On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 21:38:37 +1300, Tristram Cheer wrote
Most School are already on ADSL already, most in Wellington clock up A LOT (Re: 5 figure's) of traffic so I doubt the amount of business gained would counterbalance the loss of income from schools moving from ADSL to Wifi Maybe I'm missing something, I don't know
You'll know far more about what's going on in NZ schools that I do... I'm still trying to find out more about that at present so please excuse my if I seem to be talking thru a hole in my head - I'm an ideas guy, I come up with creative ideas that might or might not work or be pratical. 1. How long are schools going to stay paying 5 figures a month for ADSL connections (or were you talking per annum)? 2. A school with 800 students represents 800 families[1]. Let's do some math, assume 25% get connected (200) at ~$70 per month. That's $14,000 a month - how many schools are paying $14k? 3. How long will it be before the schools in Wellington join CityLink because it's cheaper? Cheers DiG [1] Yes I know there will be some brothers and sisters in there but you get my point :) You could also factor in the businesses that those parents also represent. -- Don Gould The technology exists to give every home 10mbits per second for $10 per month! Ask not what your telephone company should do for you... ...but what you can do for your broadband community!