Well, here's what MSFDC said back on December 3 last year:
"In mid-1998, the company is scheduled to introduce the nation's first end-to-end system for electronic presentment of richly formatted bills over the Internet, as well as next-generation electronic payment and remittance capabilities."
That sure didn't sound like they were talking only about a pilot.
Then on January 28 this year, they said:
"In summer 1998, the company is scheduled to introduce.... (etc., etc., )
So, whatever they were talking about, the schedule had slipped in two months from mid-year to no earlier than late June, and possibly as late as late September.
And now they're telling the Atlanta Constitution there won't be a real product available until Fall. And according to my calendar, winter doesn't start until almost Christmas. So, CKFR will have another five to eight months without any real competition from a working e-bill system, even assuming MSFDC can hold to the current schedule.
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