Ann: Telstra to Become Primary Reseller of Buddy Ohm in Australia, page-100

I have had a response from BUD regarding a competition to see which SH could lobby to get a Council on board first.

I won't quote the whole thing as I haven't asked permission, but importantly "Local government is a difficult customer – they tend to be slow and many of them don’t have substantial budgets, which as you can imagine isn’t great for a company like Buddy who is hoping to grow revenue quickly and at scale."

ie would you spend your time negotiating a deal with a multinational corporation capable of selling tens of thousands of Ohms for you in one country or continent or globally or would you spend even more time door knocking at your local council which moves at a glacial pace?