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 _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org<mailto:Wireless@wispa.org> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
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