As a teacher and Technology Coordinator for a small (poor) private school who depends on Governmental assistance to fund our computer department, I must say it is extremely frustrating to have to go through the approved vendor list where prices are dramatically higher than I could get from local vendors. Just how do you justify doubling the price to schools, then sell the same equipment for about 1/2 to others. This is why (Except when buying from apple) I have the orders placed under a different name, then deliver the check from our B.O.E. -H On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 01:16 PM, Bob Keyes wrote:
> > > On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Anthony Townsend wrote: > >> >> The infrastructure, which cost the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing >> Authority (PRHA) $36,000 for a server, antenna and service, is already > > $36K? what the heck did they buy, a T3? Not likely. More likely the > equipment and service had to be purchased through an 'approved' vendor, > with a lot of expensive consulting. > > This is another example of why we shouldn't have government involved > with > building wireless networks. It's another example of waste and abuse. I'd > rather the residents themselves put together the $1k for a really good > rooftop AP and about $70/mo for a shareable DSL circuit. > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
