Monday, March 15, 2010
Rheinbach quarrels with the telecom
Rheinbach - Zoff around the Internet in the Rhine river: The city wants to fast fiber optic cable so that the residents come Rheinbacher heights while surfing on tours. But the telecom slows the project.
The city has prepared everything Rheinbach after talks with Deutsche Telekom: employees have to lay pipes in which the cable must only be recovered yet. And the Council has 80,000 euros from the stimulus package put aside. To the magenta giant under the arms greifen.Doch Telekom back rows.
Because: "There was no firm offer from us," informed spokesman George Mc Kinney scarce. The company currently saves and wants that other DSL providers shift the expensive fiber optic cable. The giant from Bonn wants to equip this year more than 400 municipalities with fast Internet access. Rheinbach is not dabei.Die city continued to knock on the expansion: "We insist on the enforcement of our agreements," says spokesman Peter Feuser.
Even Mayor Stefan Raetz is sour. And wrote a peppery letter to the telecom executive suite: "We can not deal with the telecom Rheinbach," refuses to continue the Bonn giant, the city wants the money for the plans back. By how much is at stake is still unklar.Das fast Internet in the Rhine river - yet it lacks in every 15th Budget - should be finished by March, so the plans. Therefore, the city is now toying with the competition. According to the motto: There are other mothers have beautiful daughters ...
By the way: the Swisttal politicians are skeptical about the telecom. SPD head Joachim Euler wants to ever think about where the 150,000 euros that have been completed for the DSL expansion, which could otherwise be invested.