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In article <42hr94$osv@nntp.interaccess.com>,
movable articles <wix@interaccess.com> wrote:
>Steven Cohn (CPLS13@email.mot.com) wrote:
>: My kids; school is geeting a computer lab (donation) consisting of 24 Dell
>: Petiums.  Their current plan is to put modems on 3 of them to use for
>: Internet connection, but this does not seem the best way to me.  Can
>: someone suggest a couple of alternatives to allow complete access to the
>: net for all the machines.  I don't know the complete details yet, buut I
>: assume all the machines will be on some sort of Lan.
>
>This appears to be an opportunity for one of those Internet service
>providers, who keep talking about how much they are "giving back" to
>the community, to jump in and donate the means to connect and the
>service.  What a great public relations coup that would be for whoever
>gets there first.  Then they could shut-up their detractors by pointing
>to this public service when the next debate over who-is-giving-the-most
>begins.  With all the hype about the Internet on television these days,
>it might even make the six-o'clock news and it would probably be a tax
>writeoff.  Then there would be all those kids who would grow up knowing
>and loving their ISP.
>
>David

We have *always* been willing to talk to school districts and libraries
about reduced-rate plans, some included no direct cost for those items which
we supply, to get connected.

But the school or library has to make the first move.  We have found that
without initiative on the local level, any such thing is just another
dust-gatherer in the corner.  You need an *involved* set of people at the
local level, and this means getting in there and being aggressive.

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