William Bosch
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Monday, 11 April 2011 08:59
Challenges & Successes
Remember when getting that new customer powered was the main issue? How many weeks out were our construction crews and how to deal with customers wanting power yesterday? Those were the good old days; money was rolling in and yearly budgets were more of a joy than they are today.
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