Omaha Public Library waits to connect to state network after CenturyLink increases service bid [telecom]

CenturyLink won the bid for the project, but the library's executive director, Laura Marlane, said the company admitted it can't do the work for the agreed upon price.

By Taylor Barth

OMAHA, Neb. - The Omaha Public Library is stuck waiting to connect to a statewide network. CenturyLink won the bid for the project, but the library's executive director, Laura Marlane, said the company admitted it can't do the work for the agreed upon price.

Marlane updated the Omaha Public Library Board of Trustees on the news at Wednesday afternoon's meeting. In her September director's report, she wrote, "Apparently CenturyLink makes a practice of bidding on projects they are incapable of doing, or unable to do at the set price."

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