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Could you include the nature and ordering procedures for the BT deal, as I know
a school that would be very interested in this too.

In <8jq5im$19t$1@polo.demon.co.uk>, john@polo.demon.co.uk (John Winters) writes:
>In article <66b.395f70cd.3020e@scgf>, Phillip Deackes <gsmh@gmx.net> wrote:
>>In article <20000701.2047.177658snz@pcserv.demon.co.uk>, Paul Carpenter wrote:
>>>
>>>More schools should be using boxes like Linux to be the local web proxy.
>>
>><sigh> I agree. As head of ICT in a high school I would *love* to be
>>using a web proxy running on Linux. While I have reasonable skills at
>>installing & configuring Linux on a workstation, I have no experience
>>using it in a network situation. I gained my experience by playing with
>>my machine at home - I really cannot play with the school network in
>>the same way!! I really dare not do anything as drastic as inserting a
>>Linux machine into the network, much as I'd love to try. I can imagine
>>the whole lot falling around my ears . .
>>
>>If anyone in the Leicestershire area would like to help in any way,
>>they would be very welcome indeed.
>
>I'm not in Leicestershire but I've set one of our local schools up with
>a Linux box to function as a web cache.  They have a BT deal with an
>ISDN line and free calls to the ISP during the school day.  The web
>cache makes a big difference to response time with a classroom full all
>surfing.
>
>If I wrote down some "How I did it" instructions would you like to
>test them?
>
>John
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