Da-Chief
06-14-2008, 09:14
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St. Louis Park, Minnesota announced an ambitious plan about a year and a half back to build the nation s first solar-powered Wi-Fi network. The plan suffered multiple delays due in large part to problems (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/91273) between the city and Arinc, the company chosen to build the network. People in the area have been wondering how the network will play out. At the end of 2007, the city said that Arinc had defaulted on its contract with failure to build out the network. The two parties had been in negotiations ever since.
However, negotiations didn t go well and St. Louis Park has filed a lawsuit (http://www.startribune.com/local/west/19745504.html?location_refer=West%20Metro) against Arinc seeking close to $2 million in damages plus the removal of the equipment that Arinc had installed throughout the city. Arinc insists that the company met its contractual obligations by installing this equipment despite the fact that the equipment didn t work. The city has indicated that it s still considering setting up a solar-powered Wi-Fi network but needs to think carefully about how to proceed.
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St. Louis Park, Minnesota announced an ambitious plan about a year and a half back to build the nation s first solar-powered Wi-Fi network. The plan suffered multiple delays due in large part to problems (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/91273) between the city and Arinc, the company chosen to build the network. People in the area have been wondering how the network will play out. At the end of 2007, the city said that Arinc had defaulted on its contract with failure to build out the network. The two parties had been in negotiations ever since.
However, negotiations didn t go well and St. Louis Park has filed a lawsuit (http://www.startribune.com/local/west/19745504.html?location_refer=West%20Metro) against Arinc seeking close to $2 million in damages plus the removal of the equipment that Arinc had installed throughout the city. Arinc insists that the company met its contractual obligations by installing this equipment despite the fact that the equipment didn t work. The city has indicated that it s still considering setting up a solar-powered Wi-Fi network but needs to think carefully about how to proceed.
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