I assume someone's palms got pretty greased along the way during this "cost effective" project
On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> wrote: > Asshats always get in the way of real progress. > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of * > can...@believewireless.net > *Sent:* Thursday, May 18, 2017 11:18 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Would you like some porn with your shopping? > > > > A customer of mine decided they needed some digital displays for their > mall. As part of the deal, they decided to replace our Internet > ($500/month) with a fiber circuit ($2,500/month)... because we were "too > expensive" and redo the WiFi we installed for something like $50k because > there were a "few dead spots." Even though we were specifically told not to > cover those areas. > > > > Total cost of contract to new vendor? $2.2 million. > > > > They fired the IT consultant we had been working with and replaced him > with the new vendor. After months of not being able to get just about > anything to work, they re-hired the IT consultant and kept us and expanded > our role. > > > > After the IT consultant warned for months the digital displays were > insecure, the person in charge of them did nothing. > > > > So, today, everyone in the mall was greeted with porn on the monitors. > Needless to say, the guy in charge of the project is finally being fired. >
