[127521] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Finland makes broadband access a legal right
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Sheldon)
Thu Jul 1 19:26:58 2010
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:25:52 -0500
From: Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon@cox.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikywKRBHfsT88M4rDLc_52W4Atwj47elKBjsyzI@mail.gmail.com>
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On 7/1/2010 18:14, Matthew Walster wrote:
> On 1 July 2010 23:17, William Herrin <bill@herrin.us> wrote:
>> In 1996 a certain inventor of the Internet decided that the universal
>> service fund needed to pay for PCs in rural schools (the "E-Rate"
>> program) instead of improving rural communications...
>
> As someone who's always been in the "tech" field, the amount spent on
> ICT in schools has always shocked and appalled me.
>
> Bring back the Acorn Archimedes and ECONET!
Does anybody know how much the Big Sky Telegraph cost, and who paid for it?
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