Schools are not a business. Phone service to them should not be charged by the minute...and network access for educational purposes should be part of the national educational infrastructure - like classrooms and playgrounds and libraries.
ISPs should deal with them accordingly.
This is welfare state mentality stuff - which is why a lot of schools don't have decent connectivity. Like the teachers want a pay rise every year for their hard work, I expect to be paid for my service delivery as well. :-) My experience with schools is that they are some of the hardest clients to please. Their internal processes and politics ensure that selling to them is time consuming pain in the butt stuff and yet they still can't afford and they want free trials** etc, EVEN when you are offering to slash their internet costs (Via wireless) and improve their service quality, it still isn't good enough for a quick and easy deal. I have six schools in my immediate area. I think I will let them keep their ADSL Jetstream. ** Setting up a "FREE trial" is as expensive as a full install, as there really is no difference. COSTS about $300, even allowing for anything you can recover. For an account making maybe $50-$70 per month maximum profit after expenses, hardly a viable risk expense compared to other business opportunities.
I'd love see some of the more destructive memes of the past 15 years expunged from society.....so we can one again give these things the priority - and resources - they deserve.
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