23, 2006 07:03 PM
I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. I've basically been doing nothing worth mentioning. My life's been pretty unremarkable these days. Eh.
Comment by: Sten63260 at January 26, 2007 07:55 AM
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I can't be bothered with anything these days, but shrug. I just don't have anything to say recently. I haven't gotten much done recently. Nothing seems worth thinking about.
Comment by: Sten97261 at January 26, 2007 08:25 PM
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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: Sten3781 at January 26, 2007 10:40 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: Sten13978 at January 27, 2007 09:58 PM
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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: Sten74207 at January 28, 2007 04:04 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: Sten81724 at January 28, 2007 09:15 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: Sten56796 at January 28, 2007 05:00 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: Sten61697 at January 30, 2007 06:55 AM
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I feel like a complete blank, but I don't care. Pfft. I've pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning.
Comment by: Sten24875 at January 30, 2007 01:47 PM
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I can't be bothered with anything these days, but such is life. I don't care. So it goes. More or less nothing seems worth thinking about. I've just been hanging out waiting for something to happen, but that's how it is.
Comment by: Sten57823 at January 30, 2007 03:21 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: Sten46426 at January 31, 2007 04:17 PM
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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: Sten1988 at February 1, 2007 04:04 PM
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I haven't been up to anything today. I can't be bothered with anything recently. Nothing seems worth thinking about. I haven't gotten anything done recently, but oh well. Not much noteworthy going on worth mentioning.
Comment by: Sten71674 at February 3, 2007 06:25 AM
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I feel like a complete blank, but I don't care. Pfft. I've pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning.
Comment by: Sten69596 at February 4, 2007 11:13 PM
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I feel like a complete blank, but I don't care. Pfft. I've pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning.
Comment by: Sten27503 at February 5, 2007 09:22 PM
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I feel like a complete blank, but I don't care. Pfft. I've pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning.
Comment by: Sten13751 at February 6, 2007 08:03 AM
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