[1091] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: How does K-12 connect to the net?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sue Anderson)
Thu Jul 25 17:03:46 1991
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 91 13:21:56 -0400
From: aq941@cleveland.freenet.edu (Sue Anderson)
To: com-priv@psi.com
Reply-To: aq941@cleveland.freenet.edu
>What is the typical architecture for K-12 schools connecting to the Internet?
>Do they:
>#1 Have a modem connection to a computer at a local university;
>#2 SLIP connection to a regional;
>#3 UUCP connection to somewhere;
>#4 Access a school district network that connects to regional?
The state of Virginia is in the process of installing a statewide
distributed computer-based educational telecommunications network.
I think they have 8 nodes (one with a toll-free phone line) now.
The idea is to eventually put a server in each local calling area.
I believe they are using a combination of #1, #3, and #4 above. Some
of the servers are housed at universities, some have leased lines
to the regional network (possibly via a university node), and some use
uucp connections to send/recieve e-mail and newsgroups from other nodes.
(I am not a computer scientist, so I may not have the technical details
exactly right, but that is the general idea.) Virginia hopes this will
become a model for other states to follow.
