🚀 go-pugleaf

Actually, though I hate to admit it Karl is right. Free services are
rarely appropiately utilized unless there is an active core group
involved. Just because something is free doesn't mean it will be used.
Usually it won't without active people involved. I learend this when I
was doing too many years of social work.

By the way, What is Karl doing here on WWA anyway. Doesn't he have a
business to run?

Rich Jezioro



karl@Mcs.Net (Karl Denninger) wrote:

>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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