Unfortunately, pricing is all over the board, and there are schools that are
buying 100 meg circuits. In CA Comcast territory, they offer 100 meg by 10 ( or
20 ) for about $399 per month. Now, we all know that Comcast cherry picks where
they provide service, so there are those that are a block away from Comcast
facilities that have been quoted $10,000 or more to get connected.
In Oakland CA, there is a wireless provider that is doing 25 meg / 25 meg at
$375 per month. In San Francisco Monkey brains is doing something similar.
John
Kevin Owen <ko...@fsr.com> wrote:
>It will be an interesting discussion for sure. We currently have
>service built to many schools, most with the capacity to provide 100 +
>megs. Most schools are purchasing somewhere in the 5 – 20meg range as
>that is what they can afford, including their current subsidy from
>E-Rate. We are providing service to rural schools and they just can’t
>afford more. Not sure how the FCC feels these schools will be able to
>afford 100+ meg connections and beyond that, where does the money come
>from to continue to fund E-Rate with what are sure to be large
>increased demands on the funding to support these larger pipes.
>
>Kevin
>
>
>From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
>Behalf Of Mike Hammett
>Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 12:35 PM
>To: WISPA General List
>Subject: Re: [WISPA] ConnectEd
>
>I think so. I asked the same question a few weeks ago and the response
>was something to the effect of, "Is this something WISPA members want
>to respond to?" The response seemed to be a resounding yes.
>
>Now I just hope that it's something that we can get a piece of vs.
>telling them to not do it.
>
>
>-----
>Mike Hammett
>Intelligent Computing Solutions
>http://www.ics-il.com
>
>________________________________
>From: "Kevin Owen" <ko...@fsr.com<mailto:ko...@fsr.com>>
>To: "WISPA General List"
><wireless@wispa.org<mailto:wireless@wispa.org>>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 1:42:13 PM
>Subject: [WISPA] ConnectEd
>Do we know if WISPA as an organization is currently reviewing or plans
>to review/make comments to the NPRM for the revisions to the E-Rate
>program. Is WISPA following the discussions concerning the Federal
>ConnectED program that wants to see a minimum connection standard to
>all schools and libraries of 100 megs with a 5 year goal of having
>access to 1 gig of available bandwidth for all schools and libraries?
>
>thanks,
>
>Kevin Owen
>First Step Internet, LLC
>
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