The point is THEY CAN get big discounts. I have never asked anybody (Business, school, private) for 20 cents per meg or anywhere near that EVER. I just can't stand schools attitude of wanting everything given to them, almost as if you have to pay them to take the service. Dealing with SME businesses is far more worthwhile and rewarding then dealing with schools. ************************************************************************************** I will publically make a standing offer to any school that I can reach within the Henderson north area, where ASDL is the only option: I will deliver them a connection that exceeds OECD "broadband" speeds for less then 5 cents per Mb, provided they pay for their end wireless equipment and write me a cheque for the first months access without giving me any nonsense. easy peasy.... *************************************************************************************** I get the strong impression that many of the posts here are so pie-in-the-sky idealistic dreams from non internet industry people, that they are a red herring. With all due respect, if [you know who you are] can deliver a 10mbps connection to our neighbourhood for 10 bucks per month of even 20 bucks per month, per house, I suggest that you go ahead and do it. Getting broadband into schools requires realistic and achievable methodlogy and importantly ACTION, not WORDS. Above I have put my money where my mouth is. I await a reply from the (claimed) screaming hoards wanting cheap bandwidth....
I've never accepted that schools are businesses.
They are schools. They make no profit. They deliver services compulsorily delivered - and received - by law.
Ahh yes. Im 100% with you there steve, Schools should NOT be classed as a Business, Afterall they are for public good arn't they? not another place to be milked by the likes of telecom. (granted they do have their tolls for school thing and all that)
IMO, they should give bb practicly free to schools. But hey, you can see which way my political views swing now.
Unfortunatly this is not the case. I know several early childhood teachers who can hardly afford to keep their phone line at work, let alone a 20c per meg internet connection. There certainly is no discounts generaly speaking from telecom. You might get one out of a smaller (or friendlier) ISP if your lucky.
This is getting much OT tho,
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